hard to beat quality, worth every cent it costs, since 2001 in market tells it all about a well proven, highly successful and reliable design. nice display illuminated in white is one welcome update in later models 177 and 179.
When you need acurate measurements the Fluke line of insterments is the best. I’m an electrical engineer and don’t trust any thing other than Fluke as my personal meter. True RMS metters is the only thing that will give accurate readings.