Feedback from our customer about our GVDA GD113A Fully Automatic Anti-Burn Intelligent Digital Multimeter, Auto Senses The Zero and Fire Wires Fast Accurately Measures Voltage, Current, Conductor On/Off, Color Ring Resistance
This is a great basic pocket multimeter that does most things you would do with a multimeter without the bulk and switching between modes. In my experience, the auto mode works fairly well in measuring DC/AC voltages. For AC voltages, it also tells you the frequency at the same time without toggling away from the screen. The only time when the auto mode seems a bit funky is if you are measuring a voltage in the millivolt ranges and it doesn't know whether or not you are trying to measure voltage or resistance. It may also switch back and forth if the power is noisy and both a DC and an AC voltage ride on the same channel.
The NCV function is actually kind of interesting because there are two distinct NCV modes - the Live mode actually uses the metallic probes where you insert either the red or the black probes in the socket and it will tell you whether that socket/component is energized, and the v-Alert mode that tells you the same but using the plastic tip towards the top of the multimeter.
Despite the images shown on the listing that depicts its use for checking US-based sockets, the front tip is actually not deep enough to alert on and most of the time you won't get any beeps unless you turn on high sensitivity mode (which cranks the sensitivity way too high for this purpose). For this reason, the v-Alert mode works better for cables that are already plugged in or for tracing individual wires inside a receptacle box. For checking which prong is live, using the LIVE mode with any one prong works much better because the leads go much deeper into the socket than the tip on the top.
Unfortunately, this model doesn't appear to support capacitance or current measurements (but has the benefit that you won't accidentally blow a fuse by using the wrong port). But for most use cases, this multimeter works just fine and does a better job than most store-bought multimeters at this price range.
