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PSA: dropped $180 on a Fluke cable tester and it saved a whole job, now I'm torn on whether cheap testers ever cut it
Bought a Fluke LinkIQ for about $180 six months back after a cheap $20 tester had me chasing a bad run for two days at an office in Dayton. The cheap one said the cable passed when it was really a bad crimp, and the Fluke showed the exact fault in about ten seconds. On the flip side I know techs who have run the $20 lantern-style testers for a decade and swear they never miss anything. So is the expensive tester really worth it, or did I just get burned by one bad crimp and overreact? Curious what you all carry in the bag and whether the price gap ever actually mattered on a real call.
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