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MEXICOWANDERER's avatar
Nov 17, 2014

The "Best" Multi-Meter Test Leads In The Business



Oldaker silicone test leads

Where to buy...

http://www.testleads.net/where.htm

Yeah, this is a "blurb" a shameless recommendation. I've been using these test leads for 30 years and comparing them to anything else on the market is like comparing a MegaWatt to a Cheapowatt. Even so-called top-of-the-line competitor leads like those that come with a five-hundred-dollar Fluke meter are a joke compared to the Oldaker test leads. Oldaker uses an alloy of stainless steel, hard as hell, and sharp as a hypodermic needle for scratching through oxidation.

I am preparing my order and thought, "Heck, why not share this info?" These leads are not cheap but the silicone leads will last 10 years and the tips are durable with a capital D.

If you appreciate the quality of a Freas, hydrometer versus competitive garbage, and use your multimeter a lot, these leads will spoil you rotten. They have no equal. They don't have competition, not even close.

Now I get on the telephone and spend more money. December is spend money on gizmos month...

18 Replies

  • I guess the inputs on test meters are pretty standardized among manufacturers?

    It appears Oldaker makes a bunch of different products along these lines with extensions and clips and hooks and forked lugs.

    All of which I have had use for in the past.
  • Will these leads fit on a $15 Harbor Freight meter?

    Just kidding. ;) The Oldakers sound great.
  • Yeah, we're real fashion primadonna's we from Mexico...

    Most of the time it's shorts, and tattered t shirt. Shorts, and soldering don't mix, trust me...
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    Mex - I finally found the picture of you with all the boxes of parts etc...

    A good friend of mine John Taylor of Mexico descent that lives in Sacremento CA wears shirts like you are wearing open at the bottom like a jacket...

    Must be a Mexico thing...

    Roy Ken
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    This is me...

    I'm sitting on the patio rail around the camping spot at CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE PARK in Trenton, GA watching squirrels I reckon...



    Just a talk drink of water 73 year old Farm Boy from Southern Illinois farm country called Horse Creek...

    Roy Ken
  • Mr Wizard has hair that can stand on end?

    Oh-oh, I just stuck my foot in my mouth. Just funnin' heh-heh-heh

    Actually, I have no idea what ANY of you gracious folk look like. I submitted an image of me bent-over like a 90-year old picking up a load of packages. Care to submit an image along with some kind of on-topic Tech post?
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    I always thought Mr Wizard had the best idea...


    Just funnin you Mex... Good report. I find I like the very sharp tips better then the rounded ones.

    Roy Ken

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