Threw $80 at a cheap toner and it died on me after 3 jobs

Picked up one of those no-name toner and probe kits off Amazon last month for about 80 bucks. Thought I was saving cash over the Fluke or Klein stuff my buddy uses. First job it worked fine, found a cut line in a crawlspace no problem. Second job it started beeping randomly even when the probe wasn't near anything. By the third house I had to borrow a coworkers tester because mine just kept screaming at me with no signal. Took it apart and the battery contacts were all corroded and loose. Now I'm out the money and gotta spend real cash on a proper unit. Any of you guys had luck with those cheaper toners or should I just bite the bullet on a Fluke?

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tylerlane3mo ago

@davidwright yeah cheap stuff is always a gamble huh. I'd say just bite the bullet on the Fluke or at least a Klein, they hold up way better in the long run. That corrosion thing is the worst, sounds like it wasn't sealed right from the start.

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davidwright3mo ago

Man that sucks, same thing happened to me with a cheap multimeter off Amazon a while back. Totally feel your pain on wasting money trying to save money.

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