First multimeter for students to own, what spec matters?

Multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, bench supplies. Choosing and using.
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rina_stem
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Recommending a personal multimeter for grade 11 STEM students to buy (~PHP 500-1000 budget). What specs actually matter at this level?

My draft priorities:
  • Auto-ranging (students confused by manual range selection)
  • Continuity beep (most-used feature for debugging)
  • Fused current input (students WILL short things)
  • Diode test mode
  • Decent probes (cheap ones have flaky tips)
Do not need: true RMS, high count, capacitance (nice but not essential at this level).

Candidates: UNI-T UT33C, Aneng AN8008, generic DT830 (avoid, no fuse).

Teachers/parents: what did your students end up with that survived a school year? Fused input is my hard requirement, kids short the current mode constantly.
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