Extech TL809 Electronic Test Lead Kit

I'm surprised this Extech TL809 Electronic Test Lead Kit (made in China) hasn't received a flood of positive reviews. This is good stuff, people. Even more so considering the currently low price. The kit comes with a thick tri-fold canvas pouch (black) with three clear vinyl interior pockets, all secured with Velcro-style hook & loop. Inside those pockets are modular components consisting of two roughly 50" (package says 42") lead extensions with banana plug-style connectors (any probe accepting a banana plug should fit these cables), four small caps (removed during use) to protect the lead connectors, two fine point test probes with surrounding banana plugs, two 1" insulated alligator clips, and two plunger-style mini-hooks with 6" cable (extra cable reduces weight on the small wire hooks). Each set of two are coded in red & black. Those lead extensions plug into the multimeter, while the various probes, clips, or hooks plug into the lead extensions. This modular design allows probe tips to be changed very easily, while also slightly reducing wear & tear on the multimeter (how often cables are plugged in). The tri-fold pouch, when folded, very roughly measures 7 1/4 wide, 4 1/2 tall, and 1 1/2 thick (depending on how much is stuffed inside). The pouch spreads out to almost 17" opened. There's easily enough room inside for the original multimeter probes (with small accessories you might have) and all items included with this kit. There's a windowed business card / ID card pocket on the back of the pouch. Everything, from the pouch to the leads, seems to be made very well. No poor sewing or loose threads on the pouch. Electrical connections (plugs) are smooth and firm. And the cables are every bit as thick & flexible as those included with my Fluke 115 multimeter. Of course, all fit and worked perfectly with that Fluke multimeter. Considering the price of Fluke probes and probe accessories (seemingly no better), this is an exceptional deal.

Both ends of the cables come with plastic end caps, to protect the plastic female ends; the plug ends (probe, alligator clips, and mini spring-loaded clips) are all decent quality; they plug into the common leads decently, with a solid connection; the nylon case is a tri-fold, with velcro sealing each of the three pouches, which hold the cables and plugs securely, and there is even a place to slide your business card into the outside of the case! The outside of the case uses velcro to seal, as well. Each pocket consists of clear vinyl, with a border of black nylon on all four sides; each pouch is identical in size. You can store the leads with your preferred ends attached, in the top-most pouch, and arrange the remaining ends how you prefer; the plastic end caps are nice, but I suspect I will leave mine in a pouch, unused, nearly all the time, as the pouch will offer enough protection for the ends by itself. I am genuinely surprised at the quality for the price. While not top of the line, they are far from the bottom! These would be excellent leads for a student to use in school, which they could then take with them onto the job site, to use until they wear them out. I bought them for home use, in the house, and in my garage for working on my cars and motorcycle, but I might pick up a second set for use at work, as well. I would not only recommend them to anyone, I may order a second set for myself! Cheers!

This is a great, all around, probe set that comes with a nice carrying case that has individual, velcro sealed pouches. I bought this to go with my cheap multimeter I recently bought. This was an excellent purchase. If you are spending less than $20 on a multimeter from China, it is worth it to get these. The probes that came with my mm would hardly read 0 Ohms when touching connectors together for resistance test. The plastic used for this is nice, supple and a little heavy. Not cheap or brittle. You know how cheap plastic for wires will stay bent where they have been folded for storage? The plastic on these wires is close to a cloth feel, and doesn't kink. The set comes with 2 leads and adapters for normal probes, alligator clips and the tiny clips for pcb boards and component connectors. All probes have nice plastic shielding around the connection to avoid shorts. The leads are pretty long. The only downfall for me was that the connectors that plug into the multimeter are too long to fit snugly in my multimeter. It still works fine, they just wouldn't stay in if it got flipped upside down.

Seem very well made and the price was right. Using them on a Fluke 77iv

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Je trouve ce kit excellent pour le rapport qualité prix. c'est tout ce que je voulais et avec une pochette de transport pratique. Les fiches sont un peu dure à enfiler dans mon multimètre mais bon, elles sont neuve et je ne les utilise pas encore souvent. Je recommande ce produit.

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