Your experience sounds rough but mine works fine on switch so far.

Laughed at this because I did the exact same thing for like two years and felt like a genius until I had to trace a dead bedroom circuit at 9pm. Spent an hour flipping breakers one at a time while the homeowner watched me like I was the dumbest guy in Arizona. Turns out my "clean" panel was just a guessing game with extra steps. Now I label everything and eat the extra ten minutes up front. Saving time today usually means losing an hour next month.

Man I feel that pain, had a Fluke 87 crap out on me in the middle of a hot water heater job in Truth or Consequences and the only thing in the truck was a $15 Cen-Tech I got free with a coupon years back. It read the element and the thermostat right and I ended up using it the rest of the week before my good one came back from repair. Thing is, those cheap meters are accurate enough for most of what we do, you just can't trust the leads or the safety rating when you get into live 240 stuff. Sorry your Fluke gave out on you like that, nothing worse than a dead meter when you're already up to your elbows in a dryer.

I second Cyrious. I run a small fab shop and their tables have been workhorses. The software is intuitive and they use Hypertherm torches which are the best. Plus their warranty is better than most. My only regret is not going bigger.