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welcome back in the cheapo spotlight

today the all new unity UT one three six

beat plus saw your viewing pleasure

let's take a look what thirty six feet

plus ships in your typical unity box

nice-looking box is actually probably

I'd say one of the premier in terms of

the overall look and the sex appeal

unity definitely knows what it takes to

put some sizzle and a multi mirror what

do you get in that sizzling box while

you get a good set elites yes these look

like those old flute leaves don't think

definitely these tuples have taken it up

a notch these are once again the

standard leaves we see on all of the new

unities coming out that's leads a rated

pin amps

cat to one thousand volt cat three 600

volt that's it that's all in terms of

accessories this meter is the

loosey-goosey with the extra stuff it

does not do temperature that belongs to

the 136 c-plus 136 b-plus is definitely

a meter of fours what do I mean by that

exactly well it's four thousand count

threshold voltage minimum is four

hundred millivolts goes up to 40 mega

ohm and in terms of capacitance yeah you

guessed it 40 mil of farad ah somebody

move on force anybody know which one is

the 136 B+ come on no peeking yeah

you've got it on the left yeah that's

right

auto-ranging probably gave it away on

the right we have 39 c-plus which I

reviewed about a year ago

excellent multimeter not on arranging

let's compare the two first off we can

see there is a slight cosmetic

difference slightly more linear the new

136 B plus a little more tapered in on

the sides was 39 c-plus and as well if

we look at that rotary selector switch

you got it the opposition is on the left

whereas it's at the 12 o'clock position

on the 39 c-plus feature set Y is pretty

close we have the standard select and

hold as well same idea on the

c-plus now the biggest difference here

is the lack of a temperature setting on

the Neal 136 B that was on the 39 c-plus

now that is not to say you cannot get it

yes you can if you buy the 136 C plus

you will get the temperature a little

tete-a-tete head-to-head and you can see

once again very very similar so not a

whole lot of design changes over the

last year finally from take a look at

the back once again they are identical

finally the tilts down once again in the

last year nothing has changed unity has

stuck with this nice tried and true

quite solid tilts dad I like it it does

not flop around easy to pull out and

definitely easy to change the ranges

speaking of ranges let's start with the

off position followed by volts ac up to

1000 volts volts DC up to 1000 volts

millivolts ac/dc

starting at 400 millivolts continuity

diode and resistance up to 40 mega ohm

capacitance up to 40 mil afarid

frequency up to you guessed it 4 2 Hertz

built-in transistor tester micro rants

ac/dc milliamps ac/dc

finally high current amps ac/dc up to 10

amps okay let's get this potty started

and let's take off this screen protector

I know guys I am guilty of leaving these

protectors on at times sorry what can I

say I believe in a little bit of

protection it just doesn't sound right

let's turn that meter on for the first

time shall we

nice beep letting us know we are in

business and you can see by default we

fall into the volts AC mode display

itself is nice and bold easy on the eye

standard liquid crystal display pretty

good viewing angle can see it fairly

well now if we hold down on that blue

button for around 3 seconds

the backlight is invoked down says two

seconds but it's a more like a three or

four so uh yeah don't worry once it's on

you can see yeah definitely easy on the

eyes I do like the font I do like what

they've done with that screen it's only

four thousand count but nonetheless it

is looking good now one really nice

feature that you don't see on a lot of

cheap boats heck you don't even see it

on a lot of multimeters period no matter

what range is the fact that this

backlight when you invoke it it will

stay

unlike 39c Plus which only stayed on for

about 35 45 seconds this one's been on

now for about Oh seven eight minutes

still going strong so hey good stop

unity nice to see somebody was listening

I like it

all in all I really like the new forum

functionality of the 136 B plus the

older 136 B if you recall was a lot

smaller

yeah picture rape there yeah definitely

smaller I prefer this footprint a little

bit easier to hold and just all-around

feels like a better built meter

currently we have the 136 B+ connected

to the voltage reference it's been

heating up now for about 15 minutes and

we are sitting at two hundred and forty

nine point eight millivolts so off by

two counts another neat feature with any

136 B+ is the alarm I'm gonna go ahead

take my test leave from the millivolt to

the regular voltage now we should be

looking at two point five zero volts I

have not changed from the mill bolt

setting and as you can see we are

getting that alarm indicator saying we

have to change ranges excellent all

right sitting now at two point four nine

nine volts oh so close and we just moved

to point four nine nine hey close enough

another improvement with the 136v plus

is that rotary switch itself on the old

one it was kind of a very quirky feel it

did have a nice click but I just didn't

like the way it could kind of bypass

ranges on the fly the new 136 much

better feel a little more or reactive

not gonna fly over a switch and

generally speaking I like it 1 millivolt

resolution no problem for the 136 B+

excellent next up is dialed mode I've

got these nice needlenose Stander's this

goes on top of the regular probe comes

saw and we're just gonna stick those in

let's start with the green LED and it's

lit ever so barely let's move over to

the yellow same idea barely lit we do

have the four voltage drop indicator as

well move over to the red and yeah no

worries there any luck with the blue now

no can deal with the blue move it over

to the white LED and same thing nada

so three four five in terms of

illumination and two point seven volts

the output voltage in diode mode it all

right a quick resistance test now

starting at 1 megaohm

switch it over to resistance and hey

spot-on nice and fast to make a ohm 3

mega ohm 5 mega ohm so we're losing that

resolution now that we are over 4 mega

ohm this is only a 4000 count meter 6

mega ohm 9 mega ohm yeah nice and fast

no worries there do a couple more

resistors let's first check out the

leads do we have any resistance on them

no that was nice and fast already so

things off on the low side point 5 ohm

Wow spot-on and 22 may go on 23

continuity is next here we go default

test leads let's put it into continuity

mode there we go

3 2 1 Wow Wow latched looking good

next up bro masters here we go perfect

nine point five out of ten in comparison

to the older UT 39 c-plus which had

amazing continuity as well you see there

was that visual LED that indicator down

there so the audio in the visual I loved

it I loved it

why did they take it away why oh why I

have no idea

the new 136 b-plus is definitely not as

loud in the continuity Department no

it's less by around 10 decibels so

seventy four point seven they'll put

decibel mode for the one three six

b-plus well did show down time sitting

at just over 200 millivolts we have the

new 136 feet plus on the right

39 c-plus on the left here we go taking

it and way three point two volts yeah

looking good three point three three

point two taking it hyah nine point one

volts

I'm point one seven to the 136 b-plus

nine point two for the old guy taking it

up to 17 18 18 point 5 volts eighteen

point five spot on for the one 36b 18.6

for the 139 up and away twenty five

point three bolts according to the power

supply

look at that twenty five point three for

the 136 b-plus twenty five point four

four thirty-nine and we're maxing it at

now thirty one point five volts and we

are in high-voltage territory according

to the thirty-nine c-plus and as well

we're getting the high voltage warning

audible beep on the 136 be excellent

good stuff well I'm gonna have to give

this voltage showdown to the all new 136

b-plus it was pretty well spot-on I like

it now both these meters are missing a

bar graph but if we play with the

voltage a little bit terms of overall

response let's just leave it on yeah

definitely the 136 b-plus is just a tad

quicker we are sitting in frequency mode

right now now remember this only had a

posted max of four megahertz look at

that we're already sitting at five not

an issue take it up to six seven eight

megahertz going strong nine megahertz

ten megahertz and that's where I am

maxed out and look at that no problems

with the 136 B plus 4 frequency so a

good six megahertz stronger then it's

advertised max good step path sentences

next let's start off with 810 now if

their cap a looking good

okay let's try Tim Miller farad

capacitor at ten thousand microfarad it

is thinking it's a Miller farad mode now

it's discharging the capacitor

I love the verbosity it's really nice

when the meter tells you what's going on

it's thinking

Wow so we are having some issues in

capacitance hey that's really too bad

this meter was kicking the llamas but up

until this point no it is going nowhere

in a hurry so we have a problem with the

high capacitance already I have this 4.7

Milla fare 4700 micro farad capacitor

and it can read this without any issue

strike one more time with that 10 ml of

farad cap

and we see it is just struggling no no

can do

and just to verify that 39 c-plus the

older brother has no problem with that

Tim military cap nine point five five

mil affairs so for whatever reason um

between the five and ten mil afarid

range on the 136 b-plus

it ain't working too bad

I bolted mold is next we're gonna take

it up to a thousand volts DC here we go

three two one and you're getting an

audible indicator of high voltage and we

are just under a thousand volts and it

looks like no worries here we just have

a thousand volts and it is all fine

already no worries in the high voltage

Department good stuff TV non-contact

voltage now if you remember the 39c had

a built-in antenna and we'll soon find

out if this has the same in terms of

sensitivity it's picking it up although

it's not giving us an increased

sensitivity indicator yeah I was

expecting a little bit more verbosity

out of this one in NCV mode but it's a

pass already wearing milliamp mold right

now and not an issue sitting at 300

milliamps and looking good it's gonna

bring it up a little bit here 360 380

400 milliamps

now TECA technically this is where we

are maxed out I believe there's a 500

milliamp fuse in here I'll just take it

up a little longer

yeah won't even let us go any higher

bring it back down so 400 milliamps is

the threshold take off that battery

cover we have a nice threaded insert

there so that's always good to see

powered by a look inside we've got the

old model the 39 C on the left

followed by the new guy on the right

starting off we will go at the input

jacks and yeah those look identical that

small metal filament and solder wires

going right through the PCB generally no

worries there the current shot once

again the exact same that they've

utilized in both meters and here we have

an inclusion of two additional PTC's on

the new model so we have four PTC's now

as opposed to two and the older one and

that is on the voltage side of the

hugheses

are identical on the milliamp side it's

500 milliamps and the 10 amp on the high

current side both ceramic fuses both

that hard to find smaller slides not the

crazy small we see in some of the meters

but yeah small enough wealth meters also

utilize a diode clamp just a slightly

different position on the new one

anything is the older model have

louder sounding continuity but look at

that the speaker is identical finally at

the top the NCV non-contact voltage

filament is built into the PCB itself

and it looks identical in both models

generally speaking not a big difference

in either model the eye sees are both

pop now it is a slightly larger IC on

the newer model but yeah that's an

overall fit and finish wise pretty clean

both PCBs are nicely laid out lots of

space and really in the cheapo zone not

moving two dogs in the UT 136 B+ I like

it

yeah this is mostly an improvement over

the old UT 39 c-plus and I do say mostly

it's too bad once again that continuity

they took away the visual why-why-why

the cutout is there you should have kept

it also not as loud and that is a shame

definite improvement over the backlight

hey five minutes works for me it's crisp

it's clear it's a nice typeset bold font

I like it capacitance mold was a bit of

a fail that couldn't get past the 5 mil

farad mark that's too bad

other than that all the Rangers were

speedy frequency was a plus 6 yeah we're

talking 10 megahertz when it was rated 4

or overall what can I say unity UT 1 3 6

B+ definite improvement over its younger

brother and at the price I paid around

22 bucks Canadian it's pretty hard to go

wrong let's hope the capacitance issue

is just a one-off and it's nothing

serious

overall I'm gonna give the 136 B+ a

solid 3.5 thanks for watching this

review everybody to the next one keep on

testing