Recommendations for a vacum tube tester

Any suggestions for something under $150?

scottya11803-27-2023 8:10pm

oddiofyl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,893 posts 03-27-2023 at 10:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My tester was $159 in 1959….
oddiofyl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,893 posts 03-27-2023 at 10:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That was like spending $1600 in todays’s dollars
tksteingraber Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 629 posts 03-27-2023 at 10:22pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @fuzztone here’s an example of an old tester in good working order and recently calibrated per the seller? $699 plus shipping.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394531823919?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=6qQJLq77Twi&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=2lFcSwP8SgS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=EMAIL
oddiofyl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,893 posts 03-27-2023 at 10:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That’s a good tester for preventing your gear from becoming a “tube tester”. Mine saved me from putting a bad rectifier in a new amp. It was worth the money to me. Mine is similar to that, it’s an 800. It is super easy to use and does everything I need it to. All of my gear is tubed so it does get regular use.
scottya118 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 164 posts 03-27-2023 at 11:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Hi Dill, For myself.