Still loving it after 40 years. 

I grew up with analog multi-meters, but in about 1985, I was ready to buy a digital meter.  At work, we had Fluke meters, but they were a little pricey for me.  I found a brand and model that has served me far better than I had the foresight to know at the time.  

From work, I knew two features I wanted.   One:   a 10 Amp measurement capability.   Most meters at work were limited to 2 amps (e.g. the Fluke 8024B) and our power amplifiers drew a bit more.   Two:   a manual range switch.   Several meters at work had a 10 amp range, but would also auto-range (e.g., the Fluke 77).   It is annoying to be nervously adjusting a setup and get a false alarm, slowly realizing, No, we didn't blow it up;   the meter just auto-ranged.  We had some 10-Amp, manual range meters, but few enough that it was a chore to find someone with one and to talk them into swapping.

I think I paid about eighty dollars for the GoldStar DM-331.  The range full-scale values are in decades of 4 (i.e.,  0.4, 4, 40, 400, etc.).   It is an interesting choice, and I have not seen it in other meters.  2 is commonly used,. 1 or 5 make sense not to use.  I have come to like 4.

There is an analog-like, zero-to-forty bar graph at the top of the digital display.  A nice feature for analog meter users.  The appeal to the brain is similar to that of an analog watch face, faster to process than digits.  The photo below shows it while measuring a 3k resistor.