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Originally Posted by charokeeroad
all around good tube tester
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Sencore "Mighty Mite." I spent about $25 for mine. It's new enough that it didn't need any restoration (unlike many old testers you'll see for sale).
It's an inexpensive emission type tester, nothing fancy, but all I want from an everyday tester is a basic dud-or-not reading. Post-WWII TVs don't use the really old tube types (4- or 5-pin, whatever), so there's no advantage to getting a really old tester, which will need the same restoration as a radio or TV of the same vintage.
I also own older, fancier tube testers, but as collectibles, not working tools.
I imagine there are others comparable to a Mighty Mite (there was more than one version, by the way), but I just happen to own this one.
Phil Nelson