The post has had 343 views if the probabilities were such that the answer to that was likely to be yes then the feelings against neon screwdrivers would be a lot harsher (yes I know there already pretty harsh on here).
Its not just the trusting the life on a resistor aspect (although valid and given the £1 price of many of them they are clearly made in factories I don’t like trusting my life with). But they give erroneous results and need to be understood properly before using, and if you know enough to understand you know enough to use a multimeter so would choose to do so, again the £1 price tag and the ‘simplicity of use’ doesn’t help.
Admittedly I still use one but don’t rely on it I check live with meter, check neon works, kill power, check dead with meter, check dead with neon, flick cable with finger to check dead, touch the cable to make quadrouple sure (does anyone else flick it after checking dead just to be super sure I’d rather get a shock when expecting it than unexpected! (note this is only after checking it is dead))
