I started with Flukes in the Military. Recently I was given a Fluke 113. It was great until I ended up replacing a bunch of resistors thinking they were dead. The friggin meter only goes to 60KΩ now it sits on my bench for when I do simple measurements around the house.
By this time I got so used to auto-ranginging after spending a week watching reviews and reading I ordered a Thsinde 18B+ and I love it. I believe I paid $15 for it. Goes up to 60MΩ and has auto shutoff. The 9v battery gives me enough voltage to test couple LED's... (I like this better than the 2AA ones). It has two ceramic fuses inside and is pretty decent build. Not quite as tough as the Fluke but I'm happy. Also has auto shut off, big numbers and backlight. they have a version with a thermocouple and I may have to get that as well.