Kerry Wong reviews the ZOYI ZT-XC1, a combined LCR meter and multimeter, and finds it useful but flawed in specific, disqualifying ways for some users. In multimeter mode, the device cannot measure capacitance or current. That is not a minor omission for a tool marketed as a multimeter.
The LCR measurement side works through two dedicated front-panel adapters: one for through-hole components, one for surface-mount parts. If your component fits neither, you cannot measure it. The charging port is on the back, a small annoyance Wong notes but does not treat as fatal. What is worth reading in full is Wong's breakdown of how the meter handles test lead capacitance compensation, a problem that quietly kills accuracy in cheaper instruments.
LCR capability in home lab gear is no longer rare. The question is execution. This meter lands in the middle: real utility for standard components, real gaps everywhere else. Wong's review is the rare teardown that names the tradeoffs precisely instead of burying them.
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