I used to swear by the Beckman Industrial meters, but something happened about 15 years ago, and they started putting out some stuff that wasn't real whippy for the money. Fluke make about the best in the hand-held arena (
IMO), although for serious bench-top work, HP used to make some very nice 4 1/2 digit bench-top meters. I don't even know if HP are still in the market, though.
JimF is right though, if you are trying to measure transients, there's no substitute for a good 'scope.