chuckebaby
I have about 10 of these. One on every guitar. I have tried a few different ones but I find Snark makes the best all round (economical, good quality) tuners. They also work on Basses as well. some of the others I have tried either don't pick up the low E on a Bass or it loses connectivity/vibrations on the low E.
You are right about many tuners struggling with basses, Chuck.
Just for information, I find you can get round tuners not picking up the Low E on a bass by tuning the 12th fret harmonic. It produces the same pitch as the Low E on a guitar in standard tuning.
HTH someone..