rockettauto
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I needed a cheapy scanner to carry around/use at home/ use at friends etc. $500 budget. Paid $370 for this on Amazon.
Despite usually using the verus edge and autel 916 I am thoroughly impressed!! It's extremely capable as long as your working standard OBD2 stuff.
I grab it 90 percent of the time at the shop now.
Pros
Full x431 capabilities
Battery charges fast and lasts all day easily.
Bluetooth at this price.
Seems well built and ruggedized.
Fairly intuitive layouts.
Ability to search PIDs
Creates a pretty nice report.
Graphs are far smoother than an autel 808.
Capabilities are excellent. Grabs every PID and module my autel 916 does.
Cons
Upgradeability , there really isn't any hardware wise.
This has all the hardware and software to support additional modules like oscilloscope or tpms tools but none of these are available for it anywhere. I don't know if it is compatible with the thinktool versions even though they seem to be two branches of the same company and offer basically identical tools.
A bit of chinglish and odd symbols that makes some phrasing awkward and can confuse you momentarily.
Bottom line:
Its another variation of launch x431 software. The really great thing is that they left it alone. It is the full version. It has almost every capability x431 tools have at 4x the cost. You will only get significantly more from their top two flagship models.
Quick dollar comparison:
At the $700 level I could get tools that would add topology and a bigger screen.
At the $1200-1500 level I could get tools that add OBD1 and euro adapters and capabilities to work with scope modules.
At the snap on level I add guided component testing but don't really get the built in capability to use it until several thousand dollar variants with built in scopes. With the downside being I still need one of the cheaper tools for modules and PIDs that snap on ignores. ( I even grabbed a pats code with this tool that the verus ignored entirely, saving a lot of headscratching)
I would call this tool appropriate even for a pro tech so long as they have access to a higher end tool when necessary. Especially if you wifi connect it and have access to alldata through it on the spot. You'd probably need to go outside it's capabilities maybe once a week in a shop. It's a great tool and I'm still discovering some of its capabilities.
Despite usually using the verus edge and autel 916 I am thoroughly impressed!! It's extremely capable as long as your working standard OBD2 stuff.
I grab it 90 percent of the time at the shop now.
Pros
Full x431 capabilities
Battery charges fast and lasts all day easily.
Bluetooth at this price.
Seems well built and ruggedized.
Fairly intuitive layouts.
Ability to search PIDs
Creates a pretty nice report.
Graphs are far smoother than an autel 808.
Capabilities are excellent. Grabs every PID and module my autel 916 does.
Cons
Upgradeability , there really isn't any hardware wise.
This has all the hardware and software to support additional modules like oscilloscope or tpms tools but none of these are available for it anywhere. I don't know if it is compatible with the thinktool versions even though they seem to be two branches of the same company and offer basically identical tools.
A bit of chinglish and odd symbols that makes some phrasing awkward and can confuse you momentarily.
Bottom line:
Its another variation of launch x431 software. The really great thing is that they left it alone. It is the full version. It has almost every capability x431 tools have at 4x the cost. You will only get significantly more from their top two flagship models.
Quick dollar comparison:
At the $700 level I could get tools that would add topology and a bigger screen.
At the $1200-1500 level I could get tools that add OBD1 and euro adapters and capabilities to work with scope modules.
At the snap on level I add guided component testing but don't really get the built in capability to use it until several thousand dollar variants with built in scopes. With the downside being I still need one of the cheaper tools for modules and PIDs that snap on ignores. ( I even grabbed a pats code with this tool that the verus ignored entirely, saving a lot of headscratching)
I would call this tool appropriate even for a pro tech so long as they have access to a higher end tool when necessary. Especially if you wifi connect it and have access to alldata through it on the spot. You'd probably need to go outside it's capabilities maybe once a week in a shop. It's a great tool and I'm still discovering some of its capabilities.