New Snap On BK8000 video scope

[braincrater]

Has anyone been able to get their hands on one of these yet? I am looking at picking one up if it is worth its weight. I am in the market for a high quality video scope and this one caught my eye. Any thoughts?

 

[BHH]

Home colonoscopy?

 

[2JZGTESC300]

That's a new item that just recently came out I believed. It was on their weekly brochures that they pass around weekly. 2 weeks ago, Snap On had one on the truck and he let me try it out. It's a nice scope being that it's wireless. But I've already settle for hand held scope the week before. Nice feature is that it controls up to 4 cameras.

 

[Murphy4570]

That's a lot of dough brotato. Be sure to give it a healthy test drive before purchasing.

 

[2JZGTESC300]

It's $995.00. Or $38.37 per week for 26 weeks.

 

[braincrater]

That's a lot of dough brotato. Be sure to give it a healthy test drive before purchasing.

Absolutely, my dealer is supposed to be getting one for me so I can try it for a bit before I buy it. I am just tired of dealing with the crappy video quality of the bk5500, I need something that will give me greater detail. I dont really care about most of the features on the unit, mostly just the picture quality.

 

[Toolhorder]

Has anyone been able to get their hands on one of these yet? I am looking at picking one up if it is worth its weight. I am in the market for a high quality video scope and this one caught my eye. Any thoughts?

I bought one but haven't opened it up yet. Want a review?

 

[raross]

Just some thoughts from a guy that has owned three different Snap On Imagers/ Bore-Scopes. starting with the rigid bore-scope 20 + years ago. I have traded up always when a new one came out. I now own the BK6000 and the 8000 must be the one to replace this. Here is what I can say about the 6000, has a lot of nice features case, the way the battery connects etc.
Here are the things I do not like about the 6000.

1. Works great to view thru the scope, would be nice if it had rotation button to rotate image!

2. When you download the images to a computer, the resolution is pretty low and the pictures are very grainy! From day one I had my dealer try to find out how to change the resolution on the saved pictures and he could never figure it out, when you go to show the pictures to customers they are not very clear. I you own one of these and figured a way out to rectify this problem I would appreciate how you did it?

3. It is made in China, that’s just me it has never had a problem in the last 2+ years I have owned it!

4. The magnetic tool only attaches to the imager by friction clipping! Be careful here when using this style from a guy that knows. If the clips on the magnet catches on something, during use, and it comes off there is no way of getting it out, when it sticks to something inside whatever you are looking at! Short of tearing it down! Maybe a better quality bore-scope your doctor uses, for Open Heart Surgery might be able to snag it, but I couldn’t get it out, without tearing down the engine!

 

[rodm1]

Ask this guy.

 

[braincrater]

I bought one but haven't opened it up yet. Want a review?

My dealer just dropped one off for me today, I got a few minutes to play with it and I am quite impressed. Compared to the BK5500 it is leaps and bounds better in functionality and image quality. I really like the 90 degree view change and how flexible the scope head is. I will mess with it again tomorrow and dive deeper into it.

 

[Flying JJ]

New to this site, but it was the only place that had anything to do with the BK8000. Was looking at buying the 6000, but this just came out and comes with the 90 degree head.

Price difference is $10 between the 6000 ( with 90/straight head ) and the 8000 ( lose an extra straight head ). I am also getting the UV head for the A/C leaks under dash and in things like the GMC Suburban rear A/C units.

Any suggestions and or help? Looking at both tomorrow.

 

[Toolhorder]

New to this site, but it was the only place that had anything to do with the BK8000. Was looking at buying the 6000, but this just came out and comes with the 90 degree head.

Price difference is $10 between the 6000 ( with 90/straight head ) and the 8000 ( lose an extra straight head ). I am also getting the UV head for the A/C leaks under dash and in things like the GMC Suburban rear A/C units.

Any suggestions and or help? Looking at both tomorrow.

I would get the BK8000 for the $10 difference. The 8000 has a selectable head for straight end and side view, it's wireless from the display, the display is the bigger and I don't know about the 6000 but this one has lithium ion batteries.

 

[Flying JJ]

Thats my thoughts also. BUT wireless is one more thing to go wrong, is it really needed? I care about picture quality ( size included in this ), durability and functionality.

 

[stephen4785]

Im not gonna upgrade to it. Iv got a bk6000 and use it at least 3-4 times a week at work. My company doesnt own one so they hire another company to bring out their $5000-6000 scope. Iv compared mine to theirs and other than theirs has a longer came I dont see enough difference to warrant the extra cost. Iv got the uv light and cable that came with mine. Works great for the work I do and I really dont have any problems with it.

 

[Flying JJ]

Had the 6000 and 8000 together and here are my opinions;

8000 has the better picture ( it uses a micro connector instead of what looks like a mono or stereo plug )

Will need to remember to charge 2 things, the unit and remote.

8000 has a touch screen menu, the screen is bigger, but the picture is the same.

 

[wagzilla]

new to the site
Rear Facing Camera on Display Unit anybody used this? on the Bk8000

I had the bk6000 I didn't like the cord I think the wireless is the way to go

James

 

[wagzilla]

the only thing that would make the bk8000 better is blue tooth. I could use it with my gopro hero 3

 

[wagzilla]

just so you know I got my scope today it can be 33ft away from the base I will have to play with it

it takes a smaller micro sd card
it has a nine pin conector so I'm not sure if it will work with the older bk6000
it dose have a camera, not sure how good it is?????

 

[Toolhorder]

I use mine rarely but so far I used it to look inside a tailgate on a Chevy truck to see what broke when the latch didn't work anymore. Ended up needing a plastic clip and I was able to find the rod that broke off.

Another time I used it to look behind an A/C compressor bracket to check the block for a leak.

I looked down a spark plug hole on an Accord engine to check for scoring.

 

[wagzilla]

So I have had mine 8 months or so bk8000 I still really like it no problems I use it about once a week or so, I don't lose any more tools that is for sure. Todays cars are tight and you can't get a mirror in a lot of places the side camera does not fog up nice. They now have a real UV light for a/c work.

James

 

[wagzilla]

I just got my real uv light and not the blue light like before, I will take some pic's and post.

part number for this is BK8000-UV

James

 

[wagzilla]

here is some pic's fist one is my bk-8000 with out the uv camera light

last one I turned down the power alittle

hope that helps much better then the blue light I use this to help find a/c leaks with uv dye now I can show the customer the leaks

James

 

[devoncoolman]

Sweet how u like the bk8000. Was thinking about upgrading mine.

 

[wagzilla]

Sweet how u like the bk8000. Was thinking about upgrading mine.

I like it a lot. I use it weekly I have had all of the snapon camera's, but there is always something new coming out, the new uv light is a great improvement


What would I like to see.........it wok with my snapon scanner bigger picture

James

 

[wagzilla]

the new BK8500 is out and it has WI-FI

James

 

[Pipe]

the new BK8500 is out and it has WI-FI

James

I have an open offer with my driver from this morning-
bk8500 with a free ptr72 air ratchet. Does this model have the dual view and have you bought it yet?

 

[wagzilla]

yes I own it and like it has dual view


James

 

[Cantikmanis]

New Snap On BK8000 video scope
Nice post....good.
I like it a lot.

 

[lugnut71]

bump, thinking of buying one, who has used one, thoughts, pros cons ?

 

[lugnut71]

no one has any comments about these ?