So I compared a Snap-on scanner to a cheap Chinese knockoff side by side,

I mean, I was working on a 2020 International with a DPF issue last Tuesday and my Autel was giving me garbage data. A buddy loaned me his Snap-on scanner and honestly, I thought he was being a pretentious tool about it. But that thing read the same sensor and gave me actual live numbers that made sense. The cheap one was just guessing or something, idk. It took like 20 minutes to find the problem with the Snap-on versus me messing around for 2 hours the day before. Not gonna lie, I kinda feel like I wasted money on my cheap unit now. Has anyone else had one of those moments where the expensive tool actually proved it was worth it?

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alices161mo ago

buddy of mine swore his cheap scanner was fine til he spent 4 hours chasing a ghost code.

nina_clark1mo ago

Funny you say that @alices16, pretty sure I spent a Saturday doing the same thing last year only to realize my battery was just loose. My cheap scanner sits in the tool box now mostly as a paperweight for when I need to pretend I know what I'm doing. Now I just borrow my neighbor's Autel when stuff gets weird.