OBDII Scanner Recommendations

[Stephen]

Whenever I've had a car throw a CEL, I generally just "rent" a scanner from the local parts store, get the code, resolve the problem, go back to the parts store and clear the code. My wife's car has thrown a couple of codes recently, and my auto shop teacher friend lent me his very fancy scanner to help diagnosis the issue. And damn, is it nice to have all that additional data beyond just the code!
So, that's got me thinking that I need one of my own, but they range in price from dirt cheap to hundreds of dollars. The one I'm borrowing is a $400 unit, for example. Anyone have one they recommend?

 

[SAMI]

Ballew is still kickin?

Some fun memories tagging along with that SHS auto crew for Moab runs.

PS... I have no experience further than ScanGaugeII

 

[Unimog]

I use a ScanGuage. I don't know that it is the easiest to use, but it works.

 

[Stephen]

Ballew is still kickin?

Some fun memories tagging along with that SHS auto crew for Moab runs.

PS... I have no experience further than ScanGaugeII

Kevin is still around yes, he's teaching at Granger. My friend Chris, who did graduate HS with me back in the day, is now the teacher at Olympus.
When they started to tear down D Building at Skyline a month ago Chris and I went in there to help clean stuff out and we found a bunch of photo's from 2000-2004ish. Couple of your Samurai from the 2k1 trip in there.

 

[skippy]

Buy the MPVI2 from HP tuners and use your laptop.

 

[Homefryy]

I have had this Bluetooth adapter for 4 years and have been happy with it. I don't believe it works with iPhones but it is great with an Android phone. I use it all the time in my XJ to monitor engine temps and display my GPS speed since my speedometer is off.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H9S71LW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_n2q9EbYSV7GZB

 

[SAMI]

Kevin is still around yes, he's teaching at Granger. My friend Chris, who did graduate HS with me back in the day, is now the teacher at Olympus.
When they started to tear down D Building at Skyline a month ago Chris and I went in there to help clean stuff out and we found a bunch of photo's from 2000-2004ish. Couple of your Samurai from the 2k1 trip in there.

"Nobody suspected the Spanish Inquisition!"

 

[Herzog]

I recently got a "BlueDriver" scan tool for iOS. Probably the best one I've used to date.

 

[SnwMnkys]

I use the Torque app and a OBDII dongle off Amazon. Works well for quick code retrieval and very basic data with numbers behind it.

Anything in depth Ive got an Auto Engenuity setup that runs through the laptop. I probably only know how to use 5% of it.

 

[4x4_Welder]

I use car gauge pro and a Bluetooth ELM327 adapter. It does a lot of stuff, Dodges and GMs can be a bit short on data but it does do graphing.

 

[shortstraw8]

I recently got a "BlueDriver" scan tool for iOS. Probably the best one I've used to date.

I have the same one, works great for android too. Allows you to see data from all sensors live, snapshot it and email it to yourself, one of the main reasons I got it.