That along with 35 years of hard core diagnostics (>50,000 diagnostics/repairs) makes me a bit opinionated Hope that is OK My day job is developing training material and techniques for professional techs. Please understand that I'm not critiquing you, but rather the tools.

I used to play online games and now my fingers are too slow for that Is it OK if I add my editorial comments? I'm an old man with no friends. My opinion is that it is well worth the cost.Īs for the eScope, I am patiently waiting. I have only had it for about a month so, I can only give a limited opinion. (Neither does the range of the Bluetooth.) It's not TERRIBLE but, it doesn't compare with a snap-on. Especially, if you have more than a few pids selected.

It has accelerometers to calculate Horse Power and Brake Pull.Īs for viewing and graphing pids, stick with your Snap-on. It, also, does Relative Compression, right from the DLC. It graphs the Fuel trims and Volumetric Efficiency together, making it easy to determine if the problem is fuel, air, or a mechanical problem. Such as Plot Fuel Trims, Calculate Volumetric Efficiency (on MAF equipped engines), Fuel Efficiency, Catalyst Efficiency, and Warm-up time. It uses global data pids to do a lot of neat stuff. But, it is definitely a good tool to have as an addition to your arsenal. It is NOT a replacement for a quality bi-directional scan tool. There is a bit of a learning curve to it but, it it is a big help in, quickly, determining which diagnostic direction to take. Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation. Ive also heard there will be an OS update for the Zeus to windows 10 but not convinced that the asking price for it is worth it.Īnyone care to throw some perspective my way? Snap on is great too as I am far more familiar with their scanners previously working at an independent shop before entering the dealer life, however I'm not sure if I am going to be able to run Techstream software on snap-on scanners and im not sure how comfortable I am spending that much money on their equipment when they're still running windows 7, which to the best of my knowledge is not supported by microsoft anymore or will not be very soon. I currently work for Toyota so I need to have a windows based tablet/computer to run my Techstream and TIS programs as well as being able to run diagnostics on other makes and models. Does anyone have any experience with Automotive Test Solutions Escope and their scan tools? I am still on my journey to passing all ASE tests to achieve 'master technician' status and as a reward for completion I want to invest in a quality scope and scan tool.

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