Recommend me and OBD fault reader

[supercommuter]

Hi - Please can somebody recommend me and OBD reader so I can plug my wife's car in as it's thrown up a warning light. To get the garage across the road to plug it in they want to charge me, i would rather just buy one for future use as well. Loads on eBay!

[anonymous-user]

what make car?

[p4cks]

£11.39

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1PC-KW806-OBD2-OBDII-Sc...

I've one and it's great and it works on almost all cars and can be kept in the glove compartment.

[supercommuter]

p4cks said:

£11.39

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1PC-KW806-OBD2-OBDII-Sc...

I've one and it's great and it works on almost all cars and can be kept in the glove compartment.

Great. Ordered. Ta

[Mr2Mike]

supercommuter said:

Hi - Please can somebody recommend me and OBD reader so I can plug my wife's car in as it's thrown up a warning light. To get the garage across the road to plug it in they want to charge me, i would rather just buy one for future use as well. Loads on eBay!

Is it an engine warning light? The cheap OBD scanners like the one linked to cover only engines, and only generic codes, so of no use if you have a problem with SRS or ABS etc.

[teabagger]

Whats considered to be a better buy? - the Autel MD802 or the Launch CRP129.

They are with £10 of each other and as far as I can tell, do the same things - Engine, ABS, Gearbox, Airbag also electronic handbrake etc.

I have a vauxhall at the moment but the facility to use on other cars is a plus point.

The Launch crp129 has lifetime free updates which may be the deciding factor if all other thing are equal.

Thanks for any info.