Best OBD Reader?

[RUSTILLDOWN]

I’ve never bought one, they sound useful but are they all the same?

What OBD reader do u have and what have u used it for?

[the-norseman]

I have OBD Eleven for VW group stuff, I also have Torque Pro OBD device for Torque Pro.

[mercedeslimos]

I've also got OBDEleven, had that for 5 years now and it's good for VAG stuff. This year though, I bought a Thinkdiag - made by Launch but only for the phone/tablet as opposed to laptop etc. Its fantastic! About 180 quid including 3 years subscription to every manufacturer. It's done everything I've needed on anything I've used it on.

[jonwm]

Carista for me, use it on my BMW and VW T6

[anonymous-user]

Carista for me too, to clear self-inflicted code when I was messing about
Cheap on Amazon then
£25 to buy V £60 diagnostic from indi
A free 28 day software trial
Cancelled after day one when error fixed
27 days remained
Can activate if I need it again

[Olivergt]

Carista Bluetooth dongle 39.99 and Torque Pro app.

Both are one off fees, no subscription required.

Scroll down to the OBD Adaptor

https://carista.com/en/adapters#

[Baldchap]

I have OBD11 for VAG and it is exceptional if you're willing to learn. I see they now also do BMW which interests me.

For basic OBD2 code reading and resetting, the cheapest Amazon gizmo has worked for me for the best part of a decade.

[waynedear]

Before the arrival of my bimmerlink dongle I got an engine warning light, popped my diet cheap reader on the 630 and it came up with the code for vanos solenoids... It was right.

[119]

VCDS is really the only one for VAG stuff IMO, however a lot of maker on newer models are locking the modules down so can only be accessed by dealers.

Edited by 119 on Friday 15th December 06:07

[mercedeslimos]

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[Belle427]

There is no best really, there are some excellent tools out there but they do cost a lot so hard to justify them if you dont do it for a living.
Topdon Topscan is one ive seen that looks interesting but im not sure how much the subs are.

[the-norseman]

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[Radec]

Topdon Artidiag 500s bought off Amazon for around £130, reset power steering error on a VAG car.

Covers a ton of cars and gets free updates for life which some others in the same price bracket don't.

It was very fast scanning compared to a couple of OBD2 dongle/apps that I tried before which couldn't even find the error.

[the-norseman]

Radec said:

Topdon Artidiag 500s bought off Amazon for around £130, reset power steering error on a VAG car.

Covers a ton of cars and gets free updates for life which some others in the same price bracket don't.

It was very fast scanning compared to a couple of OBD2 dongle/apps that I tried before which couldn't even find the error.

OBD Eleven could of done that.