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Whats the best OBD ii to buy

Postby SIMO888 » Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:08 am

Morning all,

I was just wondering what is the best value for money when it comes to buying an OBD ii scanner for an android as I have seen them for 10 for a cheap Chinese thing all the way upto $154.00 for the IBDLink MX, just wondering if anyone can please give me advise
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Re: Whats the best OBD ii to buy

Postby HardwareBoB » Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:07 am

http://www.btssm.com/

100% the best for a subaru garaunteed.

(But buy an elm327 ODB2 unit for $20 to have as a spare and to use on other cars anyway, it's a handy tool)
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Re: Whats the best OBD ii to buy

Postby bigBADbenny » Sat Oct 10, 2015 6:13 am

:good:

Are you android or phone?
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Re: Whats the best OBD ii to buy

Postby Abuz3D » Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:14 pm

I have an elm327 bluetooth paired with a samsung galaxy s2 and it DOES NOT WORK(well) with my Gen V. Slow to connect then lights up the dash like a christmas tree. After doing all that it disconnects all the time and wont clear away the error codes.
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Re: Whats the best OBD ii to buy

Postby bigBADbenny » Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:30 pm

Works fine on my S1 w/gen4 but BtSsm is the next level :)
I bought the clear blue $20 elm from an Aussie Ebay vendor in case of issues....
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Re: Whats the best OBD ii to buy

Postby Abuz3D » Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:50 pm

lol with that been said.. i have a brand new bluetooth elm327(i sent it back to claim warranty) for sale.. pm if interested
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Re: Whats the best OBD ii to buy

Postby cycleofabuse » Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:15 pm

I bought a cheap one from ebay (under $20 from memory). Works great, but somewhere along the lines there's a lot of lag between what actually happens and what shows up on the screen of the dashcommand app. Probably 1 second delay or worse. No idea whether this is normal, or to do with the hardware, or the app.
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Re: Whats the best OBD ii to buy

Postby bigBADbenny » Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:22 pm

Elm327 is the lowest common denominator of obdii connections.
If you're serious about logging & LV, Tactrix & BtSsm are the best solution for my01+ and hard to log JDM ecu's...
See the lgt thread linked in the BtSsm thread here for the latest updates including CAN logging via Tactrix OTG or obd2link for my07+.
This means logging and LV support for my15 CAN only cars is on the way :)
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