what diagnostic equipment are you technicians out there using?

simple reason i ask is for years we used snap-on gear, had a lovely modis ultra which i got on really well with, found the component testing great and the scope useful as it made it quite all in one. well we had some very convincing salesmen in from another diagnostic company who convinced my gaffer than their kit was the dogs swingers, we then bought said kit and i hate it, doesn't do half of what they say, the hardware crashes every 5 minutes, it's just shit!

so i'm trying to look for alternatives that don't rely on paying over the odds for snap-on regardless of how much i like the interface on their kit. i know a lot of you guys are in the industry so what are you using and would you pay your own money for it?

we are fleet based, run mainly renault/vauxhall vans with a few ford and citroen thrown in there and everything is under 7 years old with the majority being around 4 years old.

any help always gratefully appreciated.

 

Hi mate. We currently use the snap On gear but the fleet repair worshop I used to work at used an awesome laptop based system. I'll txt my mate who still works there to see what it was. We have Bosch kts here as well but it's so damn complicated I'm still trying to work out how to turn the fooker on

 

Where i work we have a program called texa. Its ok but its not the best.

 

We use Ford`s ids on all Ford and Wurth wow on other cars. We also got Volvo, Mazda, Nissan and Hyundai who we use oe on, don`t now the name of thoose

 

I heard recently Snap On are going to force annual subscriptions, and if you dont upgrade...the gear shuts down ?

Also even if you leave it for 2 years....you cant pay a single charge to get going again/upgrade, you must still pay the 2 years anyway ?

What was the gear that didnt work ?

A friend uses Snap On, largely as it's handy and the sales guy is there every week and can get good deals etc. Occasionally it doesnt work though, but to be expected with any setup.

We had a chat with the Launch guy at Autosport and to be fair it looks like a very good system. IMO messing about with the unit felt nicer than using my friends Snap On ( Modis or Souls, cant recall which but it has the Y/N buttons and roller as well as touch screen ) Never actually used one on a car though.

Some will say the likes of Bosch is best though, but never used it either.

 

Can also do no harm to ask here

http://www.bba-reman.com/forums/

 

ive only used snapon

 

Iv worked with a few different ones and have to say not one will work perfectly on all vehicles.we had snap on modus. A delphi laptop based system wich i loved on alot of vehicles you could also use the delphi pico scope with it.also used autel and launch but not really done anything much with those to.

 

We have a jaltest at work what an over complicated piece of shit that is lol

 

Autel Maxisys.

 

Spoke to my mate tonight, it's an opus system they use/I used to use. Does cars, vans and hgvs. Awesome bit of kit, never nothing we couldn't do with it.