I'll take a Harbor Freight scan tool over a Snap-On any day now

Been doing this for 12 years at a shop in Akron. I know everyone swears by Snap-On scanners but I bought a $200 Harbor Freight model last spring and it does 90% of what the $5000 Snap-On does. The live data refresh is actually faster on the cheap one and it reads all the same modules on modern cars. I had a 2018 F-150 last month with a weird transmission code. Snap-On guy came by and his tool couldn't even pull the TCM codes. My cheap scanner had it in 2 minutes. The screen is a little small and the case feels cheap but it works. What specific brand do the rest of you use for daily diag work?

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smith.parker14d ago

Does it read ABS bleed procedures too or just basic stuff?

alicemurphy14d ago

Wait, does it actually go that deep @smith.parker?