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That $200 timing light I bought was a total waste
I spent $200 on a fancy digital timing light with all the bells and whistles back in March. Thought it would make my life easier setting timing on older engines. Turns out my $30 basic timing light from 10 years ago works just as good and is easier to read in bright sun. The fancy one just sits in my box collecting dust. Anyone else overpaid for a tool they hardly ever use?
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nelson.vera13d ago
Yeah, "collecting dust" is right. I did the same thing with a pricey timing light back in the day. Bought it for the fancy dial-back feature, thought it would save me time. Ended up hating it for the same reason you did, hard to read in direct sunlight. My old school $40 light with the simple flash bulb never let me down. I gave the expensive one to a friend and kept using the cheap one.
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Wait, isn't a timing light basically just a stroboscopic flash bulb on a simpler level though? The old school ones with the simple flash bulb actually work the exact same way as the fancy digital ones, they just don't have the dial-back feature. I think the real issue is these companies put all this tech in stuff that was already working fine for decades.
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