Autel MaxiTrip TP100 AWESOME!
this thing is awesome.i have had no problems with it at all.its easy to use,and the data logger is great.the only problem is the time/date feature. it doesnt keep time at all.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Autel TP100 Working Good.
Autel TP100 Working Good.
I just picked up this product and so far I have no complaints. It was as simple as plugging it in and turning on the ignition. I look forward to using the product more and will report back if there are any issues. Cheers!
I just picked up this product and so far I have no complaints. It was as simple as plugging it in and turning on the ignition. I look forward to using the product more and will report back if there are any issues. Cheers!
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Autel TP100 Brilliant and Great Value.
Autel TP100 Brilliant and Great Value.
I had previously owned a Scangauge 1, but it went faulty and after a lot of chasing back and forth, the customer support basically said I would have to pay to get it repaired. Given the cost of a repair, against the outdated interface, I decided to give the Maxitrip TP100 a try and if it wasn't any good I would sell it on and buy the newer Scangauge 2. I didn't hold out very much hope, but I thought for the cost it would a reasonable clone of the Scangauge 1.
How wrong was I? My Maxitrip arrived with really good instructions about setting it up and teaching it to learn gas mileage and other functions like setting up engine capacity etc. Much like the Scangauge, but the unit is definitely not a cheap clone from China (although it is made over in China). There are extra functions and the menu is really intuitive once you have a little time to play about with it. You can also teach the unit to show your chosen live data in each of the four "corners" of the display.
After a week or two of driving and following the instruction manual, it is returning really valid live gas mileage information, proving the calculations I had done in the past that go against the vehicle manufacturers figures (2006 Opel Vectra 2.2). It even looks good sat on the dash. My only criticisms are that the display is not dimmable, as I do a lot of mileage on unlit roads, but the white LED backlight is not overly intrusive I would have liked to have the display dim with the dash light adjustment (I am not sure if this is possible on a tool like this, Scangauge doesn't do this either, maybe something for the developers?) and secondly, the right angle diagnostic port connector is quite chunky and deep. Don't get me wrong, the lead is really well made, but I had to move the port on the car to hide the lead (although I had to do the same with the Scanguage). Is it really necessary to over-engineer these parts on a tool that should rarely move from car to car?
I had previously owned a Scangauge 1, but it went faulty and after a lot of chasing back and forth, the customer support basically said I would have to pay to get it repaired. Given the cost of a repair, against the outdated interface, I decided to give the Maxitrip TP100 a try and if it wasn't any good I would sell it on and buy the newer Scangauge 2. I didn't hold out very much hope, but I thought for the cost it would a reasonable clone of the Scangauge 1.
How wrong was I? My Maxitrip arrived with really good instructions about setting it up and teaching it to learn gas mileage and other functions like setting up engine capacity etc. Much like the Scangauge, but the unit is definitely not a cheap clone from China (although it is made over in China). There are extra functions and the menu is really intuitive once you have a little time to play about with it. You can also teach the unit to show your chosen live data in each of the four "corners" of the display.
After a week or two of driving and following the instruction manual, it is returning really valid live gas mileage information, proving the calculations I had done in the past that go against the vehicle manufacturers figures (2006 Opel Vectra 2.2). It even looks good sat on the dash. My only criticisms are that the display is not dimmable, as I do a lot of mileage on unlit roads, but the white LED backlight is not overly intrusive I would have liked to have the display dim with the dash light adjustment (I am not sure if this is possible on a tool like this, Scangauge doesn't do this either, maybe something for the developers?) and secondly, the right angle diagnostic port connector is quite chunky and deep. Don't get me wrong, the lead is really well made, but I had to move the port on the car to hide the lead (although I had to do the same with the Scanguage). Is it really necessary to over-engineer these parts on a tool that should rarely move from car to car?
Monday, June 18, 2012
Autel MaxiTrip TP100 it works.
Autel MaxiTrip TP100 it works.
It seems like a good product so far. Its does everything they say it will. Although it couldn't read mt VIN nor the VIN on three other cars I tried it on. Oh well. There are two reasons I got this product 1.to get MPG 2.to read OBDII codes. The MPG feature works ok, but I think it is a little too generous. It says my truck is getting about 18-19MPG when I pretty sure its only getting around 15MPG. I have to adjust it some how. The code reader works weel too as I got to try it out the first day I got it. A buddy of mine from work had his check engine light come on. I was able to read and clear the code for him. Its hard to find a place to put it. The box said it comes with tape to mount it somewhere, but mine didn't. Even if i wanted to mount it somewhere it would be hard because the cord plugs into two places, the back and the right side (if your looking at the meter). It might be easier to put it somewhere if it was on the left side. You'll se what I mean. All in all I pretty happy with it anyways.
It seems like a good product so far. Its does everything they say it will. Although it couldn't read mt VIN nor the VIN on three other cars I tried it on. Oh well. There are two reasons I got this product 1.to get MPG 2.to read OBDII codes. The MPG feature works ok, but I think it is a little too generous. It says my truck is getting about 18-19MPG when I pretty sure its only getting around 15MPG. I have to adjust it some how. The code reader works weel too as I got to try it out the first day I got it. A buddy of mine from work had his check engine light come on. I was able to read and clear the code for him. Its hard to find a place to put it. The box said it comes with tape to mount it somewhere, but mine didn't. Even if i wanted to mount it somewhere it would be hard because the cord plugs into two places, the back and the right side (if your looking at the meter). It might be easier to put it somewhere if it was on the left side. You'll se what I mean. All in all I pretty happy with it anyways.
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