Snap On Vs Matco Vs Bosch. The scanner showdown: the Big 3 head to head with the latest of each.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Matco Maximus 3.0 vs Snap On ProLink Be Bosch ESI which one finds more codes? Head to head to see what is the best.
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With the Matco scanner you can skip updates for more than one year and when your ready to update it’ll be the same price. Snap on if you skip more than a year in updates you have to pay for all the skipped years to be up to date
Christian Sanchez that’s false information. You don’t pay for all missed updates
That's not correct for the Pro-Link Ultra. I'll have to pay for each individual application upgrade. It doesn't matter how long you wait to do the upgrades.
The only thing you lose is it defaults to basic functions..You lose all the advanced features. Till you have an active subscription..
That is the one thing that makes Snap On scanners over priced. They force you to keep up to date. On top of the cost of the scanner...
New Snap-on pro link is unlimited updated when you buy the software but it’s for each individual make and can get pricey but if you buy it once it’s for life
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I'm thinking of getting the matco pay as you go unit for $1800. I'm mostly gonna use it for light duty trucks and SUVs. It's not something I'll use every week or even every month just a tool that when you need it, it's there
Thats the one I own for working in a shop for personsl use. I don't think you'd need a scan tool like that for occasional use, but do as you need brother. You could save $800 and still get whst you need.
Bosch is out their damn minds.
Good video! Really do appreciate all the hard work. < I was really pulling for the Matco. > All the Bosch/OTC scanners I have ever used always had problems crashing. Have always had good luck with all the Snap-On tools I have used. I may be wrong but I believe that ProLink is made by Nexus... It would be cool to see if Hamilton will let you demo a Zeus & put it head to head with the Maximus 3.0 on medium & light duty stuff. Thanks again for all the great videos!
Stick to snap on. Time Is money
I like to Snap-on better you say you like that Bosch with Bluetooth capability you sure about that but I'm not a full-time mechanic either I guess you could call me a shade tree mechanic love you all videos keep making them
Oh boy, here we go
I think I am just partial to Snap-On, it’s the most familiar to me, and if I have any issues my dealer is there to help me. I do have a really good Matco dealer but I just couldn’t get used to they way the have their data stream information laid out. It does work well, just was harder for me to use.
Yeah I can see that. As far as simplicity Snap On is hands down the easiest one by far to use. Just hit scan and go.
In the diesel world, time is money! Matco loses it being slowest and having to read info twice, the snapon and bosch appear to be winners this round due to speed and ease of use. I'm with you on the bosch, after 12 months you have a expensive code reader, the snapon you still have full use up to the software installed. We'll see...........
True. Time will tell. I have a lot of learning still to do on the Bosch I have hardly even scratched the surface as to what it can do
You should see what is allowed with the max force and what you can do
Stick with what you know best and I prefer the Detroit over a cumapart any day of the week especially since I drive them not fix them
I don't have patients for that type of tool however I do use just a plain cheap code reader I'd have to go with snap-on just looks better the speed shown in your video and just looks like it'd feel better in your hand
Hey clay. Just saying you might not have to search everything twice if you pick the Detroit and Cummins HD option the first time instead of putting in the truck then the engine the second time 😜
One would think it would auto seance like the others do ? That’s the first time we used it. Even when you select the engine it is still SLOW almost painfully slow. You think something stopped working almost
Wow that is terrible. I wouldn't waste time or money with it then. I just figured since you were scanning the engine it might make it faster.
Nice content,Every technician should have a Arsenal Launch snap-on Autel Bosch Matco.
We have NED for International and access to their information which is awesome. We are trying the TEXA because it will do HD trucks, off highway equipment and tractors but so far it's a fail. Would be awesome if you could add it to your comparison...
Good video brother !!
One thing you didnt mention is warranty with subscription renewals...i know the bosch automotive ones renew the warranty with each subscription and i would think the diesel is the same..?
I have a snap on pro link ultra nd its just so much more simpilar nd faster than the others
It is simple and fast
Thank you. Looking at the new prolink edge . Dealer letting me try it out . Still thinking Snap-on has the upper hand.
It’s good
Can you do this video again with the latest and greatest?
My shop had a Bosh scaner.it was an ok scanner but it frozeup/crashed a lot. It also doesn't work with volvo/newer mack trucks. You could scan 1 volvo a day and if you disconnected from it you cant get back in. We replaced it with a diesel laptops setup
Mui. Bueno amigo. Escaner
Clay, great video and thanks for doing this. Did you do much testing yet on the individual systems? I noticed that I think all 3 found the brake system but none found the transmission. Do they need extra programming installed to connect to the transmission? Thanks, keep up the awesome videos!
Because they took so long i just scanned the emissions and engine systems. They all find trans faults with the programs on full scan
4 years later
Which one has stood the test of time
Snap On
Remember when trucks were good and the engines were yellow?
I had high hopes for the matco there propaganda really built it up
I've had that matco got about a year know, I work on cars not trucks, and I can say it's still a work in development, all thou they have improved it very well in this year, there's still small things that make me cringe, I also got mine with the OBD1 kit but in some older 80" GM it wouldn't connect, but the old snap on brick would, so... Yeah, I think it's too much money for it to not be able to tackle the old stuff. But it's still my go to for all obd2
Does Snap-On provide any diagnostic information with the scanner or is there a way to obtain it through Snap-On?
HAVE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH THE PRO LINK NEED TO GET SOME NEW SOFTWARE
Get out the big money ! Whoo that software is HIGH dollar 💵
Do you have to pay for a subscription every year and all of them to be able to use them or only on the bosch?
Yes
Does these still support older, 1994, 11.1L series 60?
How long is that scanner good im say the scanner not software 3 years 5 years I heard 3 years then have to buy new scanner know anything about that
The best of the best is gscan3 And gscan2 🤫
Try this test again with the Max3.0HD that does the heavy duty trucks
That is the HD version
What about diesel laptop !
No clue but being it’s a laptop not a tablet scanner …. Either way if I’m pulling out a laptop nothing beats OEM software for working on the truck
Ihave more than a year with my maxcimus 3.0, and I'm not gonna lie, there's time iWana throw it out the window, specially when it comes to read obd1, it truly sucks on obd1 stuff, the dark background and dark blue letters make it very difficult for me to read, and for the I/M button, it doesn't work on all obd2 vehicles, which is very frustrating because any cheap code reader shows the monitors as soon as you plug it in, it shows the not supported monitors taking space for the supported monitors, istruggle sending emails, and the text on some descriptions is quirky,.
now what i haven't threw out the window yet, it's fast, it has agood source of bi directional functions, on aim pcm you're can write the vins, in most special functions will give me from a brief to a very detailed description of what it is and why should i use the function, i love the personalisation, mine is orange corners and the user interface is also orange, which makes me love it, ican file personalized diagnostic reports, and it stores history in the cloud, it's Android and can add blue tooth tools, play call of duty, ilike that it has a maintenance button to go directly to brake resets,oil life, etc with out doing afull scan and if the vehicle doesn't support afunction or if it had to be done manually it will tell you how to do it, i can scan the vin of the vehicle if it can't auto detect, and it's weather proof. So I'm the only guy in the rain with ascanner 😎
Factory scanner I think would be for the win
It’s hard for an independent shop to have factory software since they will be working on every make and model so that’s where these come in
I just got finished with your shoot out and couldn't really hear the video. too much noise in the back ground. sounded like you were draining air tanks thru the video.
Sorry it happens in a real shop setting shooting videos.
Hey Clay on snap On prolink will the cummins software work with paccar like the cummins insite will I search alot of forums an got nothing
No they won’t it has to be the paccar software on paccar
Davie
Or autel or matco
Yeah really 90% of the time A code reader would do just fine for repairs
For $1500 a year they should give you the scanner...
I agree that’s the only downside to the Bosch. You pay out the rear to get it then another big lump to keep it going. I like the layout is the same and honestly the Bluetooth function is nice on it and the matco only draw back to that is you have to keep the tablet portion charged up since it isn’t getting a charge via cable
Get a TEXA.
First
Get the laptop software these scanners are a waste of time