Review on 🚘 ANCEL AD410 Enhanced OBD II Vehicle Code Reader: Powerful OBD2 Scanner for Auto Check Engine Light, Emission Analysis, and More by Jon Conner

First a couple of trivial minuses. The reader is small, so the text on the display is just as small. If you wear reading glasses, you need them to be able to read the display. The installation instructions are also in small print. Again, this is not a big problem since the documents are available online. The installation guide says that if you're using Windows 7, there are a few steps you need to do manually to install the device driver when you update the firmware - in my case, the device was still recognized and no manual installation was required. On several occasions a local parts store used their reader to extract codes from this 1997 Explorer - each time taking them multiple tries and 5 to 10 minutes to read the codes. I plugged this unit into the OBD2 port, turned on the ignition and looked at the codes for 30 seconds. Very painless. It also correctly reported two stored codes. The much more expensive and unusual cable the parts dealer used only reported one. The cable is quite thick and wrapped tightly in the packaging. This raised some concerns that it would act like a short spring and interfere with straightening the cable. Luckily, the cable is quite flexible and straightens out easily - not completely, but a lot more than expected. The real-time charting feature is fun to play with, but I had no legitimate need for it. I can say that the sampling rate is quite high and the pixels on the display are small enough to get pretty good chart detail. It's nice that you can choose which items to show together - it only took a few seconds to see throttle position, RPM and mass airflow all on the same chart. There are no batteries in the device. means you don't have to worry about them being dead the next time you use them. But the fact of the matter is that when searching for the code manually, you need to be in the car and connected to the network. It seems strong enough to be dropped, thrown into a toolbox, etc. It feels very light when you hold it and for the most part we've been taught that heavier = better - this seems to be a misconception about this device after all given the size of modern electronics the fact that it has buttons, probably the only thing that makes them so big. And on the last question, would I buy it again or recommend it to someone else, yes I would.