Ahhh, ill have a search through fleabay from something that looks somewhat reliable.Dylan wrote:Can you recomemnd a good elm device? Post a link up to one you would buy?
I buy direct from manufacture so I bypass the "dodgy" china salesmen, although at a minimum bulk purchase of 150pieces its not suitable for the average joe.
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Scrolling through the ebay listings and feedback, its all the same chinese shiz. Its more of a "pick and hope" type situation.
But, generally/hopefully, you should be safer with elms that are more than $12aud + shipping. When you start buying cables at $3-6.. thats when parts and manufacturing starts gettign really dodgy and they will be older versions or will work intermittently, so steer clear of "Ebay Specials". Iv bought a few off ebay.. umm from the names I remember.. tomtop was a bit iffy (ebay special king), mallzon (something like that) has a few dead units out of 20 and werent all the same version. Just scroll through their feedback and look for any elm cables issues.
As for bluetooth devices.. they are literally a HC-05 bluetooth module mashed with an ELM327 chip.. which are not 100% compatible.. well.. it needs a middle man to process the messages between devices appropriately hence changing the baud rate freaks then out! But again, I would steer clear of "Ebay Specials".
For speed and reliability, purchase one of the $15 from an Australia seller, and harass them (yes I do mean it!) to make sure the unit is working and is the correct version prior to being sent. Should have it within a few days instead of a few weeks from china!
