Reviews: Davis Instruments 8226B CarChip Pro (New Model)

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Binding: Misc.
Brand: Davis Instruments Corporation
EAN: 0011698008889
Label: CarChip Pro
Manufacturer: CarChip Pro
Model: 8226B
MPN: 8226B
Publisher: CarChip Pro
Studio: CarChip Pro

Features:

• Great driver training tool: Parents of teens can set audible alarms for speed and acceleration
• Easy-to-read tripgraphs allow you to see what driver and car did every second of every trip
• Keep your car in peak running condition and pre-empt repairs by tracking over 20 engine performance parameters
• Emissions readiness feature allows you to see how your car will perform before annual vehicle registration
• Assign trips as personal, commute or business use

Rating: - Great product
I wanted one of these since they first came out. I finally received one for Christmas and I must say it is very impressive, well worth the wait since the 8229 CarChip Pro works with all the latest OBD II communications standards. It is a great way to check basic car performance over time, it has the ability to log trouble codes and it can reset the check engine light. I can see it as being a must have if you have teenage drivers. As one of the other reviewers noted, its not a high sample rate diagnostic device, but it will more than fulfill most people's needs. I recommend it. I'm hoping they will some day come out with a similar device for the late model Harley-Davidson motorcycle ECM. Based on this product, I'd be first in line for that product!

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Rating: - A Must Have for Teenage Drivers
I bought my first CarChip 3 years ago when my first child headed off to school. I downloaded the info each time they came home. Did not let them know that the device was there until they were ticketed for going 95 in a 55 zone. I knew their driving habits and retreived the info from the CarChip. Sure enough, they were doin 62 when they got pulled over. We fought it & won.
I now have one in each of our three drivers under 21. Never let them leave home without it. If they remove it, the device records the removal. If they are in an accident it records everything that was taking place when it occurred. My guys know that it is there and that I check them regularly.

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Rating: - "not available" to Windows XP in VirtualBox on Intel iMac
I am disappointed to say that this product did not work for me on an Intel Mac in a PC virtualization environment.
The product's USB circuit presents, to the computer, some kind of apparently incorrect or nonstandard identification flags, resulting in "not available".
It functions properly on a real PC, but I wouldn't want to have to keep one handy for just a few uses, nor do I wish to have to boot in BootCamp.
Davis suggests that they may try to resolve this in a future version.

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Rating: - CarChip Pro - A very good product
Easy to setup and use. Load the software connect to your computer via USB (cable is supplied) and configure the parameters you want to monitor and the interval desired. Just plug the Car Chip Pro into the OBD-II port and drive. When your are ready to look at the data plug it into the computer and download the data. You can use the built in graphs to look at the data or export the data to a spead sheet and make your own graphs.

The main reason I purchased the Car Chip pro was my temp gauge on the Silhouette was acting up so the car chip provided detailed data regarding the actual temp supplied to the engines computer. The graphs provided data to the performance of the cooling system which showed it was working fine.

One feature that was a surpise to me was the audiable alarms that are available for values the exceed the threshold (which have a default or can be user defined). An example would be if you drove above 70Mph it would beep. Another example is hard acceleration or hard stopping. The audiable alarms can be shut off if desired.

Another data point that came in useful was the long fuel trim data which showed that my injector were probably in need of a serious cleaning.

The car chip pro logged the error codes and provided a brief description of the errors. My Olds silhouette had multiple error codes "EVAP" and "crankshaft sensor" errors. After clearing the codes with the Car chip pro logged the succeeding repeats and allowed me to determine how long before the next occurance.

With this information and the age and milage on the Silhouette I decided it was time for a new car versus putting more money into the Van.

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Rating: - great product fast delivery
The product does what it was billed to do. Helped me resolve a check engine problem.
Was shipped and delivered quick!
Very pleased

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