OBD2 Diagnosegerät VDIAGTOOL VD31, Diagnosegerät Auto mit Autoschlüssel-Batterietester, EOBD Motor Auslesegerät Auto Mit Reset, Universal Kfz OBD-Scanner Fehlerauslesegerät für Alle OBD-ii Fahrzeuge

Sketchy, use at your own risk

I received my scanner today and I think I will return it today. I wanted to make sure I had the latest update before I used the scanner and it has set off a few alarms. I spent some time looking at these devices and reading what others had to say. I wanted a device with free updates and did not require extra subscriptions or to pay extra to activate features. Many devices like this one require you to pay more money to activate functions or limit the number of resets. The red flags were immediately raised when I tried to update the device. The manufacturer website does not look professional. It looks poorly constructed and has the appearance this company is not in the business for the long-haul. It makes me question the idea of "lifetime support" and updates from a very temporary looking company. You can only register for an account with this company using a gmail account. There has been plenty of discussion how invasive google/gmail is, so I will not discuss this limitation further, simply to say this is also sketchy (non-professional), at best. After trying to register my device, I was given the response you see at the screenshot. I tried different variations upper/lower case and numbers only, but was unable to validate/register my device. Far less than the appearance of professional and here to help users long-term. The last insult was the actual update software... I downloaded, unzipped, and installed (against multiple warnings from my computer), only to discover the only thing downloaded was an uninstallation shortcut. That is correct - you read it as I wrote it - the update program is just a shortcut to uninstall itself. The second picture shows what happens when you open the program to update your scanner - it uninstalls itself, instead of updating your scanner. These red flags just add up to too much potential problems for my personal tolerance. This does not perform as it should and I have great doubt the "lifetime" support will be as long as most buyers expect it to be.