Vgate iCar Pro BLE 4.0 OBD2 Diagnostic Tool Fault Code Reader OBDII Compatible Car Adapter Check Engine Light for iOS, Android and Windows

This item is perfect and works so well with the Carista. I have had one since the last 3 years until I lost my one and then bought it again. If you will be using Carista then I highly recommend this product!

Needed for dpf reader and works great

For the cost - good. Worked to get battery health for Corsa-e. Basic information but all that is needed.

It's easy to install. It allows you to read fault codes and clear them. You have to clear the fault codes manually from the app. The Vgate doesn't automatically clear the code or the EML. I didn't read the details properly before purchasing it. I have a diagnostic reader which does everything the Vgate does so I didn't need to buy it. It is conveniently small so I can keep it plugged in rather than getting the diagnostic pad out.

Allows me to see certain parameters on my car. I have set it up so that I see speed, instantaneous fuel consumption and when my car last performed a DPF regeneration. I have linked this to two phones and they read dramatically different for the instantaneous fuel consumption, one is virtually half to twice as economical as what the car shows the other is hardly half of what the car shows and is rather sluggish to respond unlike the other phone. This could just be an iPhone issue as the other phone is an old otherwise unused Android phone.

Connects to bimmerlink/code easy with stable connections Allowed me to code bits in/out that would have cost £££

I have a Bmw i3s and wanted to connect an OBD2 dongle to A Better Route Planner to enable proper route planning. The connection to my phone through the Mi3 app seems reliable and it provides lots of interesting information about the battery and energy usage. I can't get it to directly interface with ABRP, but through their connection to MI3 it still works perfectly for my needs. My only critique would be that the speed of data transfer is not brilliant, it takes a while to load all the metrics, perhaps because of the older bluetooth version compared to more expensive options. Compatibility seems fine though, and it works for what I need it for.

This works well in my Peugeot e208 to read pretty much all the parameters you want from the car. It communicates via bluetooth to my phone. I have used it successfully with the Car Scanner app (for free) and also with ABRP (A Better Route Planner). With ABRP it reads battery data directly from the car to be able to use GPS to plan routes that include charging since the app knows what your battery charge level is along with other data like battery temperature, your speed, AC power use etc. (Note: you need to pay for premium sub in the ABRP app to use this feature with Car Play, but free otherwise). This adds a Tesla-like experience to navigating to unfamiliar long routes since all the planning is handled for you.