Ok, about two weeks ago I received my Snap-on TPMS3. Up until now all my shop had was an old Schrader TPMS activation tool, with no screen or data cable. If I had to write a new sensor to a vehicle and my Verus and Modis could not do this I had to borrow a friends Bartech 400. Now on several makes if the Bartech was not available to me I would have to break the tire down to get the sensor ID, very time consuming! I started saving for the Bartech and depending on where I shopped prices ranged from about $1500.00 to $2300.00, that’s a big variable! The TPMS3 is on the lower end of that price. The Bartech has good vehicle coverage and is simple to use. So my dealer gets a TPMS3 and brings it to my shop, I never gave it back! For the past 2 weeks every car that came in no matter what it was for if it had TPMS I was all over it, even the lady with the 2010 Land Rover that just wanted directions (Sorry!). Vehicle coverage far exceeds the Bartech, although I will never see many of these it has exotics like Maserati and Tesla, it will even do Honda motorcycles! Navigation of the tool is simple, it has Snap-on’s standard 4 way arrow pad, Y and N and Power buttons along with a Test button. It comes with a very durable docking station that the tool can sit in for storage, battery charging tool update and to down load it’s info to a PC for printing or to save. Tool update and registering went flawlessly, and it’s a very easy to use. The display shows tire pressure, temperature, sensor battery life and sensor ID. The only thing that the Bartech shows that the TPMS3 doesn’t is sensor manufacturer, i.e. Schrader, TRW. However to date I have never been asked for the sensor manufacturer when ordering a new sensor so I do not know how important that is, but it would be nice to have. I maybe jumping the gun here as the tool was just recently released but the reason I put this post up and in this area is because there are a few things on my want list, if anyone has anything else on this tool feel free to post!
1. More information on this tool and how to operate it correctly on Snap-on’s website, a video or two would be nice. There are some on YouTube already, but they need to be better.
2. A vehicle coverage sheet that is updated as often as the tool is.
3. Update information with approximate cost of update and how often they will come out.
4. Sensor manufacturer, again I don’t know how important it is but would be nice to have.
valves.txt
tpms3_npa.pdf
Steve
1. More information on this tool and how to operate it correctly on Snap-on’s website, a video or two would be nice. There are some on YouTube already, but they need to be better.
2. A vehicle coverage sheet that is updated as often as the tool is.
3. Update information with approximate cost of update and how often they will come out.
4. Sensor manufacturer, again I don’t know how important it is but would be nice to have.
valves.txt
tpms3_npa.pdf
Steve
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