OBDelevin over Carista as far as scan tools?

[VBFD Taco]

I have been wanting to find a scan tool that lets me read OBD2 codes and have the ability to clear them once fixed. I heard about the Carista that also lets you do some customization to the truck. Things like change the quick turn signal from 3 clicks to as may as 7 or auto windows down with your key fob. Stuff like that.

Anyway, the down side to Carista is that you need a subscription and that lost me. I know some people just buy the product, customize the way they want and then return it. I'm not that kind of guy, sorry.

I now just found this ODBelevin that does the same plus more than the Carista with out the option of a subscription. Anyone have more knowledge on this product or know of a better scan tool?

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[Sagebrush]

I now just found this ODBelevin that does the same plus more than the Carista

Does it do more? Can you turn off the seat belt chime, etc?

 

[Sagebrush]

Holy crap! $180? The Carista is $32 right now. The one-month subscription to customize your truck is $12, and then let it go. Down the road, if you need to read and delete codes, it's another $12.

 

[VBFD Taco]

Holy crap! $180? The Carista is $32 right now. The one-month subscription to customize your truck is $12, and then let it go. Down the road, if you need to read and delete codes, it's another $12.

Its around $160 right now with the black Friday sales and yes, it could turn off your seat belt chimes I believe.
Like I said, I don't like doing that buy and send it back shenanigans. No judgment on those that do. Just not my style. Plus I have heard that sometimes if you disconnect the battery, lots of stuff reverts back to stock.

 

[NoSlushbox4Me]

My understanding is the Carista still has some capability with the free version of the software. My Carista was a present that came with subscription so I don't have direct experience with the free capability. If I had bought mine though, I would have done the month by month subscription and just bought 1 month for initial use. No buy and send back scheme, just paying when needed.

 

[VBFD Taco]

My understanding is the Carista still has some capability with the free version of the software. My Carista was a present that came with subscription so I don't have direct experience with the free capability. If I had bought mine though, I would have done the month by month subscription and just bought 1 month for initial use. No buy and send back scheme, just paying when needed.

Okay cool, that's good to know. So I can customize my stuff for the first month and then just use it as a code reader/reset for the rest of the time I have it? Will it also do a 4Runner customizing for that first month along with my Taco?

 

[NoSlushbox4Me]

I've used mine on my truck and a co-worker's Jetta. Multi vehicle is ok. You can name each Carista vehicle profile on your phone.

 

[gofastdan]

Technically you don't even need the Carista OBD reader. The Carista software will work with other OBD readers, although there are some caveats to that. I have the OBDLink LX reader and it worked great with the Carista app, and then as others state I just cancelled the app after the month was up.

The reader I have is definitely more expensive than the basic Carista reader but it also works with almost any OBD software, so I used Carista to reprogram everything I wanted on the Toyota and then use something like Torque Pro or OBDocker to do other things such as to clear codes and whatnot on vehicles Carista doesn't support (such as my wife's Volvo).

 

[Sagebrush]

Will it also do a 4Runner customizing for that first month along with my Taco?

Sure.

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