# Recommendations for OBD2 Scanner

**URL:** https://community.clark.com/t/recommendations-for-obd2-scanner/4604
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [March 8, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/recommendations-for-obd2-scanner/4604 "2024-03-08T20:11:28Z")
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### Author: ![butler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@butler](https://community.clark.com/u/butler)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/recommendations-for-obd2-scanner/4604/1 "2024-03-08T20:11:28Z")

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For those that own a OBD2 diagnostic scanner, which one do you have? I need to pick one up and trying to decide between a self-contained hardware device, or a Bluetooth adapter that integrates with a phone app.

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### Author: ![Lavarock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/lavarock/32/119_2.png) [@Lavarock](https://community.clark.com/u/Lavarock)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/recommendations-for-obd2-scanner/4604/2 "2024-03-08T20:53:44Z")

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The OBD2 bluetooth capabile devices can often be accessed by other apps from other companys.

Read reviews. My Sister got an adapter which seems overly complicated to use.

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### Author: ![PropofolMask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@PropofolMask](https://community.clark.com/u/PropofolMask)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/recommendations-for-obd2-scanner/4604/3 "2024-03-09T01:20:38Z")

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I bought a BlueDriver OBD2 scan tool back in 2018.