Which Digital Gauges To Buy?

[remi322]

Hi everyone, I've been thinking about buying myself a pair of digital gauges, but don't know which ones to buy, I 've been keeping an eye on the yellow jackets, testo's and digi cools. Which ones do you guys prefer?

[Reeferman]

Hi everyone, I've been thinking about buying myself a pair of digital gauges, but don't know which ones to buy, I 've been keeping an eye on the yellow jackets, testo's and digi cools. Which ones do you guys prefer?


Do yourself a big favour and buy from DigiCool. DO NOT buy from Yellow Jacket even though they are the same. Ritchie has done something that they are going to regret big time. Testo sucks.

[itsiceman]

Do yourself a big favour and buy from DigiCool. DO NOT buy from Yellow Jacket even though they are the same. Ritchie has done something that they are going to regret big time. Testo sucks.:D

[Danimal535]

I would not buy digital gauges unless you are verry carefull with them I would break them in a week. I dont have the time to put them away and then take them out for every service call I just hang my gauges on my cage in the truck digitals will get beat

[MB1211]

The digi cools are pretty tough. I have digi cools, testo and the yellow jacket guages. Id buy the digi cools again in a heart beat but I have a set of testo's for sale :)

[kiwireeferman]

I would not buy digital gauges unless you are verry carefull with them I would break them in a week. I dont have the time to put them away and then take them out for every service call I just hang my gauges on my cage in the truck digitals will get beat

It seems you have no experience of the Digi-cool product. Mine have been hanging in the back since I got them. I have never teated them any different to my mechanical manifold sets that now reside in the workshop!!!!!!

The one thing I did do was put a screen protector over the LCD, no big deal just common sense to keep them looking good for longer.

[I_bend_metal]

I would not buy digital gauges unless you are verry carefull with them I would break them in a week. I dont have the time to put them away and then take them out for every service call I just hang my gauges on my cage in the truck digitals will get beat

You can drive a truck over the Digi cools....

No worries about breaking the Cools....they are the only thing I use!! Hangin in my truck now....oh and it was like -17 here this weekend....:D

[hvacrmedic]

I would not buy digital gauges unless you are verry carefull with them I would break them in a week. I dont have the time to put them away and then take them out for every service call I just hang my gauges on my cage in the truck digitals will get beat

If you broke the Digi-cool it would be because you took a sledge hammer to them.

[beachtech]

I would not buy digital gauges unless you are verry carefull with them I would break them in a week. I dont have the time to put them away and then take them out for every service call I just hang my gauges on my cage in the truck digitals will get beat

i've been using my digi-cools for almost a year now and haven't had one minutes trouble with them.

they have been through wos thing's than my analog gauges could ever think of doing!

i hang my digi-cools up in the truck just like any other set of gauges i have. they are sitting on the truck and have been since friday night, it was 17°F saturday morning and i can rest assure they will work just fine tomorrow morning when i need to use them. they have been wet, dropped, thrown in a fit of rage (lmao like you've never been P.O'ed before) and they don't stop working, and are still more accurate then my best kept set of analog's :)

plus, i don't have to carry a PT chart anymore :p

[beachtech]

Do yourself a big favour and buy from DigiCool. DO NOT buy from Yellow Jacket even though they are the same. Ritchie has done something that they are going to regret big time. Testo sucks.

mine are the Y/J set :) they are the same as the digi 1200 series. the must be something i dunno about, doug and Y/J having a fallen out or something :confused: either way, for the price, it's a great set up. four port manifold, hoses, and the 1200. and i bought mine on sale last year for 649 plus uncle sam :) i am waiting for them to go on sale agian this spring :D

[beachtech]

Hi everyone, I've been thinking about buying myself a pair of digital gauges, but don't know which ones to buy, I 've been keeping an eye on the yellow jackets, testo's and digi cools. Which ones do you guys prefer?

if i had to do it all over again, i would buy the digi-cools or Y/J's :)

you have certainly picked the best three to own.

be sure to stay away form the others you may see or run across. price is attractive, but they will most certainly cost you more in the end! i promise you that, as a friend of mine here went against my info about gauges and has to take his much cheaper set back to the guy who sold them to him three times in the last four months :o

[remi322]

Thanks for the responses I think I'm going to go with the vast majority and grab a pair of digi's.

[hvacrmedic]

Thanks for the responses I think I'm going to go with the vast majority and grab a pair of digi's.

Good. FWIW, none of us is getting compensation for these kind words in favor of the Digi-cools. They simply are that friggin good. Best gauges ever! Wish I'd have found out about them a long time ago. As far as I know I'm still the only one in my area that owns a set. That's mostly due to nobody being exposed to them. The supply houses sell Mastercools and Refcos, which are both junk. Sad, very sad.

[itsiceman]

I would not buy digital gauges unless you are verry carefull with them I would break them in a week. I dont have the time to put them away and then take them out for every service call I just hang my gauges on my cage in the truck digitals will get beat
What kind of anolog set do you have that is tougher than a good set of digitals :confused:

I'd like to try them but I wouldn't want to waist anymore money on a Analog Set and break them in a week :rolleyes:


If you broke the Digi-cool it would be because you took a sledge hammer to them.Medic You obviously haven't seen the hammer test yet :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqGAMurcfTQ

[ptemko]

The guys that are using the Digi-cools do you have 2 sets one for R22 and one for R410A or do you just use the 1 set for everything and what do you do after each call if using different refrigerant.

[MB1211]

I bought two to have them seperate. I just don't want any excuses that thier was contamination between the two.

[kiwireeferman]

Same manifolds for everything, oil retention in the manifold itself would be zilch.

[I_bend_metal]

The guys that are using the Digi-cools do you have 2 sets one for R22 and one for R410A or do you just use the 1 set for everything and what do you do after each call if using different refrigerant.

I use the same set for everything. Just a quick nitrogen purge between refers. I keep my nitrogen tank easily accessible on the back of my truck. Don't even have to pull it out to purge....takes about a minute...:D

[MechAcc]

Don't know if the You Tube screen will display if not try the link.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W2eOnBqjAs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W2eOnBqjAs

[cmajerus]

I bought the refco digimons, before reading the horror stories on here, mine still work, but guarantee they will not take much abuse, they don't look too tough. I did wreck the sensor right away, but the gauges still function.(Well at least they did in the fall, will see this spring):D

[fcs]

Digi Cool :)

And the take a beating better then analog.

What did YJ do did Doug have a falling out with them??

[beachtech]

Good. FWIW, none of us is getting compensation for these kind words in favor of the Digi-cools. They simply are that friggin good. Best gauges ever! Wish I'd have found out about them a long time ago. As far as I know I'm still the only one in my area that owns a set. That's mostly due to nobody being exposed to them. The supply houses sell Mastercools and Refcos, which are both junk. Sad, very sad.

sounds like you live in my neighborhood :o

[beachtech]

I bought two to have them seperate. I just don't want any excuses that thier was contamination between the two.

HUH? what'ya doin blood work up there???

what's going to cross contaminate??


i think you just wanted an excuse to own two sets ;)

that's it LOL :D

[beachtech]

I use the same set for everything. Just a quick nitrogen purge between refers. I keep my nitrogen tank easily accessible on the back of my truck. Don't even have to pull it out to purge....takes about a minute...:D

purge with nitro lmao

purge with the next refer is much much faster :D ;)

[ptemko]

I have not seen any around here in Hamilton Ontario. I did see the Yellow Jacket version at Totaline. They are asking $710CDN for them.

[ptemko]

Do they sell the Digi Cool here in Canada and if they do who sells them and what price range are they selling them for.

[itsiceman]

Do they sell the Digi Cool here in Canada and if they do who sells them and what price range are they selling them for.

Digi-Cool is from Canada eh ;)

[cmajerus]

Do they sell the Digi Cool here in Canada and if they do who sells them and what price range are they selling them for.

get ahold of this guy

http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/member.php?u=53649

[cmajerus]

what's the difference between the 1250 and 1600, what benefits are lost going to the 1600?

[MechAcc]

Do they sell the Digi Cool here in Canada and if they do who sells them and what price range are they selling them for.

Sell. They are made in Canada. Think you can order factory direct from Digi-Cool at http://digi-cool.com/

[itsiceman]

what's the difference between the 1250 and 1600, what benefits are lost going to the 1600?Same difference as a Harley Fatboy and a Sportster 883 ;)

[beachtech]

what's the difference between the 1250 and 1600, what benefits are lost going to the 1600?

http://digi-cool.com/?PHPSESSID=0702825969980c6aaebd38bcb63634c0

why don't you have a look around :)

maybe you can report back to us the difference :)

[cmajerus]

http://digi-cool.com/?PHPSESSID=0702825969980c6aaebd38bcb63634c0

why don't you have a look around :)

maybe you can report back to us the difference :)

I did, I see a few more buttons on the 1250, a different color case, and different type of screen, other than that saw nothing in the description that seems much different to me.

Looked again, I see the deciding factor for me(dual temp sensors on the 1250)

What else is different that i am missing?

[beachtech]

I did, I see a few more buttons on the 1250, a different color case, and different type of screen, other than that saw nothing in the description that seems much different to me.

Looked again, I see the deciding factor for me(dual temp sensors on the 1250)

What else is different that i am missing?

over the 1600

watch some of the videos :)

the 1250's have a backlight as well and i think it's four different colors to choose from. the 1250's have the dual temp SH/SC as you were saying, Adjustable digital readout update rate: 1 second, 5 second or hold digits, Includes profiles for 30 common refrigerants (the 1600 does 23 refer's)

i think that's it :)

[cmajerus]

over the 1600

watch some of the videos :)

the 1250's have a backlight as well and i think it's four different colors to choose from. the 1250's have the dual temp SH/SC as you were saying, Adjustable digital readout update rate: 1 second, 5 second or hold digits, Includes profiles for 30 common refrigerants (the 1600 does 23 refer's)

i think that's it :)

well I use 2 refrigerants, but the dual temp is the only way I would have it, so I guess I have a few hundred more to save up, cause I gotta have those spring clamps too:D

[allstar08]

Has any one tried those CPS digital gauges that can go on any manifold?

[jpsmith1cm]

Ok.

This whole Digi-cool thing is really getting my attention.

Questions,

In the "hammer test" vid, is that just a case or are all of the electronics inside?

Who has the oldest set of digi-cools? 2,3,4 years? What kind of lifespan?

The price seems a bit steep, but I'm a sucker for a gadget.

[beachtech]

well I use 2 refrigerants, but the dual temp is the only way I would have it, so I guess I have a few hundred more to save up, cause I gotta have those spring clamps too:D

you sound just like me lol

only two refer's right now!

don't you do alot of commercial stuff? those R-22 units, as they break and the price of 22 skyrockets, you'll be using a third refer ;)

[beachtech]

Ok.

This whole Digi-cool thing is really getting my attention.

Questions,

In the "hammer test" vid, is that just a case or are all of the electronics inside?

Who has the oldest set of digi-cools? 2,3,4 years? What kind of lifespan?

The price seems a bit steep, but I'm a sucker for a gadget.

all i can say is mine are almost a year old, no problems thus far.

i don't see why they won't last longer than any set of analog gauges :)

i could see where they would last me much longer than 5 years :)

[cmajerus]

you sound just like me lol

only two refer's right now!

don't you do alot of commercial stuff? those R-22 units, as they break and the price of 22 skyrockets, you'll be using a third refer ;)
very true:D We are down to only 1 pallet left:(

[fcs]

I've had my Digi Cool for just over 2 year their as actuate as ever.

I think Mark B has had his for longer. Where is he anyway?

As for HFC to CFC,HCFC I purge with N2 and leave the hose hang down.

[kiwireeferman]

I've owned a 1000 for over 3 years. Still going strong.

[kiwireeferman]

Ok.

This whole Digi-cool thing is really getting my attention.

Questions,

In the "hammer test" vid, is that just a case or are all of the electronics inside?

Who has the oldest set of digi-cools? 2,3,4 years? What kind of lifespan?

The price seems a bit steep, but I'm a sucker for a gadget.

I think the hammer test would be the case only.

The 1600 is a great buy when compared to the others out there!!!!!!!

[coolhvac]

You need to get Digi Cools

[itsiceman]

Ok.

This whole Digi-cool thing is really getting my attention.

Questions,

In the "hammer test" vid, is that just a case or are all of the electronics inside?

I would direct you to "drive over it with a truck" test for that :)


Who has the oldest set of digi-cools? 2,3,4 years? What kind of lifespan?

I believe some original sets are still in use

Search google for lots more info

[beachtech]

I think the hammer test would be the case only.

The 1600 is a great buy when compared to the others out there!!!!!!!

great buy for sure.

but depends on your needs and intentional use for the gauges :)

[phosgene]

Used what was probably the digi cool proto type when I worked for Doug briefly in 02, very impressive, and I'm sure they are even better now.

But I got a set of yellow jackets as a gift, they were promptly stolen after 1 use. Boss replaced them and I have loved them ever since with no problems in 2 years. I would buy a new set in a heart beat. I treat them like everything else, into the back of the van. I just purge the line with each new gas. I don't buy into the cross contamination theory (Lee Harvey worked alone).

I don't think you can lose with either brand. Jump into the future, don't wait for it to leave you behind. Digital is here to stay (unlike r22).

[Reeferman]

1000
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p45/r404a/DSC04442.jpg

1100
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p45/r404a/dad008.jpg

1200

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p45/r404a/dad010.jpg

1250

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p45/r404a/DSC04436.jpg

[MechAcc]

1250

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p45/r404a/DSC04436.jpg


Looks nice. Now where did you get that great looking manifold the 1250 is mounted on?

[beachtech]

Looks nice. Now where did you get that great looking manifold the 1250 is mounted on?

lol it was supposed to be top secret ;)

stay tuned to digi-cool.com ;)

[MechAcc]

lol it was supposed to be top secret ;)

stay tuned to digi-cool.com ;)

I'll talk with Doug Monday or Tuesday.;)

[beachtech]

I'll talk with Doug Monday or Tuesday.;)

cool, tell him that beachy says hey :)

[MechAcc]

cool, tell him that beachy says hey :)

Got to admit the knobs aren't going to crack or split like the plastic ones. :mad:

[beachtech]

Got to admit the knobs aren't going to crack or split like the plastic ones. :mad:

ain't that the deal! i have only broke two in the last year though. actually one stripped out :eek: guess i am a lil stronger than i think :D

it's been forever since i talked to doug, lol like 6-7 months i think... he might not remember me :D

[Reeferman]

Looks nice. Now where did you get that great looking manifold the 1250 is mounted on?

That is the very first one that was made last year.

[a/cpro]

Anyone checked out the digimod set sold at Johnstone?

[Dchappa21]

Got to admit the knobs aren't going to crack or split like the plastic ones. :mad:


You guys seen the Digi-CamoMan that Doug made thing looks sweet.:cool:

[Dchappa21]

Anyone checked out the digimod set sold at Johnstone?

Don't even think about it... You'll be sorry...

[beachtech]

Anyone checked out the digimod set sold at Johnstone?

read back a few ;)

junk

[itsiceman]

You guys seen the Digi-CamoMan that Doug made thing looks sweet.:cool:Walked right by it today and realy had to look for it :p

Seriously it's smaller than it looks :cool: