well welcome back to Steve Brown reviews today we're talking about why you shouldn't buy a
pico scope a pickle scope is not a motive based diagnostic software tool and you shouldn't buy
it and that's the advice that I was given not to buy a pico scope for top three reasons there you
go number one you're not automotive technician got no business buying it because you're not on
the move technician and that's all there is to it number two it's too expensive you shouldn't buy it
because it's just way too expensive and number three you'll never use it you're just wasting
your time and you should move on well this video is strictly not all about pico and pico scopes
and people's scopes for some of you who don't know what it is it's not a motive based software there
is a tool in diagnosing faults on a vehicle this video is strictly not about automotive faults and
Pico sculpt it's about human nature but it is about Pico scope now I'm going to show you the
Pico scope and I have and well as you can tell I did not take their advice so I'm gonna show you
the Pico scope here in a second and let's get to this okay this is the kit that I bought it is just
terrific now this pico that I bought here is only a two channel scope and for me I figured that's
all I needed and there's a two channel a four channel this is an older series I've had this for
about five years and this is just my laptop and it's just running the software in the background
the best thing about people that I do like is the software on your computer is free it's updated for
free there is no monthly charge and it is awesome okay so you seen the Pico sculpt this video is not
about Pico school I love the Pico scope and for me I think it was a good investment now
what I want to get to here is the vast majority of all the tools sold in the world are not sold
to automotive technicians they are sold to the general public you go bankrupt trying to sell
just tools to automotive technicians I have two friends that are in the trade and both of them do
not know how to use a Pico scope they don't know how to use an oscilloscope and the way it works
and their particular dealership is they have guys that are trained for only Diagnostics and whenever
they need someone to do Diagnostics well they're the guys that do it and my friends don't do that
kind of work they they have no idea what this is they wouldn't even know which end to start and
there is not as far as I know in the automotive trade that many people that actually have a Pico
scope now some have other type of scopes you've got the snap-on Varys you've got all kinds of
different scopes out there but generally what I notice in the automotive field is people who have
their own shops buy tools that make them money and unless you have a use for a tool then you really
yeah you got some guys just like to collect tools like everybody else but generally the people that
are in business to make money well they're buying tools that make them money far as I'm concerned in
my limited ability I think the people scope far surpasses any scope out there for what it can do
and to tell you the truth it's expensive sure it's expensive I mean you go pay $2,000 for a laptop
and this two-channel scope here up here in Canada cost me just over $2,000 and why didn't I take the
advice of all these people that said you're not a tech it's too expensive and you'll never use it
well think about it who is it that actually buys anything in your life and justifies it by them
three criteria I have a friend earlier this year bought himself a brand new quarterback what am I
gonna tell him you don't need a Corvette you've got no use for you'll never use it and it's too
expensive well you know what when it comes down to it don't buy stuff you can't afford and if you
like to buy stuff and you get some enjoyment out of it well then buy it that's the way that I look
at it I mean who is the one who actually judges these type of things and gives advice well how
many people enjoy going golfing and spend a huge amount of money on golfing and buying a golf clubs
custom golf clubs that's expensive you've got people like to travel and you know you can go
anywhere in the world and it's gonna cost you thousands of dollars for a trip for a couple of
weeks and you know what you tell people you really shouldn't take a trip because you know what after
you come back from the trip your trips over you just blew two or three thousand dollars well no
you don't if you have the money you can afford it well then I say all about power to you now it's
something that I guess a lot of people have in the back of their mind trying to justify what you
should buy in your life and what you shouldn't buy in your life and for me the Pico scope was more of
a challenge because I enjoy the automotive field I'm not in the automotive field I know that I have
the ability to call up some people and ask them to say look I'm having a problem with my vehicle
can you help me out here and I know and a lot of instances they're gonna say you're going to need a
scope let me know what it looks like can you take a screen shot let me know what it looks like and
I can help you out and you know what that that is invaluable right there and for a lot of use
who don't have a scope yeah you can go through life quite easy without ever having one and you
can go through life quite easy without buying yourself a sports car or golf clubs or cussed
tennis racket and you know this is strictly a video not about Pico scope is it so when it comes
down to it is this little investment of a couple of thousand dollars to me is well worth it I mean
for me I haven't even scratched the surface of understanding all of it because I really don't
have the opportunity to put it through its full potential all the time it's constantly updating
with new testing procedures and it is just incredible if you have any interest at all
in the automotive field and you enjoy testing equipment I think it's a great I don't know if
there's anything out there that compares to this I know you can get like a up here in Canada if
you wanted to buy like a nice snap-on Varys you know at the top of the line there you're talking
15 grand and you know yeah that's expensive and for those that can afford not sure but you're
not going to get you're not going to get the same as you can out of a vehicle for a lot less now of
course it's the portability and some people have solved the portability problems you know with the
Pico because really this is a platform base you know you got to have a laptop you have to have
it hooked up you know it does take a little you just can't grab ahold of it and just you know
make it so mobile all the time but if you have a shop yeah you're on a desk on a rollout desk
or you're on something that you can you know do repairs in and I think the Pico scope is probably
the best in my limited knowledge I find it very challenging to me to figure out a lot of the a
lot of the menus on it it's got a Help section and I think it's just incredible that what it
can do now do you need this no you don't need this I mean majority of vehicles are fixed with a you
know a multimeter and a test like so yeah but if you want something in life and you could afford it
why not you know that's the way I look at it if I want to go by myself you know a vehicle and I can
afford it and it's something that I want and it makes you happy it makes your life happier well
then fine you want to get one turn around in life and your miles will make the best of it and for
me you know people telling me you know you know a technician don't buy picoscope it's too expensive
and you never you know all this kind of stuff you know it gets kind of tired after a while and yeah
enjoy life do the best you can with it down below I'm gonna put three channels and these are friends
of mine that have the Pico scope and one will be Keith and the next one will be teri and the next
one will be Mike now Mike is just new to the Pico scope too and I think a lot of people could learn
off of his learning Terry is a automotive I'm sorry is an electrical engineer and he's got a
whole series on the Pico scope and how to use it and the guy is sharp as a tack and he knows what
he's talking about and you can learn from that and then we've got Keith who's actually in the
business and he's just as sharp as the other two fellows too and you can learn from his channel as
well about the Pico scope I'm not demonstrating the Pico scope for you I may in the future do a
couple of videos on it but for me I like learning from other people and I only talk about other
people on my channel I have no affiliation with Pico scope at all and I won't mention the people
and I bought the unit from myself and I only like to promote people on my channel that are
on YouTube and I won't permit you know like oh if you want to learn how to operate a pico scope
you know go watch this company or go watch that company and this place has got great training
and that but no no I won't allow them links on my channel I promote the people who I like and who I
think my viewers would like as well and learning from each other on YouTube I think is the best
way and I will not promote operations that are affiliated with the picot scope I promote my
friends and I promote other youtubers that I know and there's lots of YouTube channels out there
that do this but I decided to pick three of my own and promote them and I think that's a good thing
to do so thanks for joining me here today and take a look at the links below and check out them
channels if you're interested in the picot scope and learning a little bit about what it can do and
whether you'd be interested in it just as much as I have so thanks for joining me here today again
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