CanView or ScanGauge? Talk among yourselves.

Scan Guage
Limited information
Limited functionally
Easy to install
Cheap

Can-View
More info than you need
Can be used for plug in conversion
Harder to install
Must buy extra LCD screen for 2006+
More expensive than the SG but can get really expensive if you have to buy and install the extra LCD screen.


I like my Can-View. I don't think I could live with the limited functionally of the SG but thats just me. It really depends on what you want to use the information for. if you need all info available you would want the Can-View if you want something cheap and give you basic info get the SG.

 

Another benefit of the ScanGauge is that you can use it in any OBDII compliant car, not just the Prius.

 

CanView or ScanGauge

I have neither, but I believe it has to do with the change of the MFD. From 2006 on it's a higher resolution.

 

I've used both. Started with a ScanGauge. I switched to CAN-View for two main reasons: 1) the ability to log data via a PC using an optional CV serial port, and 2) the desire to know more about the operating parameters of the hybrid system. (As an aside, I've had trouble getting data logging to work.)

I love CV and have no regrets buying it. But for the average driver, SG is more than sufficient and a better value, IMHO.

All of this is a moot point if you don't have or plan a plug-in conversion. CV is no longer being made for the non-plug-in Prius.

The 04/05 models have an analog MFD, whereas 06+ comes with a digital MFD. See this for more.

 

Its too bad that those hardware hackers haven't made any news-worthy progress on the digital screen...

The last I heard, someone had gotten windows to boot up on the mfd, but it was chopped off or something...

 

my canview came with my car, when my wires becomes lose and my screen goes blank, i feel naked without it. I only use the prius MFD for checking 5 minute interval fuel economy, other than that I love the details of the hybrid system such as:

MG inverters/motors temps
coolant/engine temp (really shows how cool the coolant can get when mixed in a cold engine :S)
temp/amps/wattage of battery
horsepower to the wheels (i'm debating if its break horsepower from the engine or to the wheels... need dyno)
throttle/brake position %
it can scan diagnoistic trouble codes and can store hybrid specality ones as well
trip data simliar to scangauge
true State of charge/ voltage < -- good for determining the life of the battery

 

I "mounted" mine by just squeezing it into the box below the stereo. It fights snugly enough to just push it in and I can close the box and hide it when I'm not in the car.