Pico 4423 vs 4425

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3 years 11 months ago - 3 years 11 months ago #39319 by jman26063
Pico 4423 vs 4425 was created by jman26063
So, I am currently either selling or trading my vantage pro to move to a pico. Without getting into the whole debate on should I keep the Vantage :) thats for another day!

I can either sell it and add the money to get a 4425, but I did also get an offer for a trade for a 4423. Has anyone used both and is the 4423 still a good scope. I see now in late april they are shipping the newest 4425a which looks beautiful and I that is less than 100 more than the original 4425. So main question im looking for some opinions on is

1: Sell and buy 4425
2: Trade for 4423

Thanks
Justin
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3 years 11 months ago #39706 by jm_460
Replied by jm_460 on topic Pico 4423 vs 4425
I still have my Vantage Pro and also have a 4225 2-Ch Pico. I kept mine because sometimes I have to diag 20+ year old commuter cars, and I can't memorize all the different types of distributor systems. Vantage Pro seems to have good info on older cars, so I still use it for that purpose. I also use its graphing multimeter at times. As far as I know, the regular 4425 does have nice updated features. 4425 has USB 3.0 (faster than USB 2.0), faster sampling rate, and higher input voltage measurements. I believe the new 4425A has been designed to be more user friendly, and can auto-detect probes (called Smart Probes, i think). It can also supply power to Smart current probes, so no more 9v batteries. If money is not too much of an issue, get the new 4425a. Despite the new 4425a, the regular 4425 is still an awesome scope. The old 4423 does not have floating BNC inputs, which basically means that doing starter voltage drop tests requires a bit of a headache setup using 2 channels at once. The regular 4425 model did away with that, and voltage drop tests can measured independently per channel. Go for either the 4425 or 4425A

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3 years 11 months ago #39710 by juergen.scholl
Replied by juergen.scholl on topic Pico 4423 vs 4425
Get the 4225!

In addition to the already mentioned an important detail is that 4223 features a common ground for all inputs whereas the 4225 uses floating (seperate) grounds (up to 30V). You won't need it too often but when then it's just great!

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