MPG tracking device

[MurrayRothbard]

Noobie here getting in to hypermilling. I see many people using devices such as the ScanGauge II which runs about $200. Doing research I see the Torque App ($5) and a cheap Mini Bluetooth OBD2 reader (~$15), do you think it would give the same MPG accuracy as ScanGauge II? It would appear its getting the data from the same source so I dont see why not, and I got a spare android to connect it to. Opinions on such device?

[MurrayRothbard]

Went ahead and ordered a ELM327 v1.5 Bluetooth Mini OBD2 Scanner, ill see how it goes when it arrives.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by MurrayRothbard

Noobie here getting in to hypermilling. I see many people using devices such as the ScanGauge II which runs about $200. Doing research I see the Torque App ($5) and a cheap Mini Bluetooth OBD2 reader (~$15), do you think it would give the same MPG accuracy as ScanGauge II? It would appear its getting the data from the same source so I dont see why not, and I got a spare android to connect it to. Opinions on such device?

Takes some dialing in, but I think it can be fairly accurate. I never put in enough effort to dial in that accuracy. For instance, the Torque app has a parameter for volumetric efficiency. I don't know what that is, so I went with the defaults.

[Tahoe_Hybrid]

Originally Posted by MurrayRothbard

Noobie here getting in to hypermilling. I see many people using devices such as the ScanGauge II which runs about $200. Doing research I see the Torque App ($5) and a cheap Mini Bluetooth OBD2 reader (~$15), do you think it would give the same MPG accuracy as ScanGauge II? It would appear its getting the data from the same source so I dont see why not, and I got a spare android to connect it to. Opinions on such device?

most people use the ones built in to the car... these have been available since the early 1980s...

such as "instant mpg, average mpg" and the typical miles times fuel pumped

the instant mpg is quite useful.. esp on my SUV