Very good scope to use, saves us a lot of time and money.
Barry S
Verified Purchase
Vividia Ablescope Va-400
November 9, 2024
Great value for the money! Used it to inspect valves.
Wayne S
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
September 12, 2024
Great product, but the Windows application keeps crashing. The laptop that I am using has 20gigs of RAM, so I dont thing I am short on that.
Do wish they would take a serious look at that.
Sarosh P
Verified Purchase
Vividia Ablescope Va-400
June 22, 2024
I purchased the original Ablescope model several years ago and used it a lot for cylinder borescoping. The picture quality gradually deteriorated, perhaps from the heavy usage, so I recently purchased the newest model 5. It is better than the original ever was. Im very happy with this new version.
Bob K
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
June 7, 2024
The new ablescope 400 is much improved over our 5 year old version. Highly recommended
Allan M
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
March 9, 2024
I second all the 5 star reviews--this is a great product. However, there was an issue with the camera turning its self off for no apparent reason while I was doing an inspection. It got so bad that I couldnt even get it into the cylinder with out to turning off. I contacted Oasis Scientific customer support and they immediately got back to me with this: We find that dry and cold weather, and carpeted floors will cause the camera to shut down at a trade show. We usually spray a little bit of water around the area to greatly reduce the incident. Well, I am in a cold dry hangar and happen to have some carpet scraps on the floor. I attached a small ground wire between the engine and the scope which solved the problem without the need to, spray water around. Ha!
Bruce E
Evans M
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
November 24, 2023
Great product
Richard H
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
October 17, 2023
Works really well
Natron A
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
June 27, 2023
Borescope has been used for annual inspection, review of several Service Bulletins and recording difficult to see and document areas of the plane. Saved hrs of work, and easy to use with a Win10 laptop. Very good light and resolution. Good value!
Gary C
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
April 28, 2023
Gives nice clear picture of the interior of the cylinders.
Barry M
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
April 11, 2023
Great product for its price.
Mike Busch recommends this model and it lives up to his recommendation for inspecting the valves in the O360 lycoming engine.
Make sure you purchase the latest V5 with the high resolution.
Warren M
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
November 8, 2022
I had the first gen and it lasted about 40 hours before one of the lights blew up and damaged the lens. The new one is way better built, the resolution is great and the color is deeper. I only hope it lasts longer than the last generation.
Skiatook F
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
October 21, 2022
James R
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
October 7, 2022
An excellent tool. Great improvement in resolution over earlier versions.
Bill M
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
September 22, 2022
this new improved model is much better. Camera resolution is massively better and the new tip and metal gauze is much better than the old rubber style.
Bryan N
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
August 18, 2022
Great and useful product. Only problem is everyone wants to borrow it.....!
Gregory A
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
June 21, 2022
Purchased this along with the VA-B2 wifi airbox for use with my iPad.
Borescope works great and now provides quality, simple and inexpensive viewing of valve, cylinder and piston health.
At this price theres no excuse not to own this borescope!
Bruce S
Verified Purchase
Vividia Ablescope Va-400
June 17, 2022
Excellent device …. Good operating instructions and excellent image quality.
Terry R
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
May 24, 2022
Great product! Images are clear, adjustable light is very nice. Works great with my MacBook. The articulating head works wonderfully, very clear images of valves.
Mark L
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
January 21, 2022
Amazing product for the price. Includes USB C and lightning connectors in the box for connection directly to a tablet or phone.
Eric C
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
January 6, 2022
VA-400 works good. Still imagery resolution on spruce listing is incorrect for this model. Mine is ‘21 new and only has 640x480. Still works good enough for valve pictures.
Thomas S
Verified Purchase
Vividia Ablescope Va-400
September 28, 2021
Though a commercial amt by trade, needed this for my HD diesel pickup, for a dropped socket, onto the top of the engine. Had been using magnets, mirrors, and even one non-articulating borescope I had without success, but located it within minutes, once I put this very handy Vividia Ablescope VA-400 to use. Great product.
Pete C
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Vividia Ablescope Va-400
July 29, 2021
The Ablescope software leaves a lot to be desired. It is quirky and required help from oasis scientific for me. They can be difficult to reach by telephone for those of us in AK. They are in SC and the Eastern Time zone. You just have to keep trying and leave a message when no one is available. Email support can work, but is hard to describe issues when unfamiliar with what to expect from the software.
Since the software provides the image, it is critical to get it installed on computer, tablet of phone to learn how to use the borescope and confirm the hardware is working. I had trouble getting the software to use the Ablescope camera rather than the laptop display camera on my Windows 7 laptop because the drivers needed to be updated. Just quirky steps to get it operating. Also to learn how to make and store images. On a PC, folders need to be made in advance and then configure the software to direct the images to the right folder as you proceed. A lot of steps starting and stopping the software. It does provide excellent images once mastered.
Barry S
Verified Purchase
Vividia Ablescope Va-400
April 26, 2024
4 stars becasue I dont give 5 stars to nobody. This is a prefect tool for doing cylinder internal inspections. Plug and play with my tablet, but with my S21 I had to download an app, but still easy peasey.
Charles G
Verified Purchase
Vividia Ablescope Va-400
June 11, 2022
I tested it as soon as I received it and it did not work properly. It only showed at band at the top of the image that looked like a mis-adjusted horizontal hold on an old tv. It did change depending on what it was looking at.
I returned it and during the return I ordered a second unit. This one worked worked well and gives a great image.
The 3 star is because of the DOA with the first one and I have yet to receive my refund for the one I returned.
John E
May 13, 2023
They removed the Locking device. So to lap a valve with the articulation 180° locked is now not possible.
James
October 10, 2022