OBD options

[Grumpy Goat]

Old Mechanic seems to know his stuff, and I realize English isn't his 1st language, but his presentation style is so slow and plodding it puts me to sleep.

I like the Old Mechanic's videos, and I agree that his style is very deliberate, but as a content creator myself I understand where he is coming from and appreciate what he does and how he does it. I will admit I have never fallen asleep during one of his videos, although the can't be said for Formula 1 and MotoGP both of which are a bit faster paced and both of which have had me drift off occasionally (albeit rarely). That said, I have not watched his comparison video, and would probably have found it harder to watch in real time since when it comes to computer stuff I tend to go into geek mode and my brain speeds up and patience goes down. 

I watched this video as part of my research but found the comparison both belabored and lacking important context. If I'm buying a $20K+ bike I'm not really going to care if an important diagnostics tool is $125 or $400. $400 is BTW what I paid for a GS-911wifi (Enthusiast).

I agree 100% on the approach to paying for the diagnostic tool given the cost of the bike(s) on which you will apply it. My reasoning was a bit more fundamental, having to do with deciding on whether to spend any money at all on a diagnostic tool - cheap or otherwise. Once that decision was made, I wanted the best value for money all features considered, which is why I decided to not buy the wifi version of the GS-911, but to get the USB Enthusiast version for $299. Works the same and I have a laptop and a tablet (both Windows) that I use to connect to it and the Internet. Should be good for any and all BMWs I'm likely to get (probably not exceeding the 10 licenses, two of which are used.