TESTO 550s AND 550i MANIFOLD REVIEW

This is my honest review of the Testo 550s and the Testo 550i manifolds, to be clear I purchased these manifold myself and nobody paid me for anything in this video.

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00:00 CONTEXT
01:08 UNBOXING
01:35 FIRST IMPRESSIONS
03:15 550s MANIFOLD
03:45 WTF MOMENT
06:08 550i MANIFOLD
10:32 EVACUATION TEST
16:14 CLOSING WORDS

[cplgusmc]

Read the manual they do so much more then you'd expect. It's crazy. I've had them for over a year and recently sat my buns down and figured out so much more.

[matthewodonnell]

They seem pretty nice. I like the fact that the digital gauges offer the pressure tests on them. HVAC Overtime.

[sterlingarcher]

I've been using Testo products for years, mainly because we don't have Fieldpiece readily available here and we're neighbouring Germany ( Testo is a german brand ) .
From what I understand , Testo kinda went the Fluke route, in that they seem to focus a lot on the RnD, they focus mainly on the internals and the accuracy of the sensors, but they kinda cheap out on the externals, the packaging and the accessories just like Fluke does .
Still I like their probes, they seem to be pretty accurate and the 2nd gen have improved Bluetooth range .
My employer provides us with the 557 manifolds, they're pretty good to be fair, but I don't like manifolds anyway so I mainly use the probes .
The one product I would really really wanna have is the vaccum gauge the 552i .
Hvac overtime wohoooo 🥳

[nelshorton]

That's what's up. I'm very impressed with the functionality and capabilities. A lot Different from my analog manifold

[madeveric]

Definitely should keep doing tools review!. Good vid as always!!

[ABCJKE]

Thanks for doing the review on these two new testo's. I get what you're saying about the vacuum decay. Could be that the Accu tools uses a logarithmic scale for the graph, this may use a linear scale for the graph.

[natepeterson]

If I didn't know about probes and didn't have the 557 I would get the one with the app. Looks very functional.

[dawidc]

Very interesting review. Well done!
HVAC OVERTIME

[joep.]

Thanks for starting the new channel. Look forward to the honest reviews.

[Dmc]

i got the 550i this week will be using it for sure i had probs but hated that the where so easy to miss place or accidentally turn on .let us know when the work on measure quick app

[devontummons]

I’ve never used a testo product before. Not fully sold on these products but some cool designs. Looking forward to more videos!

[Jeff-mixx]

For someone just switching to digital manifolds it's a decent manifold to start out with.

[frankmontefusco]

You could have had tested to neighbors a/c you showed on Facebook.

[jrsmyth]

On the 550i, I think before you selected the return and supply air temps the probes were displaying the info in the scroll down items.
I am wondering if you can name probes, too.
Does it not seem like Testo is simulating MQ?

[rossflores]

I just ordered the testo 550 I The same set that you showed in your video will be delivered tomorrow I still have my old testo 5 fifties and they work flawlessly

[gregmercil]

If it’s one thing I like about Testo products is how compact they are.

[Brisket]

I'm using just Testo probes with apps (no manifold) and works seamlessly with MeasureQuick. I would expect these new gauges to get the same functionality.

[jonathanmiller-rrws]

I have the 550s. My issue is that I put my gauges on the evacuation setting and set my targets but no microns are shown on the top right when pulling a vacuum. I placed my navac micron gauge on a port to see if the vacuum is dropping and it does just dosnt want to show on my graph screen. Do I need to have a testo micron gauge connected to my 550s in order for the countdown to begin on my manifold?

[domas]

Would anyone help me? I have found testo 557s kit for sale temp clamp probes x2 and vacuum gauge included.. It's not new, said it's 6 months old and working perfectly... Price is pretty good only 250e but it's second hand.. Should I buy it or there is something that i could not check on inspection

[thomasmann]

I actually really like the compact size of the 550s vs the SMAN. Maybe one day I'll switch over