00:00If you've ever spent an hour chasing a dead short on a phone motherboard,
00:03you already know the pain, you're poking around with a multimeter,
00:06guessing which coil went bad, and slowly losing your mind.
00:09So I went digging and found 5 inductor testers that basically turn that guessing game into a
00:1410-second check. And the best part? Every single one of these is under 6 bucks.
00:21Let's get into it. Starting off with the inductor detector tool motherboard coil tester,
00:27this one's built for exactly what the name says, electromagnetic induction fault checking on
00:31phone boards. You bring the probe near a coil, and it tells you instantly whether that inductor
00:37is alive or dead. No desoldering, no removing components, no guesswork. It's sitting at $5.67,
00:45it's moved almost 5,000 units, and it's holding a perfect 5-star rating.
00:50If you want the safest bet on this list and you don't mind paying a couple extra dollars for
00:55peace of mind, this is the one I'd grab. Next up is the OSS W01 inductor detector.
01:02OSS is a name a lot of repair techs already trust, and this version keeps things dead simple,
01:07power it on, sweep it across the board, and let the induction do the work.
01:11What I like here is the value angle. You're paying $4.17, which is $1.50 less than the first
01:18pick,
01:19and you're still getting a 4.9 rating across nearly 4,900 sales. For a tool that lives on your
01:25bench and gets used every single day, that's a really easy purchase to justify. Now if you want
01:31the absolute steal of this list, look at the OSS W01 version 2.0 inductance tester. This is the
01:38updated version, and somehow it's the cheapest thing here at $1.94. Under $2. That's less than a
01:46coffee for a tool that saves you from pulling components off a board just to test them.
01:51It's rated 4.8 with over 4,800 sold, so plenty of people have already put it through its paces.
01:58Honestly, at this price, I'd throw one in the cart just to keep as a backup.
02:03Then there's the motherboard coil tester inductor detector for mobile phone repair.
02:08This is the premium pick at $5.89, the priciest on the list, but still under $6,
02:13so let's keep some perspective. What earns it a spot is the perfect 5-star rating across more than
02:204,600 orders. That kind of consistency usually means solid build quality and reliable sensitivity,
02:26which matters a lot when you're testing tiny inductors packed shoulder-to-shoulder on a
02:30modern board. If you repair phones professionally, spend the extra dollar.
02:36And rounding things out, the W01 inductor detector tool.
02:41This one sits right in the sweet spot at $4.67, not the cheapest, not the most expensive,
02:47but it's got a flawless 5-star rating behind it. Same fast electromagnetic induction check,
02:53same non-destructive testing, same time savings. I'd call this the balance choice,
02:58you're getting proven performance without paying top dollar, and with over 4,000 sold,
03:02it's clearly doing the job for a lot of people.
03:05Alright, that's the top 5 all the links are down in the description,
03:09so go check current prices because these things move fast.
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03:19Thanks for watching, I'll catch you in the next one.
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