I like the test-um buttsets! However the LanRover Pro does not use TDR to determine cable lenght like the Microscanner.
Now the LanScaper appears to be a different sort of animal. Details are sketchy. "The LanScapertm Network Testing Kit will be available in early 2003!"
Do you actually have one?
The Proscanner from Progressive Electronics (home of the BEST tone probe - 200FP) IS the same device as the MicroScanner. Apparently the remarketing has been discontinued.
Handy things that the Microscanner Pro (or Proscanner) does:
TDR on individual pairs
Wire ID modules have "RJ45" and F connectors
POWERFUL toner - I have used it at over a mile
Hub or PC identification
Link speed indication
Flashes port on hub
Great quality "look and feel"
If there was a price increase when Fluke took over it was not much. When I bought my Microscanner Pro in 2000 for $330 now it is $360 (
As with all tools, you get what you pay for. I have never regretted buying anything from Fluke. Absolute top quality and accuracy.
The Office/Room ID kit (6 pcs) for the Microscanner is under $150. I think I paid $110 for mine. No way is it "another couple hundred on top of the tester". I don't get much use out of the ID kit since I tend to know where the wires go. It has come in handy once or twice.
Many times "the poop" at the wholesale house is that using name brand stuff costs a lot more. The counter guy pulling my order at Graybar the other day was giving me the "idiot" look since I was getting a load of Panduit parts. He was quite surprised that the wall jacks (and most everything else) actually cost about the same as the Leviton equivalents. When you factor in the ease of installation the Panduit parts can save money.