Recommend a digital timing light.

1st thought was to see what Sears had, and theirs is $150.00, way out of the budget. After some searching, I found one that looks very similar and is 1/2 the price. Since I have never purchased one before, I don't really know what to look for. Only thing I do know is that I want to have a digital readout for the timing and rpm.

Here is the one that I found. http://www.etoolcart.com/equus-innova-digital-advance-timing-light-inn3568.aspx

Why do you want a digital one?

I can see the merit in a digital light. I have a Snap-on dial back timing light that I bought new about 20 years old that I realy like. I wish I had spent the extra $$ and gotten the one with a digital tach on it. That would make life a bit easier. While I cant tell you where to find a decent one at a dirt cheap price I can say I thing it would make life easier. Perhaps with the "down turn in the economy" you could find one at a pawn shop?

P.S. get a case for it even if it costs a few more $$

(Edited for inebriation)

The only thing that unit is giving you is a manually controlled advance/retard of the light flashes. Don't see the need for that to be digital. Generally speaking, I don't see the need for it at all. That feature has its place and time, but it's not very often.

Why not buy a perfectly good, much cheaper, basic inductive xenon timing light?

Equus is a pretty good brand; we have the more expensive version of their digital timing light and have been quite impressed with it. It's managed to pick up a signal from ignitions that didn't work well with a cheap Craftsman light, and it can do dial back on several different ignition types. The one thing it's had trouble with is that the dial back does not work with rotary leading coils on a distributorless ignition.

The main reasons I want a digital one is so I know the exact rpm the car is as as well as as the timing. I figured it would take any guess work out of my end. This will be my first time ever really using one, and I am fine with spending a little more to make life easier.

A Dwell tach meter tells you the rpm. Darn usefull tool to have along with the timing light. Most of them come with a volt meter built in as well, making it even more usefull.