Recommendations on a code reader?

I own 3 ford vehicles
a 95 f150, a 01 focus, and 04 explorer
I wanting a code reader that will work best on fords and as well do more then just erase the error lights

All you need to worry about is that it is OBD1 and 2 compatible.

Well i never do this but harbor freight sells one i hear is decent does full read out is up date able and its around a hundred bucks that car MD is junk its a waste of time and money even the harbor freight one reads it out instead of just a code which is very nice instead of trying to determine the code itself by looking through a boatload of other codes trying to find yours The key is to have it read it out but most do not do ABS some do but it costs extra for that feature

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