The explosion took place around the time that Goku had used the Kaio-ken times 3, causing his power level to rise at an incredible rate and thus overloading the scouter. An example of scouters exploding while someones power level is rising rapidly would be that which occurred to Bulma's (formerly Raditz's) scouter when Goku was fighting Vegeta for the first time. The first generation ones explode when reading a power level over 22,000, something that is corrected in the improved second generation scouters. According to Daizenshuu 7, there are only two generations of scouters. Newer models (such as Dodoria's and the ones used by the Ginyu Force) can read higher power levels without problems, at least up to 180,000. Older models (such as Raditz's and Zarbon's) seem to explode when reading levels between 21,000 and 22,000. Dodoria suggested that it was a problem with older scouter models. The reason for this is not mentioned explicitly in the anime or the manga, but the recorded cases have happened when the scouter is detecting a high power level or when a power level is rapidly increasing, possibly overloading it. Goten and Trunks locked by Abo/Kado's scouterĪnother disadvantage is that scouters may explode on certain conditions. Vegeta speculates that is how Raditz was killed, and this later proves a key component in the downfalls of several of Frieza's notable soldiers. Their main drawback is that a trained person is capable of consciously lowering their ki (see Power Up), and can therefore fool scouter users into thinking they have a lower power level than their real level. Scouters do have some disadvantages, however. Though it is possible to sense others' ki without advanced machinery, as the Z Fighters do, scouters provide the ability to read power levels to less-trained fighters. Limitations File:Tarble's Scouter blows when Goku turns into a Super Saiyan.jpg
It is unknown if the color of a scouter has any significance. The most frequently seen color is green, though alternate colors of red and blue also exist.
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It is shown that the device explodes if one increases his power level by an enormous amount at a rapid pace though the range of scouters throughout the series has varied. The power level is given as a number without any units of measurement (5 for the farmer, 334 for Goku before he took his heavy clothes off, etc.). The first scouter to be seen is the one Raditz wears in the first episode of Dragon Ball Z upon his arrival on Earth. Scouters can also tell the location of someone, as demonstrated when members of the Planet trade organization use scouters to hunt down enemies.Ī scouter appears as a semi-transparent colored monocle that covers the left eye. Vegeta also used his scouter to keep track of the time after he said he and Nappa would give the Z Fighters three hours for Goku to arrive. Scouters also serve the purpose of gathering information, and for interstellar communication, as seen when Raditz sent Piccolo's description of the Dragon Balls to Nappa and Vegeta, as well as Frieza learning of the existence of the Namekian Dragonballs from eavesdropping on Vegeta's conversation with Nappa. It is never explained what units of measure are used to read ki levels Akira Toriyama simply stated in an interview that it could not be done by conventional means. In the series, a scouter's primary purpose is to calculate the individual power level or ki concentration of biological characters by converting the readings into numbers. During the series, almost all of Frieza's soldiers can be seen wearing one. From the Saiyans, scouters were introduced to the Planet trade organization.
According to the anime, scouters were originally invented by the Tuffles until the Saiyans exterminated them and stole their technology.