I want to buy a tyre pressure gauge for a new-ish driver. My own is a 30+ year old silver metal stick with a rising piston showing the psi. I'm quite happy with this old fashioned type, but suspect the new driver considers that only something electronic with a display is good enough.
I don't want to spend mega bucks and the reviews seem mixed: comments such as it's too short to properly sit on the valve or it switches off too quickly are repeated.
Any recommendations please.
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for long term accuracy and usefullness get one of the type you have
dont buy one with the plastic insert though buy the proper dunlop type,i still have one of these in its original yellow metal tube and its still 100% accurate
some modern takes on old fashioned kit just dont cut the mustard
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You might like to buy a portable air compressor - which runs from car battery. I have one and it si very useful.
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Got 2 and the tubes in yellow so ner ner. o:)
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I've been using one of these for years :
www.international-tool.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_80&products_id=529&zenid=e27f61ded4e84638f9fb29f81065334e
Looking at the website I see they now do ones with angled heads or a hose which is useful. Recommended.
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Marc, oi! It's my turn for the brain tonight! :-)
John
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Rats! I've only got one. I really don't like the idea though of using something that needs a battery. I've been using one of these www.international-tool.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_80&products_id=506 for years on the recommendation of errr, y'know, thingy.
John
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I keep a generator, compressor and a garage airline in the van. Comes in useful............sometimes.
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I use the compressor which came with my useless can of tyre sealant (thank you Ford). Having checked the built in gauge in the compressor with one of the chrome pencil jobs I find that it is accurate and it lives in the boot with my real spare wheel, jack and wheel brace!
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They're great for pumping up paddling pools PP. Should you ever feel so inclined that is...
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"..its still 100% accurate..."
I'm sure it is, but how do you know, please.
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I've got one of these, easy to use and read, have tried it alongside my several trusty pen types that are a pain to read without me glasses.
tinyurl.com/36bq9qw
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>> "..its still 100% accurate..."
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>> I'm sure it is, but how do you know, please.
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>>>>> because i have lots of these at work and compare them occasionally ,i dump the ones out of spec
the proper dunlop ones if treat right never lie
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I'm becoming interested in the battery free big dial gauge on a stick type for a tenner. In the meantime this recommended pump is a good deal at 7 day Shop.
tinyurl.com/32clhag
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>> In the meantime this recommended pump is a good deal at 7 day
>> Shop.
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>> tinyurl.com/32clhag
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I have one of these pumps, a good bit of kit.
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>> the proper dunlop ones if treat right never lie
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I inherited one from my old Pop still in the red leather case from the 60's, lost the tread depth gauge down the carpet gap in an '83 FIAT 127 GT .
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>> yes
>> for long term accuracy and usefullness get one of the type you have
I agree. I find that one with an angled end is easier to use. I think mine came from Halfords.
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I have one of these
tinyurl.com/23tetnd
It came top in a test by Ride magazine a couple of years ago, beating some very expensive alternatives for accuracy. Its size makes it a little "fiddly", but it works well. Cheap too.
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I bought a Michelin twin pump plus gauge. Accurate.
Why have separates?
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Another vote for a quality pen-type. Will stay accurate over a lifetime and nothing to go wrong. I keep this in the car...
www.pclairtechnology.com/Media_Products/EN/Images/99094278_TPG1H01.gif
My workshop has this which will also be reliable over a lifetime with great accuracy...
www.pclairtechnology.com/Media_Products/EN/Images/40554352_DPG.gif
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>Another vote for a quality pen-type. Will stay accurate over a lifetime and nothing to go wrong.<
I have a Schrader pen-type gauge that belonged to SWMBO's father and must be about 50 years old. It's innacurate and it sticks slightly.
I can't bear to throw it away but it seems to disprove the theory above. Is there anything I can do to rejuvenate it?
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Yes... WD40 or similar sprayed on the shaft, work in/out and polish up with a cloth. Check against a known good gauge until it's correct.
When I say they'll stay accurate I mean within a couple of pounds which is good enough for general use.
Last edited by: Fenlander on Fri 8 Oct 10 at 09:45
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I have two digital gauges both bought from Halfords but they both suffer from over hard 'rubber' seals making correct alignment on the Shrader valve difficult without some loss of air.
Had I still been at work and had access to a variety of Rubber and Silicone sheets and more importantly cork borers, I could have fashioned a variety of replacement seals that might have been more successful.
Frankly, I had a good make of a pencil type of gauge for several decades but the readings, compared with those from those two digital gauges were seriously out but can't remember which way.
Like all these things, accuracy, reproducibility and calibration are of paramount importance but how many of us can check whether our gauges are giving us the true pressures and then there is the matter of ambient temperatures and so on.................................
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"Like all these things, accuracy, reproducibility and calibration are of paramount importance"
I think you might be worrying too much - as long as the gauge is accurate within a pound or two and you always us the same gauge to ensure consistency I wouldn't be too bothered about absolute accuracy
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>> "Like all these things, accuracy, reproducibility and calibration are of paramount importance"
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>> I think you might be worrying too much - as long as the gauge is
>> accurate within a pound or two and you always us the same gauge to ensure
>> consistency I wouldn't be too bothered about absolute accuracy
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Maybe not absolute accuracy but I would hate to have found my old gauge to have been consistenly leading me to over/under inflate my tyres by, say, 5 psig.
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Thanks all. I have just ordered a Draper pencil type gauge @ £3.70.
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Auto Express tested 10 tyre gauges in 2006(!) and the top 3 were
Top 3
Race X Professional Tyre Gauge
Halfords Digital Tyre Pressure Gauge
Accutire Mechanic's Digital Pressure Gauge
Read more: www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/66830/tyre_pressure_gauges.html#ixzz12GONAoN7
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Tyre Pressure Gauge - which one ? - Bellboy
