Decent Bike Tyre Pressure Gauges

[jcelee]

I bought one of those flexible hose screw on tyre pressure gauges for the bike because I was unable to get any of my regular car ones between the spokes at the right angle. It works, however you let out an unknown amount of air as you unscrew it, making it very hard to get remotely accurate pressures. It's not digital either and I somehow have more faith in a digital gauge.

Which ones do you recommend? Ideally not more than £20-30, I have no plans to do track days or anything.

Many thanks!

[WaferThinHam]

I have a Halfords push on one. Accurate to within 0.1 PSI apparently. Works for me. Think they're about £10.

[jackh707]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/361049694718?limghl...



thats what i have, its great

[Clinton Baptiste]

Halfords digital one, cost me about £15 I think and its great.

[moanthebairns]

Purity14 said:

£99
http://www.tyre-track.net/products

I have one on each bike.
Pressure + Temp on the fly.
Ive had the kit on my SV for 4 years now, super reliable no problems 30k miles in that time.

You seen the £20-30 budget and went, "no no I need to put one in.thats a hundred for I have more money thAn.a horse can st"

[jcelee]

Thanks, I'll go with the Halfords one.

[Hooli]

WaferThinHam said:

I have a Halfords push on one. Accurate to within 0.1 PSI apparently. Works for me. Think they're about £10.

I went for one of them & they had Michelin ones on offer so I got that as it was cheaper. All I can say is take a spare set of batteries touring as once they get low you get a couple of days before they die. Mind you two watch batteries don't take up a lot of space so it's no hassle, mine live in the same pocket as the spare Akra spring for the exhaust.

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

Purity14 said:

£99
http://www.tyre-track.net/products

I have one on each bike.
Pressure + Temp on the fly.
Ive had the kit on my SV for 4 years now, super reliable no problems 30k miles in that time.

That looks good. Did you go for the cap type or the one that's strapped inside the wheel?
I imagine the cap type temp isn't too accurate?

[13aines]

£8.88, accurate, doesn't rely on batteries, sensible length flexible hose, rotatable head, simply push on, holds the gauge reading until you push button. Can also push button to release pressure while monitoring gauge.

Great buy!

Draper 69924 Tyre Pressure Gauge with Flexible Hose by Draper http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0002GV286/ref=cm_sw_r_...

[CaptainMorgan]

Purity14 said:

I don't know what it is you are trying to tell me about some horse doing a st.
But if it helps, I too spent £20 on a device that tells me the pressure of my tyres.

I ended up misplacing it after a year or so.

I then decided that there might be some benefits in a TPMS that a simple gauge couldn't touch.

Real time Pressure. (Ability to stop in time if puncture occurs, peace of mind.)

Real time Temperature (Ability to spot if calipers are binding, or wheel bearing issues, as well as cornering confidence because you know when you are up to temp)

You can set high/low values so you get warning lights flash at you if you are outside tolerances etc.
Voltmeter too, so you know if your rec-reg is on the blink and your charging at over 14.8 for example.


All without you getting on your knees every weekend and checking.

His budget might have been £30, but I am showing him a tyre pressure gauge that does more than gauges tyre pressures.

That looks like a nice bit of kit, I dont think £100 is too ott for what it does. How big is the screen?

[crofty1984]

I use a £10 Halfords digital push-on type. Hasn't let me down.

[CaptainMorgan]

Much appreciated!

[terry tibbs]

http://www.venhill.co.uk/Motorcycle_Tools/TYRE_TOO...

one of these, works well checked against others used for car and reads the same and the same against an old dunlop pencil gauge

[bogie]

13aines said:

£8.88, accurate, doesn't rely on batteries, sensible length flexible hose, rotatable head, simply push on, holds the gauge reading until you push button. Can also push button to release pressure while monitoring gauge.

Great buy!

Draper 69924 Tyre Pressure Gauge with Flexible Hose by Draper http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0002GV286/ref=cm_sw_r_...

I have the same ....works great

...fed up with the 3 digital ones I have lying around for the last 10 years in various car/bike toolkits ...all have flat batteries when you need them

[John D.]

Hooli said:

WaferThinHam said:

I have a Halfords push on one. Accurate to within 0.1 PSI apparently. Works for me. Think they're about £10.

I went for one of them & they had Michelin ones on offer so I got that as it was cheaper. All I can say is take a spare set of batteries touring as once they get low you get a couple of days before they die. Mind you two watch batteries don't take up a lot of space so it's no hassle, mine live in the same pocket as the spare Akra spring for the exhaust.

If you can somehow prevent the buttons being pushed in your pocket/bag the batteries will last. I have the same gauge. Think it's the torch light on it that does it.

[Hooli]

John D. said:

Hooli said:

WaferThinHam said:

I have a Halfords push on one. Accurate to within 0.1 PSI apparently. Works for me. Think they're about £10.

I went for one of them & they had Michelin ones on offer so I got that as it was cheaper. All I can say is take a spare set of batteries touring as once they get low you get a couple of days before they die. Mind you two watch batteries don't take up a lot of space so it's no hassle, mine live in the same pocket as the spare Akra spring for the exhaust.

If you can somehow prevent the buttons being pushed in your pocket/bag the batteries will last. I have the same gauge. Think it's the torch light on it that does it.

I've found it does the same in the drawer at home, goes from ok to utterly flat in a couple of uses. So I just carry the spares. I got a card full of the batteries off ebay so I just wrap a cut off section of that in selotape.

[John D.]

Funny, I've found the opposite. Ever since I stopped keeping it in my jacket pocket the batteries have lasted forever.

[s2kjock]

The problem wth the "real time" monitoring ones is that they only operate once you have travelled a short distance IME.

I have them on the bike and car, but I want to know if my tyre pressures are right before I set off on a journey rather than find out 100 yards down the road when I might have to stop to resolve the situation if the variance is unacceptable.

While the TPMS are useful to alert you to a slow puncture while travelling, I still end up checking each tyre before a long trip with a handheld digital guage.

[Hooli]

John D. said:

Funny, I've found the opposite. Ever since I stopped keeping it in my jacket pocket the batteries have lasted forever.

It's not how long they last really, it's how quick they go from fine to flat. Once it flashes 'Lo' it only lasts a few more days, if your checking two bikes daily as we do when touring.

[s2kjock]

Purity14 said:

s2kjock said:

The problem wth the "real time" monitoring ones is that they only operate once you have travelled a short distance IME.

No, that isn't the case.
I turn on my bike, and wait approx 5 seconds, and the values appear.
I don't even need to turn on the engine, just the ignition.
It would take me longer to check manually.

s2kjock said:

While the TPMS are useful to alert you to a slow puncture while travelling, I still end up checking each tyre before a long trip with a handheld digital guage.

I have no idea why you would.
Unless you are a double triple mega check OCD person.
Do you take your brake pads out and measure them with a vernier, or does a visual inspection whilst they are still on the bike suffice?

If a visual inspection was enough we'd rarely ever use a guage surely?

My system unfortunately doesn't work as effectively as yours and as I can go weeks without using either car or bike the chances of them dropping below optimum are fairly high. Only option for me is to check them the old fashioned way before I head off on any trip that might involve high speed and/or a spirited ride/drive.

No OCD involved