Tyre pressure gauge - accurate and consistent one required!
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Hi all
I'm seeking a consistently accurate tyre pressure gauge for road and track use.
Happy to pay up to £100 if its a good one. At the end of the day, there's only
four small tyre footprints that stop the car from turning into an aircraft!
Anyone have recommendations, either analogue or digital? Ideally one with a bleed valve
Thanks
Captac007
I'm seeking a consistently accurate tyre pressure gauge for road and track use.
Happy to pay up to £100 if its a good one. At the end of the day, there's only
four small tyre footprints that stop the car from turning into an aircraft!
Anyone have recommendations, either analogue or digital? Ideally one with a bleed valve
Thanks
Captac007
I got one from tesco a while ago for a fiver. Was just going to be used as a backup for the other ones I had.
When I used it I found it read to 0.1psi which was better than the others I had, and was consistent on a spare set of tyres I had. I think it was accurate to 1psi, but seemed to be consistent to 0.2psi. But that may have been due to temperature variations on the tyres.
When I used it I found it read to 0.1psi which was better than the others I had, and was consistent on a spare set of tyres I had. I think it was accurate to 1psi, but seemed to be consistent to 0.2psi. But that may have been due to temperature variations on the tyres.
I've got one from Machine Mart - it's actually an inflator as well (it attached to my compressor) and is basically one of those big jobbies you get in service stations and tyre fitters. It's got a certificate of calibration and stuff. Was about £70 iirc
This fella....
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/...
This fella....
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/...
Auto Express did a test a long while back and recommended Halfords' digital one for ease of use and accuracy. I bought one - about £11 - though I seem to recall it may be metric and come with an eminently losable conversion slip of paper...I recall a slip of paper and clearly don't check my pressures that often as I've found they tend to be fairly stable.
LuS1fer said:
Auto Express did a test a long while back and recommended Halfords' digital one for ease of use and accuracy. I bought one - about £11 - though I seem to recall it may be metric and come with an eminently losable conversion slip of paper...I recall a slip of paper and clearly don't check my pressures that often as I've found they tend to be fairly stable.
+1 - I also bought a Michelin one on Auto Express recommendation but it no longer works 
I do find that the guage on my Michelin foot pump is accurate enough as well.
I went through this a few years ago. It does seem to be difficult to find one that you can trust.
As a stop gap, I bought a digital one from Halfords. It is supposed to be accurate to + or - 1 psi.
I found it to be perfectly adequate and it hasn't been replaced.
This is only for road use though.
As a stop gap, I bought a digital one from Halfords. It is supposed to be accurate to + or - 1 psi.
I found it to be perfectly adequate and it hasn't been replaced.
This is only for road use though.
Ah - search function saved me posting this very question.
Dropped my gauge at the weekend and severely "de-calibrated" it!
This one at Demon Tweeks looks like the sort I'm after: Demon Tweeks
Don't think I need the Glow in the Dark version though!
Dropped my gauge at the weekend and severely "de-calibrated" it!
This one at Demon Tweeks looks like the sort I'm after: Demon Tweeks
Don't think I need the Glow in the Dark version though!
I know its a bit above budget but had you considered one of these? - constant monitoring of tyre pressure is a far better bet for noticing a problem before getting a blow-out
http://www.tyrepal.co.uk/
PS no incentive no connection, just a happy customer.
http://www.tyrepal.co.uk/
PS no incentive no connection, just a happy customer.
Ride magazine do a test of pressure gauges every year, and the ones that consistently score top marks are the Halfords Digital, the Snap-On pencil gauge, the Halfords pencil gauge and another pencil gauge, the make of which eludes me.
None of the pencil gauges cost a lot of £, certainly not £100! The halfords one was a fiver IIRC.
None of the pencil gauges cost a lot of £, certainly not £100! The halfords one was a fiver IIRC.
nobodyknows said:
LuS1fer said:
Auto Express did a test a long while back and recommended Halfords' digital one for ease of use and accuracy. I bought one - about £11 - though I seem to recall it may be metric and come with an eminently losable conversion slip of paper...I recall a slip of paper and clearly don't check my pressures that often as I've found they tend to be fairly stable.
+1 - I also bought a Michelin one on Auto Express recommendation but it no longer works I do find that the guage on my Michelin foot pump is accurate enough as well.
John D. said:
nobodyknows said:
LuS1fer said:
Auto Express did a test a long while back and recommended Halfords' digital one for ease of use and accuracy. I bought one - about £11 - though I seem to recall it may be metric and come with an eminently losable conversion slip of paper...I recall a slip of paper and clearly don't check my pressures that often as I've found they tend to be fairly stable.
+1 - I also bought a Michelin one on Auto Express recommendation but it no longer works I do find that the guage on my Michelin foot pump is accurate enough as well.
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