Which tyre pressure guage?
Discussion
Boring question, and I know this comes up infrequently, but I could do with some current advice on which tyre pressure guage to buy...
After whinging about my front tyre feel it turns out I'd, embarassingly, under-inflated it by about 8PSI (despite checking it three times) so it's time to buy a new pressure guage, and very soon a new tyre as I've taken about 2,000 miles off the life of this one.
Any suggestions for something reliable would be appreciated. I've googled it, but there's a lot of rubbish out there and I'm after something that will last.
Cheers,
PP
After whinging about my front tyre feel it turns out I'd, embarassingly, under-inflated it by about 8PSI (despite checking it three times) so it's time to buy a new pressure guage, and very soon a new tyre as I've taken about 2,000 miles off the life of this one.
Any suggestions for something reliable would be appreciated. I've googled it, but there's a lot of rubbish out there and I'm after something that will last.
Cheers,
PP
I've just bought the 0-40 psi version of this:
https://www.competitionsupplies.com/longacre-delux...
Expensive, but should last a lifetime. I bought from the site above, arrived within a couple of days.
HTH.
https://www.competitionsupplies.com/longacre-delux...
Expensive, but should last a lifetime. I bought from the site above, arrived within a couple of days.
HTH.
Last year Ride magazine done a test on a whole bunch of them. All the gauges were tested to strict standards using a freshly calibrated tester.
I think the Halfords cheapo digital was close to top. Along with an Oxford digital one.
https://www.ride.co.uk/ride-reader-offers/ride-pro...
The test was actually performed at my work by a colleague and I have my personal gauge tested. Found it to read about 1psi high between 15 and 40psi.
I think the Halfords cheapo digital was close to top. Along with an Oxford digital one.
https://www.ride.co.uk/ride-reader-offers/ride-pro...
The test was actually performed at my work by a colleague and I have my personal gauge tested. Found it to read about 1psi high between 15 and 40psi.
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&a...
Draper. £10. Calibrated at my work and it's pretty much spot on.
Draper. £10. Calibrated at my work and it's pretty much spot on.
DuraAce said:
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&a...
Draper. £10. Calibrated at my work and it's pretty much spot on.
Thats what I use, Draper gauge was good enough when I used to have to wear breathing apparatus at work I thought it would do for my tyres. Draper. £10. Calibrated at my work and it's pretty much spot on.
stew-STR160 said:
Last year Ride magazine done a test on a whole bunch of them. All the gauges were tested to strict standards using a freshly calibrated tester.
I think the Halfords cheapo digital was close to top. Along with an Oxford digital one.
https://www.ride.co.uk/ride-reader-offers/ride-pro...
The test was actually performed at my work by a colleague and I have my personal gauge tested. Found it to read about 1psi high between 15 and 40psi.
I guess my only concern is how long it's accurate for. Mine was spot on for about three years or so (I think!). I'm not sure about other brands but I've certainly had a number of Halfords cheap guages fail over time, so would rather try someone else, and Venhill comes well recommended.I think the Halfords cheapo digital was close to top. Along with an Oxford digital one.
https://www.ride.co.uk/ride-reader-offers/ride-pro...
The test was actually performed at my work by a colleague and I have my personal gauge tested. Found it to read about 1psi high between 15 and 40psi.
Shame there's not a cost effective way to buy one and have it calibrated regularly like we do with work stuff.
Prof Prolapse said:
I guess my only concern is how long it's accurate for. Mine was spot on for about three years or so (I think!). I'm not sure about other brands but I've certainly had a number of Halfords cheap guages fail over time, so would rather try someone else, and Venhill comes well recommended.
Shame there's not a cost effective way to buy one and have it calibrated regularly like we do with work stuff.
Aye, having it calibrated yearly like industrial stuff would be ideal. Shame there's not a cost effective way to buy one and have it calibrated regularly like we do with work stuff.
Alternative to that I guess would be try a few gauges, compare numbers.
Andybow said:
Another one for venhill, very solid, and accurate , I’ve had mine years
How do you know it is accurate, because the manufacturer said it was?Lots of manufacturers state their gauges are accurate, and then they all show different values.
The best is buy two-three different ones and take an average.
I have an Oxford digital one and a Michelin foot pump with digital read-out.
Both show different values, so I pump and then measure with Oxford. And then I kind of take the average.
In any case, I don't understand why one would buy analogue gauge, the scale is oftentimes very coarse .
Of course, maybe I am too anal about tire pressure and 3-4 PSI do not make any difference for sporty riding on the road...
Both show different values, so I pump and then measure with Oxford. And then I kind of take the average.
In any case, I don't understand why one would buy analogue gauge, the scale is oftentimes very coarse .
Of course, maybe I am too anal about tire pressure and 3-4 PSI do not make any difference for sporty riding on the road...
I have a few, most used is a draper one regular on bikes. Got a cheapo Halfords digital in one car boot, and another on a mini compressor.
Got a couple of topeak pushbike floor pumps and use them too, they are surprisingly accurate considering they go well over 100psi for cycle tyres
when i say "accurate" I mean that none of the multiple gauges Im using are vastly different, not that ive calibrated them ...if I always stick a similar amount in and it works, thats good enough
Got a couple of topeak pushbike floor pumps and use them too, they are surprisingly accurate considering they go well over 100psi for cycle tyres
when i say "accurate" I mean that none of the multiple gauges Im using are vastly different, not that ive calibrated them ...if I always stick a similar amount in and it works, thats good enough
Ho Lee Kau said:
How do you know it is accurate, because the manufacturer said it was?
Lots of manufacturers state their gauges are accurate, and then they all show different values.
The best is buy two-three different ones and take an average.
The venhill gauge I use consistently has the same values as the onboard vehicle tyre pressure sensors on my motorbikes and cars. I also have a halfords electric pump/gauge which always reads 2 psi under actual so the tyre gets overinflated. I use the venhill to set the pressures correctly. Never had any issues.Lots of manufacturers state their gauges are accurate, and then they all show different values.
The best is buy two-three different ones and take an average.
Ho Lee Kau said:
I have an Oxford digital one and a Michelin foot pump with digital read-out.
Both show different values, so I pump and then measure with Oxford. And then I kind of take the average.
In any case, I don't understand why one would buy analogue gauge, the scale is oftentimes very coarse .
Of course, maybe I am too anal about tire pressure and 3-4 PSI do not make any difference for sporty riding on the road...
Never worked in a lab? or petrochemical site? or water treatment plant? fab shop? I could go on. Digital is not the norm. It's really not hard to read a tyre pressure gauge when it goes in increments of 1 psi. Both show different values, so I pump and then measure with Oxford. And then I kind of take the average.
In any case, I don't understand why one would buy analogue gauge, the scale is oftentimes very coarse .
Of course, maybe I am too anal about tire pressure and 3-4 PSI do not make any difference for sporty riding on the road...
Your average is kinda meaningless if they are both out but I can see your point.
The only way to insure an accurate pressure gauge is to calibrate it of a calibrated gauge.
Whilst I am happy to have a cheap digital gauge in my toolkit, for home DIY purposes I'd rather have an analogue one. I don't want the faff of batteries, and I find the mechanical ones easier to read, quicker to use as you can usually bleed at a touch as well, and whilst my current one failed, they seem to last longer.
To be honest though, accuracy within a few PSI is probably fine. Tyre temperatures vary so much on the roads it's not something I want to get anally retentive about.
To be honest though, accuracy within a few PSI is probably fine. Tyre temperatures vary so much on the roads it's not something I want to get anally retentive about.
moanthebairns said:
Ho Lee Kau said:
I have an Oxford digital one and a Michelin foot pump with digital read-out.
Both show different values, so I pump and then measure with Oxford. And then I kind of take the average.
In any case, I don't understand why one would buy analogue gauge, the scale is oftentimes very coarse .
Of course, maybe I am too anal about tire pressure and 3-4 PSI do not make any difference for sporty riding on the road...
Never worked in a lab? or petrochemical site? or water treatment plant? fab shop? I could go on. Digital is not the norm. It's really not hard to read a tyre pressure gauge when it goes in increments of 1 psi. Both show different values, so I pump and then measure with Oxford. And then I kind of take the average.
In any case, I don't understand why one would buy analogue gauge, the scale is oftentimes very coarse .
Of course, maybe I am too anal about tire pressure and 3-4 PSI do not make any difference for sporty riding on the road...
Your average is kinda meaningless if they are both out but I can see your point.
The only way to insure an accurate pressure gauge is to calibrate it of a calibrated gauge.
No, never worked in a lab-petrosite-plant-shop...but 0.1 increments make me feel more certain than 1 increments.
Nowhere to calibrate, unfortunately, and the manufacturers, when they say "accurate to 0.1" most likely do not mean "calibrated to +/- 0.1" either.
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