Accurate tire pressure gauge ?

[Arsey]

Can someone please recommend me an accurate tire pressure gauge.

I'm not bothered if it is analogue or digital but would like it to be compact and light enough to take on a trip.


I've given up with this pile of shite (Draper I fink):

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Tried setting the pressures on my Ducati today after having had new tires fitted and got 5 totally different readings from 5 attempts.

But it won't make the same mistake again :

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I then found this Michelin one which always seemed ok.But not working so went out and bought new batteries,but still buggered.


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So also binned.

Am now gauge-less.

What should I get and where from,online-wise ?


Ta muchly

 

[Mike L]

I have one of these and its brill

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...1_productId_164201_langId_-1_categoryId_31465

 

[Arsey]

I have one of these and its brill

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...1_productId_164201_langId_-1_categoryId_31465

I'm sure it might be,but i would rather pay more than £4.99 as I really can't see it can be great for such a low price.

 

[Marty Gutenfart]

I think Ride magazine did a test a few years back and found the pen-type anlogue guages fron Halfrauds were the most accurate. Simple, small, no batteries, nuffink to go wrong.

 

[Arsey]

Ta for advice.

But I did a quick bit of delving and have just ordered this and this which I will collect when I nip to NY in a couple of weeks.

 

[Mike L]

Ride did do a survey a couple of years back and the £5 Halfords digital was recommended. It beat Snap-on for accuracy!

 

[PhilM]

I have one of these and its brill

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...1_productId_164201_langId_-1_categoryId_31465

+1, as recommended by several bike mags, not that long ago, I think

of course Arsey is a rich flyboy and can't be seen with something the proles would own

 

[PhilM]

Ta for advice.

But I did a quick bit of delving and have just ordered this and this which I will collect when I nip to NY in a couple of weeks.

told you

 

[boundless]

Michelin and/or Schrader make the two d***s b******s as far as I'm concerned.

13.99 on Amazon. Mine's been good for several years with the batteries it came with. Read it in the dark. You bet. Makes a damn fine torch.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

I think Ride magazine did a test a few years back and found the pen-type anlogue guages fron Halfrauds were the most accurate. Simple, small, no batteries, nuffink to go wrong.

Yip, I remember the article. I bought one on the strength of it, but lost it a couple of years ago. It obviously needs replacing, so, unless there is another scientific test result available, it looks like the old faithful Halfords pen type will get my money again.

 

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http://www.trueshopping.co.uk/produ...campaign=Sealey_Dial_Type_Tyre_Pressure_Gauge

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

or

http://www.proidee.co.uk/shop?P=571265

 

[wessie]

I think Ride magazine did a test a few years back and found the pen-type anlogue guages fron Halfrauds were the most accurate. Simple, small, no batteries, nuffink to go wrong.

I have a similar one, given to my father 40 years ago by a tyre rep. It has Avon Tyres embossed on the side. Still going strong.

 

[Decster]

Michelin and/or Schrader make the two d***s b******s as far as I'm concerned.

13.99 on Amazon. Mine's been good for several years with the batteries it came with. Read it in the dark. You bet. Makes a damn fine torch.

how does one know when a battery powered guage is working

is it when it gives consistant readings?

yours curiously

ps i have an analogue one

 

[B Murr]

I've always used pencil gauges, never let me down. I don't know what reference point can be used to test for accuracy but they are simple things so little to go wrong. Also pretty robust so you can just leave one in the tool roll without worrying about LCD/LED panels getting smashed. Only shortfall I've had is the rubber seal on one kept in a tool roll perishing after about 15 years.

 

[wildbeeste]

I use my father's pencil guage. It was well used and battered over forty years ago. He worked in the gas and fluid measuring business (flow meters).
He reckoned that digital/electronic measuring things were inherently liable to be more inaccurate than any mechanical device. Just because it has an electronic display and says electronic does not mean it is accurate. Comparing the two pencil guages with all the other pressure guages I have on foot pumps and odd electronic ones the pencil ones are more consistent in their results and seem to accurate. The old man may have been right.

 

[STUBBS]

I'm sure it might be,but i would rather pay more than £4.99 as I really can't see it can be great for such a low price.

its your money but the £4.99 ones are brilliant never had any problems with mine in 3 years the airline at work is checked every 6 months and i then check the halfords one against it and its always been spot on
cheap and cheerful yes but it does what its designed to do

 

[Sergeant Pluck]

He reckoned that digital/electronic measuring things were inherently liable to be more inaccurate than any mechanical device.

Why?

Pluck

 

[Wapping]

I have a similar one, given to my father 40 years ago by a tyre rep. It has Avon Tyres embossed on the side. Still going strong.

Snap (or Snapish) I have my father's from when he was with Dunlop. The silvery finish has worn through, brass underneath. Probably 60 years old - still does the job.

I also have the Blue Point (Snap-On) gauge that came Top of the Pops in the RIDE test a few years ago. Excellent. It has a bleed valve. Pump up tyre, over inflate a bit, bleed out air to correct pressure, job done.

 

[JohnnyOldBoy]

Just did a Google search on Snap-On guage and ended up on a mechanics forum discussing why they buy Snap-On as opposed to cheaper brands such as Halfords.

Some comments ..

.... expensive, 3 times the price of Draper ........ can't leave the Snap-On van without buying something ..... can think of no reason why they are so expensive ........ just got into the habit of buying Snap-On .... I bitch about the price but buy them anyway ........

Now just subsitute the word Snap-ON for BMW GS and you will see a trend.

Do you think we have a brotherhood of like minded people who buy Snap-ON tools ?

BTW just ordered a Blue Point (Snap-On) gauge, already got the Halfords one and a Michellin pump with a guage. What the f**k is the matter with me ?