Reliable Tire Guage

[SaraLee]

Can anyone recommend a reliable tire guage? Digital or not?

I am thinking about picking up some supplies at CT using the $10 off coupon:

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[ES_Revenge]

Buy an Accutire. They have various models and all are pretty good. I have the original style (which they still sell) which is still my favourite one but there are many models to choose from. What I would note is that there is usually a model that comes on sale every few weeks for like 50-75% off, so don't buy one at regular price ;)

Anyway had my Accutire for like 7 years+ now and it still works great :)

[seftonm]

I'd stick with the old style mechanical gauge. They can take a lot of abuse and still work fine, plus they don't need batteries.

[gman]

Regardless what you buy, don't buy the L sharp type. It is hard to use to use it measure when the handle is blocking by the tire wall. Buy the one that can just push in. I had the first one. Then, I had to buy the 2nd one because of the pain using the first one. I bought both on sale and both costs less than $10. Both are digital.

[ES_Revenge]

I'd stick with the old style mechanical gauge. They can take a lot of abuse and still work fine, plus they don't need batteries.
Actually you've got that backwards. Batteries in these things last a very long time (again I've had mine over 7 years now). And abuse only makes mechanical things inaccurate. The more shock, vibration, etc. a mechanical gauge takes, the less accurate it's going to be. That's simply the nature of something mechanical. It's inherent. It's why mechanical things need to be calibrated often to maintain accuracy.

Electronic gauges will also have some mechanical business to them--the operate via transducers in most cases. However, since most of it is solid state, calibration stays for much longer than a mechanical gauge.

The fact that the mechanical gauge appears to work doesn't mean it's accurate.

[IoannI]

I have both styles of air guages. The old stick style one was bought many many years ago and still works fine. I also have a digital one (bought it cause it was cool looking and digital) and it works fine. Only con to the stick tyle one is if you play with the stick to much (ie push it in and out) then it will become loose inside and not give out proper readings.

[robertalan]

I'd stick with the old style mechanical gauge. They can take a lot of abuse and still work fine, plus they don't need batteries.

+1

[kmltick]

I have one of those small mechanical ones (has a magnet) that I keep in my GF's car. I just stick it on the inside of the gas flap. I bought that one @ CDN Tire and it works like a charm.

I also have a digital one that I keep in my car, I bought it originally for my bikes (has switchable head to presta & schraeder valves), works much better than the digital keychain version sold at CDN Tire.