Tyre pressure gauges?

[HungusMaximist]

I need some suggestions for a accurate but economically priced tire pressure gauge. No pen gauges please, more like dial ones like a nice long hose or a digital one.

Digital or analogue?

[vifferman]

I bought one (AccuGage, IIRC) from Motohaus last year. It has a flexible s/steel braided hose, replaceable connector, a dial-type gauge, a rubber cover to protect it from donking on the ground, and a valve thingo (technical term) to let the tyre down a bit while checking the pressure. :niceone:
Oh - and it was surprisingly inexpensive. I've checked it against other gauges, and it seems to be accurate.

[MSTRS]

I use an analogue Accugauge with a brass stem and swivelling, angle-mounted valve attachment. About $30.
Oh - and it's not so much about being accurate, as it is about being consistent.

[disenfranchised]

I got an analogue one from Repco
Plastic moulded case in one piece.
Cost around $15

Gives a better reading than the ones built into the air stations at the garages

[duckonin]

I got an analogue one from Repco
Plastic moulded case in one piece.
Cost around $15

Gives a better reading than the ones built into the air stations at the garages

Bought a goodie from MotoGB (Suzuki) was a digiGauge, made by Oxford, around $30 works well ...

[vifferman]

Oh - and it's not so much about being accurate, as it is about being consistent.
That's the theory I work on. :yes:
I figure that if I'm running at what the gauge says is (e.g.) 37 pissies, and that works for me, whatever pressure it really is. It doesn't matter if it's really 39 or 35, because whatever those pressures are on the gauge doesn't work for me anyway. Handily, my el cheapo tyre pump and pen-type gauge read the same as the AccuGage. (Unhandily, I can't read the pen-type gauge without spectackatickles on my face. :pinch:)

[What?]

I use an analogue Accugauge with a brass stem and swivelling, angle-mounted valve attachment. About $30.
Oh - and it's not so much about being accurate, as it is about being consistent.

Totally agree. And a good quality pen-type guage can fit this requirement, as well as being easier to fit in your bike's tool kit. I have a PCL brand pen guage which consistently reads to within 1psi of my (calibrated) Accugauge.



...Gives a better reading than the ones built into the air stations at the garages

A quick glance at the tyre from twenty paces tends to do the same. :eek5:

[wharfy]

I bought one (AccuGage, IIRC) from Motohaus last year. It has a flexible s/steel braided hose, replaceable connector, a dial-type gauge, a rubber cover to protect it from donking on the ground, and a valve thingo (technical term) to let the tyre down a bit while checking the pressure. :niceone:
Oh - and it was surprisingly inexpensive. I've checked it against other gauges, and it seems to be accurate.

Umm... how inexpensive ?

My "Dick Smith" digital one beeps when it has the pressure but I have to remove it to read it :crybaby:

[vifferman]

I have a PCL brand pen guage which consistently reads to within 1psi of my (calibrated) Accugauge.
Same same.

Umm... how inexpensive ?

Umm... I dunno. My brain leaks info.
But I think it was $35.
Ish.

[CookMySock]

I got a foot pump from repco - has analog rotary guage on it. good !

DB

[325rocket]

ive got one like int the pic. works well and all that but is very hard to use. only just fits past discs and by the time i get a reading and piss around getting it back off ive lost about 7 - 8 psi. whatever you get make sure its easy to use

[CookMySock]

ive got one like int the pic. I got SIMILAR but not the same to that one, and it was complete rubbish. One time it said 7psi, next time it said 65psi. Maybe it was just a faulty one. We took it back and got the pump.

DB

[DEATH_INC.]

Go analogue they're heaps better. Get a good one, it's worth it. I use an Autometer (I think...) that is guaranteed accurate.