Tire pressure gauges

Can you preset it to stop at a desired pressure?

 

No, it connects to an air compressor (I have a twin ARB in the engine bay and a Makita 5.2 Gal portable air compressor). Full grip squeeze to fill air. Once you reach the desired pressure you can stop squeezing, takes like... a minute tops even from flat (so if you're filling up a tire that only lost like ~10PSI from a cold snap it takes ~20 seconds) on a single tire from any capable air compressor. You can also "half-squeeze" the grip to let some air out if you overshot your desired PSI. Super convenient and handy.

 

Thanks!

 

Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree. I keep a butter-ball in the glove box, but only as a spare. I'll put up my $50 Made in Germany jewel-movement dial gauge over any pencil stick any time.

 

Nice for you to have something that good. Most of us won't splurge on that.
However my Rolex is more accurate than my Timex Micky Mouse watch.

 

its a bad/cheap guage or you are doing it wrong

 

Lol, they're all cheap Chinese junk. If you find one made in USA, grab it

One thing good about the dial is that you don't have to keep pushing that "stick" in.

 

I rely heavy on my dashboard gauge. It's my go to screen, and pops up as soon as I start up the truck. I've found it to be very accurate.

 

My dad would carry one of these in his shirt pocket everywhere he went, just like a pencil-pusher carries a pencil.

 

milton

if the cheepy one matches the reading on the dash its good.....for a while

 

My dad would wash his work clothes at home & I'd find his gauge at the bottom of the washing machine.

I'd hand it to him & say "her you go, freshly laundered"

 

Ooooh, shiny.

I have a decent radial gauge that seems to be pretty consistent against my Dewalt battery compressor. It stays in the Cayman because those tires are hard to judge by sight.

But I like shiny things and those wouldn’t take up much room in the glovebox.

A high quality standing bike pump might also be a good reference.

 

You can get a made in USA Milton stick gauge on Amzn for about $10. Milton sells round type but they're made in China. I just tap the gauge in my leg to reset while holding in check position. No biggee. Easier than pushing a little button. Old school still rules.

 

LOL! Well, there are some things I'll spend $$ on... I learned decades ago that a good tire pressure gauge is waaay cheaper than new tires..

 

My high quality bike pump (Lezyne) reads 7PSI lower than any of my other gauges.

 

Does it do that across all ranges? And which do you trust? I’m assuming not the bike pump then?

 

FWIW, first gen version is on close out for almost half off.
https://leeparksdesign.com/psi-pro-tire-pressure-gauge-gen-1-closeout/

 

I had a digital gauge (but it broke. Battery contact fell off and it wasn't really repairable). That, the dial gauge on the air chuck for my air compressor, and the stick gauge are all within a couple PSI. The bike pump is an outlier. I haven't bothered to replace the gauge (not sure if it can even be done), so I just pump up my bike tires until the gauge indicates about 7PSI less than I want. I haven't checked to see if the error is linear.

The digital gauge was also sticky. The first few times I would use it after turning it on, it would read a couple PSI different than it should, based on measuring the same tire repeatedly.

So I have yet to find a quality, reliable, accurate gauge I can use as a reference. The stick gauge is good enough to keep in the center console for now. I think keeping the digital gauge in the car contributed to it breaking. There are some good suggestions here, so I'll check them out eventually.