Looking for a good tire pressure gauge

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mngundog

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• Jul 9, 2011

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I have about 5 cheap tire pressure gauges, two are the dial type. I checked my truck tires with all 5 of them and get quite a variety of readings. Can someone recommend a good one that is not off a truck?
Have to a couple cars and some toys so I'm not doing this for a living, just want a trust worthy gauge.
If you have a gauge you like have you checked the accuracy against another gauge?

 

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smogtech

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• Jul 9, 2011

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Pencil type should work fine

 

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I guess, I'm looking for a brand. I have three pencils and 2 dials?. The readings very by about 15#. They are all cheap, I know I didn't spend over $10 on any.

 

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• Jul 9, 2011

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Bought a Slime tire gauge at O'Reilly's.
About $10, so far so good.

 

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• Jul 9, 2011

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Timely thread. I noticed that my dial type as different than the gauge on my tire inflator. Who makes a good accurate one without breaking the bank.

 

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Bo Heck

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I have a longacre dial gauge that I love. It's accurate, it glows in the dark, I got mine with the angled chuck instead of the ball, which I really like.

here:
http://www.longacreracing.com/catalog/item.asp?id=223&catid=8

 

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Milton, I've used one for years and they've held up great.

 

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joshthedieseltech

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• Jul 9, 2011

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Cougar said:

Bought a Slime tire gauge at O'Reilly's.
About $10, so far so good.

Click to expand...

got this also going on 3 years, use for bikes, trucks and cars, been real dependable.

I got mine at AZ for $12

 

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• Jul 9, 2011

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http://www.getagauge.com/

 

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Longacre is the one I got when I started going to the track.

 

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I got the longacre too. From what I remember reading before I bought it, the digital gauges are more accurate and retain their accuracy much better over time. Analog gauges, not so much. Still wanted analog...something about digital that irks me. Kinda like the digital speedos on some instrument clusters.

 

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Schrader Master Gauge is what was the standard that used to be recommended, I have not seen one in years and would like to check mine as the pressure varies a lot from gauge to gauge including dial, pencil and digital.