Tyre pressure gauges

[gacf]

Tyre pressures seem to come up a lot, here's an article by Ride magazine (courtesy of MCN website) reviewing a bunch of pressure gauges (2008 article). I bought one of the £5 halfords digital jobbies and it's decent enough... more accurate than the equipment at the petrol station, and combined with my budget £8 air compressor I can get my tyres just right at home without warming them up on the ride to the servo.

www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/Ride%20Magazine/Product%20test%20pdfs/9%20SEP08%20Pressure%20gauge%20test.pdf

[showaddydadito]

I too have a Halfrauds cheap digital - works a treat.

[bobh]

The other great thing about the Halfords gauge is it's small enough to get onto the valve without a lot of juggling - and easy to carry around if you really want to check the tyres every few miles.

[gacf]

Jul 29, 2011 10:58:56 GMT bobh said:

The other great thing about the Halfords gauge is it's small enough to get onto the valve without a lot of juggling - and easy to carry around if you really want to check the tyres every few miles.

Yep, I used to keep it wrapped in a rag under the seat for runs to the forecourt... check pressure before I leave home and check again before putting air in so I have some idea of how much I have to compensate. It also displays the reading for a few seconds after taking it off making it much easier to read.

The only downside is I don't think the battery can be changed, but for £5 I'm sure I'll get my money's worth before it dies.

[bobh]

In therory the battery can be changed. But when my last one died, and I put a new battery in, it remained a late pressure gauge.

As you say, for a fiver, why bother?

[peteff]

If I spend a fiver on it I want it to last forever I still have an old stick type which I seldom use but I do use a compressor at home with a Machine Mart inflater with gauge.

[CD]

I have an Aldi stirrup pump type tyre pump. It's quick and has a built in gauge that's within 1psi of my tyre gauge.

[gacf]

I think any pump/compressor with a gauge, whether it's one at home or one at a forecourt, is fine once you get an idea of how it reads compared to a more accurate gauge. My home compressor reads about 7 or 8 PSI above the more accurate device.

[showaddydadito]

Is there any law covering forecourt pumps, in terms of weights and measures? Are they legally obliged to be certified accurate?

e.g. if I sell you a pound of sausages there is a legal requirement that my pound is accurate - but what if it is a psi of air (and is there any difference if there is a charge or if it is free?)