There seems to be a big gap between the consumer grade products that do little more than tell you if your tyre is flat or not, and the kit used by professional racing teams up in the £hundreds. I don’t need it accurate to the last 0.05psi, but something that would reliably and repeatably measure to within 0.5psi would be great. Can either be stand alone, or airline mounted, analogue or digital.
This is what I use. I have a small compressor in the garage, so this plugs into the air hose. They have a version that’s just a gauge that is also accurate and reliable.
For a hand-held, keep-in-the-glovebox, accurate tyre gauge, use a PCL (Pneumatic Control Ltd) gauge, as above. Made in Sheffield and high quality.
I’m still using one my Dad gave me 30 odd years ago, and it is still very accurate.
Available on Ebay, at around a tenner for new, less s/h.
Also Schrader an equally good make.
Here is an interesting new product, a battery-operated tire inflator. It has a digital pressure gauge, as shown in the photo I took. I checked the reading against my analog gauges, and the readings were identical. I have no connection with them, but think it’s an interesting product to keep in the glovebox.
Clarke 30D from Machine Mart. Plugs into my compressor for actual inflation but stand alone for checking. Pretty solid bit of kit, and cheap - under £12.
