Any recommendations for a great tire pressure gauge?

[Blind Guy]

Well, here's what a Blind Guy uses, and YES it naturally TALKS!

My gauge of choice is the ACCUTIRE Talking Tire Guage, and it's a digital guage with .5lb accuracy, it also can memorize BOTH the Front and Rear pressures of TWO cars. It also has a built in Flashlight.

With it's .5lb accuracy, and it's 2 Lithium batteries, it's VERY accurate and reliable (I've compared it with a competition racing guage that's accurate down to .1lb, and it was SPOT ON!

The nice thing about Talking Guages is they can be used in the dark, like on the side of the road with a flat, or anywhere the light's not good. PLUS you don't have to try and hold a light on your guage while you're trying to take a reading and then shine it on the display while your attempting to view the guage. You simply press the guage on the stem and listen for it to tell you the pressure!

If you have multiple cars and keep different pressures in their Front and Rear tires, this gauge memorizes ALL of them for you. In addition, if you need a little light, it's got a small Flashlight built in.

Don't remember exactly how much it was, but I think it was under $35. If you're interested, GOOGLE "ACCUTIRE Talking Tire Guage".

David (aka blind Guy)

[efusco]

$20 at Amazon with free shipping w/Amazon Prime
Amazon.com: ACCUTIRE Talking Tire Guage

[stream]

Originally Posted by Boo

(1) for greater accuracy, get a gauge with the lowest maximum PSI that will accommodate the PSI you'll be inflating your tires to -- for most people this will mean a 60 PSI gauge (note however that 60 PSI may be below the recommended PSI for the donut spare);

The spare sidewall says inflate to 60 PSI. Mine was at 45 the first time I checked it--a month after I took delivery.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by stream

The spare sidewall says inflate to 60 PSI. Mine was at 45 the first time I checked it--a month after I took delivery.

Thanks. You're right. 60 PSI for the donut spare.

[darelldd]

Accugage is my gage of choice as well. They last forever. I had a problem with the rubber sealing gasket in one once, and the company replaced the offending part immediately through the mail. Great service.

I do also have some cheap digital gages that work great too. I only wish that Accuage made a nice gage for Presta valves. Still looking for a good gage for those!

[Indyking]

Thanks folks! I got my accugauge through getagauge.com. Fast shipping!

It works great on my Odyssey, very nice, but in my Prius...

The bloody wheel cover prevents it from latching appropriately. I have to keep moving and twisting the gauge end until it latches, losing a good amount of pressure until it happens. This process is also scratching the wheel cover itself...

Oh... I always hated those cheap and ugly wheel covers... I may well just get rid of them but I’m afraid they help with the aerodynamics... I know there is a thread on the issue of removing the wheel cover, but I haven't checked it out yet...

[wfolta]

Based on recommendations elsewhere, I just received the Accutire MS-4021B yesterday from Amazon. I tried it this morning and it seems to work very well.

It seems to agree with my previous gauge, it has good ergonomics, it's compact, and the LED display is readable without reading glasses (for me) in the shade. It will easily handle my worst-case scenario of checking the air at a gas station at night. (Live in a condo, so no pump in the garage.) I'll have to test it in bright sunlight to see if the display holds up under those conditions.

It was even on sale at Amazon for something like $10.

EDIT: Works just fine with the wheel covers in place, too.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by Indyking

Thanks folks! I got my accugauge through getagauge.com. Fast shipping!

It works great on my Odyssey, very nice, but in my Prius...

The bloody wheel cover prevents it from latching appropriately. I have to keep moving and twisting the gauge end until it latches, losing a good amount of pressure until it happens. This process is also scratching the wheel cover itself...

Oh... I always hated those cheap and ugly wheel covers... I may well just get rid of them but I’m afraid they help with the aerodynamics... I know there is a thread on the issue of removing the wheel cover, but I haven't checked it out yet...

Wow, I haven't had that problem with my 07 with either the OEM trim rings or the aftermarket wheel covers I put on my wheels. I use an Accu Gage with a swivel-angle chuck. Wonder which type of chuck is easier.

If you need them, here are the two main threads about removing the covers and putting on center caps:

15" wheel center caps

15" alloy wheels w/center caps

Bottom line on the center caps is that one place you can get them for a decent price is parts.com, which sells them for $10.48 each plus $12.99 total shipping and handling.

If you search parts.com or other parts sites for center caps, make sure you enter that you're looking for parts for either a 2004, 2005 or 2006 Prius (long story ... short of it is that Toyota's parts database is terribly managed ... sometimes you have to experiment with entering different model years to find the parts you want for your model year), and then you drill down through the wheels category until you get to center caps.

Good luck.

[MaggieMay]

Originally Posted by Indyking

Thanks folks! I got my accugauge through getagauge.com. Fast shipping!

It works great on my Odyssey, very nice, but in my Prius...

The bloody wheel cover prevents it from latching appropriately. I have to keep moving and twisting the gauge end until it latches, losing a good amount of pressure until it happens. This process is also scratching the wheel cover itself...

Oh... I always hated those cheap and ugly wheel covers... I may well just get rid of them but I’m afraid they help with the aerodynamics... I know there is a thread on the issue of removing the wheel cover, but I haven't checked it out yet...

Sorry 'bout that Indyking - mine is a squeeze through the wheel cover, but I can get it attached with the covers on. Did we ever figure out what sort of hit the FE took from removing the covers?

[Boo]

Originally Posted by darelldd

I do also have some cheap digital gages that work great too. I only wish that Accuage made a nice gage for Presta valves. Still looking for a good gage for those!

Darell,

Is this Accu-Gage for Presta valves bad?

Bicycle Tire gauges - Presta - Schrader