Best tire gauge? - Page 2

carcrazy22 · 11-07-04, 06:28

I went to Brookstone store in a mall nearby. I was surprised - in online they show Accu Gage picture in dial but in store the guage is sold under Brookstone brand and dial is white color in online picture but black color when I bought. I was excited I got a good deal and I went to gas station next day morning. I brought my old digital guage also to check accuracy. I started with driver side front tire - Brookstone showed 31 psi reading and my digital showed 29.5. I said what the .... I saw chuck wasnt secured tightly to hose ( attached to guage ). Tried again this time it showed correct reading. I connected air compressor hose for inflation, dial went upto max ( 100 psi ) while inflating and when I stopped it showed 36psi. I tried digital it showed 33psi. I tried again brookstone, it showed 33 psi correctly now.
Now went to other tires, chuck wont secure properly to tire valves - hissing sounds or dial staying at 0 psi. Good news is Brookstone guy said - whenever you have a problems with it, bring it back, they will replace it for free. Tomorrow I am going to give it my friend for trying just to make sure it wasnt user error.

Now my questions to u guys who bought "actual" Accu-gage EZ Air.

1> Does chuck secure properly to tire valve ? Do you also get hissing sound ?

2> Afer inflating tire, does guage show accurate reading without removing chuck.

3> Did anybody compare readings with Accugage with other product ?

If my friend is also having trouble with it, I will return it.

carcrazy22 · 11-07-04, 06:34

Today I bought Accutire MS4020 for $12.99 @Sears. I tired it this evening, much better and easy to operate. I will return Brookstone model later this week.

BoxsterCharlie · 11-07-04, 06:49

carcrazy, thanks for the PM.

The version I bought was just the regular gauge, not the inflator one. It kind of scares me that yours hit the "redline" while it was inflating--that doesn't right to me that it is even showing the line pressure.

I did check mine vs. an older gauge and the difference was significant--3-4 psi. Unfortunately, I don't know which is right. But I'm 90% sure the new one is right, I'll let road feel be my ultimate guide I guess.

kpounds · 11-15-05, 11:45

Sears has the Accutire MS4020 Digital Gauge on sale for $9.99 with a free shipping rebate thru Nov. 19. It was rated 'excellent' in Consumer Reports Tire Gauge Tests

Reviews at Amazon.com

Reading some threads on Autopia, some said its a bit of a pain to use compared to the pencil & dial gauges. Has to be set just right on the valve for the gauge to read. I decided to order one anyway and if its not good, just return it to Sears.
Autopia 'Accutire' threads

tom p. · 11-16-05, 01:55

Accugage is great...take care of it, don't drop it. I've mailed mine back to Meiser and they will check and re-cal at no charge (at least they used to).

Spilchy · 11-16-05, 04:41

I bought this one http://www.autogeek.net/acdeba.html

I got it from Herrington catalog. I drove over it in my car and broke it. They took it back 4 years later and replaced with a new one!

Works great. I use it on the 4 family cars once a month.

kpounds · 11-16-05, 05:21

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Originally Posted by Spilchy

I bought this one http://www.autogeek.net/acdeba.html

I got it from Herrington catalog. I drove over it in my car and broke it. They took it back 4 years later and replaced with a new one!

Works great. I use it on the 4 family cars once a month.

I believe that is basically the same as the 4020, except yours has the added backlight. Both were rated 1&2 'excellent' by CR. Amazon sells the 4000 for quite a bit cheaper than Autogeek. Accutire MS-4000B at Amazon

KShep · 01-17-06, 05:11

Longacre makes some very accurate tire pressure gauges. Quite pricey thoough...the one shown is $285.00 USD.

http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/long14.htm