my4thand last

I have four tire gauges (all manual) and I can never get them to match the TPM on the car. My gauges always read the same but the car tell me otherwise, sometimes 3lb difference. I want to order a digital one from Amazon and looking for a good choice. I would assume the TPM is most accurate.

Thanks forum

bradc6

I bought an Accutire guage years ago at Sam's Club and it works well.

The MS-4021B on Amazon looks like the current version of my MS-4020.

george vee

Reads the same as my TPMS

Red C8 of Jax

Accutire Digital gauge, got it at Sears. Works great!!

JenFZ09

The local air pumps can be set to a certain psi and will ding when you reach it. I haven't had to use an air gauge in years unless I'm using an air compressor for my motorcycle tires. These new pumps are fantastic.

maugust24

I got sick of having a bunch of cheap inaccurate gauges I finally bought a nice digital gauge that can air up and down. I found myself needing something for 80 psi for my truck down to 8 pounds for atv tires and using different gauges for them. This one fills the bill for all at 0 to 100 psi. But it came with a cost. $125 but it's dead accurate so I didn't mind spending the bucks.

TEXHAWK0

I have tried digital gages and do not really like them... I have had good luck with the Accu-gage dial type gage, and they are usually within 1/2 psi of tire monitors.
I have found that tire monitors are not all 100% accurate either, since I check them with the same gage and find the variation from the transmitter can vary.

lagunabluez51

I bought a digital gauge and like it a lot, works very well.

JonMN

I got tired of having cheap gauges read differently, and went with a calibrated gauge I bought at a track day years ago.

Indy-hp

Accutire MS-4400 pistol grip gauge. Inexpensive and dead accurate. I've got two, one in each car.

I've had the more expensive models and didn't like them. And I used an analog gauge with a hose for years, but these digital gauges can't be beat.

Bob Beroza

I have found my Sears Gauge to be very good. It even has a light built in for night time checking and its not to expensive about $25.

http://www.sears.com/craftsman-progr...Q&gclsrc=aw.ds

Corgidog1

I have a basic type gage where the stick pops out like a ruler and you read it. I bought the higher end model so it does not feel flimsy

PKI

Digital - works well for coach and TV. Got an analog that was purchased for autocross years and years ago. It still works well too. The stick things, not so good. The combination air chuck/gage is not so accurate, but convenient. Air pressure is a relative thing. Measure it cold and understand why it increases when you warm up the tires. When you understand, you can make good decisions. But you likely need an accurate tire temperature probe to get it all right. A digital IR temperature gun is certainly fun to play with as temps start to heat up. Pat

0ProTEKtMitch

I have a giant Longacre gauge, with the glow in the dark face. You can get racecar tire gauges that have an air bleeder on them from anybody that sells to the autocross or circle track crowd

I got mine from these guys.

Www.speedwaymotors.com

wonka12_98

Same here! My digital Accutire has been dead on with my TPMS. I've gone threw several gauges and this has been by far the best!

tzoid9

The TPMS systems in all cars may not be calibrated correctly so never trust it over a good gauge. If you have two gauges that read basically the same, then your TPMS is out of calibration. See if the dealer can adjust it and if not, rely on it to give you loss of air variations, not the correct inflation pressure.

gpotski

I have a Longacre as well. Very nice gauge.

my4thand last

Thanks to all for your feedback, I went with the Accutire. I like some of the dial gages but lets see how this works based on my other gauge readings. btw Jen I should have mentioned in my op I do have a home compressor.
Thanks all
Dave

AORoads

You really don't have to go super expensive. A long time ago I compared about 7 metal "pencil" gauges (you know them as the OLD ones you used to buy), and a couple of relatively inexpensive $10-$15 digital tire gauges to the DIC. I guess I took care of the years-old pencil gauges very well: all of them, and the two digital gauges were within 1 lb. of each other, and also within about 1 lb. of the DIC. But, the DIC it is said is really to show you if there are any major differences coming into view, such as a drastic loss of pressure in one tire. Or, overall that all tires are falling below the safe limit.

Maxie2U

TEKTON 5941 Digital Tire Gauge, 100 PSI by TEKTRON.

Amazon.