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Jan 27, 2013 | 09:56 AM

huntfarm

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nitrogen

Anyone using nitrogen in their tires? If so; seeing any benefits? Costs?
Suppler(Nitrofill etc.)? Thanks for any comments.

Jan 27, 2013 | 10:04 AM

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Dealer rip off. Save your $$$ and check your pressure monthly. Air up with your air compressor as needed.

Jan 27, 2013 | 10:05 AM

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Jan 27, 2013 | 10:13 AM

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Waste of money.

Jan 27, 2013 | 10:17 AM

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Dealer rip off. Save your $$$ and check your pressure monthly. Air up with your air compressor as needed.

Jan 27, 2013 | 10:28 AM

Wayne O

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For all practical purposes, IMO there is no advantage to using nitrogen (except for the dealerships which make money selling you nitrogen). Nitrogen should only be used if it’s free and exceedingly convenient.

Air is already 78 percent nitrogen and only 21 percent oxygen. Whether you use air or nitrogen the tire will have the same rolling resistance. Both air and nitrogen filled tires leak slowly over time. Testing has shown that nitrogen filled tires lose approximately two-thirds as much pressure as air filled tires. Using nitrogen will not eliminate low tire pressure. Many nitrogen refill stations cannot or do not fill the tire to the necessary level of nitrogen purity....the air is not completely purged from the tire to begin with....the nitrogen is corrupted during refill process. The NHTSA tested both air and nitrogen filled tires for aging and material degradation and the results were "inconclusive."

There's nothing wrong with using nitrogen but again, only if it's free and convenient. I think you're just as well off using dry air.

Jan 27, 2013 | 10:46 AM

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There's nothing wrong with using nitrogen but again, only if it's free and convenient. I think you're just as well off using dry air.

Jan 27, 2013 | 11:02 AM

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Unless you have free access to N2, it really adds no appreciable benefit over air.

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Jan 27, 2013 | 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayne O

For all practical purposes, IMO there is no advantage to using nitrogen (except for the dealerships which make money selling you nitrogen). Nitrogen should only be used if it’s free and exceedingly convenient.

There's nothing wrong with using nitrogen but again, only if it's free and convenient. I think you're just as well off using dry air.

....I use Nitro only because it is free and convenient at my local Costco.....certainly doesn't hurt anything....

Jan 27, 2013 | 12:40 PM

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Nitrogen should only be used if it’s free and exceedingly convenient.

Certainly nothing wrong with it. I think it is important to understand the cost of nitrogen though. The amount of dry nitrogen that it takes to fill a tire is worth a few cents. Costco has it right...they just use it as their fill gas by default. It is a good advertising point and can help sell some tires. Tire stores that offer it as an extra cost option are just taking something that costs them 25 cents for a set of tires and getting a ridiculous profit from it. They can do this because the average customer has no idea what the real benefit is and how much it should really cost. If a store had a roll of Lifesavers on the shelf for $10 because it was a new flavor, people would laugh at it because they know what Lifesavers should cost. Not the case yet with nitrogen. Compressed nitrogen in a tank costs less than the compressed CO2 that is used in every soda machine in every convenience store in the world.

Jan 27, 2013 | 01:09 PM

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None. I perform Nitrogen fills regularly and I then see those same customers coming back for top offs. Save your money, check your pressures regularly. Not to mention, the added benefit of being able to vary your tire pressures by situation.

My next suggestion would be to invest in a quality air gauge. I'm partial to the Matco digital myself. Spendy, but highly worth it.