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Quality analog tire inflator?

bigblock454

bigblock454

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Why is this so hard to buy, all the junk on Amazon appears to be china crap.

I don't care for the stick type, just a quality analog gauge that doesn't go from 0-200psi, 100psi at the most. Those small gauges that run to 170+ make it hard to get an accurate fill on the wife's Bug at 29psi. Temped to buy a push lever valve from McMaster and just make my own, might be the only method to get some quality and the range I want.

Anybody know of other avenues?
 
I'd love to find one to with a low pressure scale.
 
Try France.

Is 10 plus years old used everyday, before I retired. Accurate.

That one is for big trucks, but I use on everything

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I use this style with the built in sight glass gauge. Goes down to 10 psi. I get them at my local auto parts store. You do have to hold your thumb over the air port if using it just as a gauge not on an air hose. I have a low pressure stick style pressure gauge for my atv tires too.
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I carry an ATV tire gauge for offroading since you can measure at low pressures. Cheap and easy to find. For inflators, I've given up on the gauges being accurate because they inevitably get dropped on the concrete. I've found the TPMS sensors to be pretty repeatable (at 4 corners and between different cars), so I kind of calibrate my inflator to them in my mind.

IIRC most Walmart/Autozone type inflators have a gauge on 1/4" thread, so isn't swapping on the gauge of your choice an option?
 
Blue85 said:
I've found the TPMS sensors to be pretty repeatable (at 4 corners and between different cars), so I kind of calibrate my inflator to them in my mind.
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I actually picked up one of the aftermarket TPMS setups for dirt cheap on eBay (higher end one, just got a deal), unfortunately it will be some time before I get around to being able to test it out. Would be a lot nicer to have the tires deflating while I'm inside watching the pressure in winter lol.

But I also don't think many of those TPMS setups (aftermarket anyway) are designed to read below about 20PSI, or at least not read that low without going into some annoying alarm mode.
 
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