Leaving tomorrow on a trip so checked tire pressures. Added pressure where needed but the spare donut requires 60 psi. All my pencil gauges stop at 50.

Instead of going out to buy one, I put it to 50 and assume it will be enough to get me to a service station.

Aren't most new vehicles carrying a donut these days that require higher pressure? Maybe my gauges are antique.

Btw any recommendations on a reliable gauge that goes higher than 50?

I believe it was forum member Woodman who was selling quality gauges.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
I believe it was forum member Woodman who was selling quality gauges.

You are right. He karma'd a couple back in 2013. I was one of the winners.

Most of the gauges I see are made in china and they are junk. It seems to me that an item such as a tire gauge ought to be made to a standard of accuracy, as a safety matter.

This is similar to what was sent to me.

http://www.automotivepartsfact...3t7dMCFQ6paQodB84DZQ

Thanks Floyd

 
Get a Milton heavy duty stick gauge for trucks. It will go up to 210 psi and be accurate. I use that for anything over 60 psi.
 
 

I have 4 tire pressure gauges.
One is a milton. One is on a device that allows you to fill your tire and when you left off the fill lever, it measures the air pressure.
2 of those gauges do not go up high enough for my truck tires. The other two have different readings for the same time pressure.
The light came on in my truck and it shows a tire pressure sensor fault. I cannot seem to get rid of it by filling and checking with my Milton gauge.

I was told these are accurate, but what do I know?

I use one of these, works very well and goes up to 150psi.

https://www.amazon.com/Accutir...id=1494729768&sr=8-1

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Originally posted by wallacemf:
I use one of these, works very well and goes up to 150psi.

https://www.amazon.com/Accutir...id=1494729768&sr=8-1

Bingo! Not only are those gauges good for low pressure tires (wheelbarrow) and high pressure tires (BIG truck), but being digital they are extremely accurate. Pencil gauges, not so much.

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Originally posted by Oldrider:
Pencil gauges, not so much.

Some pencil gauges, not so much, especially the cheapo giveaway ones. I regularly use an Intercomp 0-60psi gauge for both trucks, but a couple of odd tires around take more than 60, so I have a Milton truck gauge (pencil, but it is more like one of those big pencils you used in grade school, they kind you had to rest on your shoulder while you wrote). At least up to 60psi, the Milton is spot on equivalent to the Intercomp. The pencil is a bit harder to read.
 

Made in the USA Milton 20-120 PSI. Good stuff.
https://www.amazon.com/Milton-...C4YQZX8E1D53A47Y81F0

For years, I use the NAPA 0-50 PSI straight stick tire pressure gauge. Reads in 5 psi steps.

This is the one I have.
https://www.amazon.com/Milton-...+tire+pressure+gauge
Actually one of many

I also recommend the Milton brand. Have one in each of my vehicles, low pressure ones in each of the four wheelers also...

I think it was Car & Driver that did a review of tire gauges. Surprisingly, they found that there was nothing inherently wrong with pencil-type gauges as long as they were of high quality. They were basically just as accurate as the much pricier dial gauges of the time (not sure how they'd stack up against digitals). The problem was the vast majority of cheapo pencil gauges on the market. I buy better quality pencils and do just fine with my vehicles.

Don't confuse precision with accuracy. Even though a digital give a precise readout that doesn't mean its accurate.

 
This is the Milton I go to when it is beyond the capacity of my Intercomp dial gauge's 60 psi. It is a Milton "service" gauge, 10-160 psi. I prefer the Intercomp, for its easy to read 4" dial and ability to bleed out a bit of air if you overfilled, while still watching the gauge.
Milton S-976, made in the USA.
 

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Originally posted by Sigfan Roy:
Don't confuse precision with accuracy. Even though a digital give a precise readout that doesn't mean its accurate.

If you do Gauge R&Rs you'll find that digital gauges do have a higher degree of accuracy, and hold that repeatability longer than analogue gauges.