Tyre Inflators
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digital gauge it is!
I got a free compact one in the boot of my car (nice surprise) and it's a beast. Pumps tyres up so fast, and the valve screws on (previous ones I've used have had a like clamp thing which isnt as secure)
makes a hell of a noise though
makes a hell of a noise though
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I just use the free air at garages and check every few weeks.
No but the point is the difference in accuracy between using a decent footpump and spending 5 hours doing it with 12 seperate guages is negliable at best.
Tyre pressure accuracy is important, but a quality footpump is accurate enough.
AFAIK most Shell garages give free air- I normally pop in once a fortnight when I'm passing. The compressors seem ok to me, and the pressure gauges are fairly accurate too (I use a seperate gauge in conjunction with theirs, and it's within 1 psi). You might as well buy a decent pressure gauge and use Shell or somewhere else, saving £40 odd.
You'd have to be retarded to damage a tyre using a compressor and a pressure gauge TBH, and what's to say a tyre inflator has been correctly calibrated anyway?!
You'd have to be retarded to damage a tyre using a compressor and a pressure gauge TBH, and what's to say a tyre inflator has been correctly calibrated anyway?!
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? I could say the same for anyone here but just use different topics which each person is anal about. For me car cleaning, basic maintenance & DIY or whatever has no relation to being happy and going out doing stuff during free time that's how. I'd imagine the same goes for everyone else here too regardless of being anal about different things.
There used to be a petrol station half a mile from my house which was nice and convenient. They also had this nice standing pipe thing that dispensed air through a nice valve and analog pressure gauge, nice and convenient. Then they knocked the petrol station down 
They turned it into a car dealer. So I bought my Honda from them. I sure showed them.
They turned it into a car dealer. So I bought my Honda from them. I sure showed them.
Anything where the hose pushes onto the valve and is then 'locked on' using a lever is quite poor IMHO, having seen/used and sold a lot of the halfords ones the seal is rarely any good, and seem to get looser with time. Those pumps, be they 'foot' or electric, that screw onto the valve directly (such as the Michelin one in the OP) are superior for this reason.
I won't bother with any 12v inflator because they're all poorly built regardless of how much they sell for and they last about one year on light use. I had a michelin inflator with digital gauge, it only lasted a year.
After that, I had bought a halford inflator for £25 after a price reduction (was at rip-off £45). Recently, its 12v plug had just fallen apart, I used duck tape to hold it together and now, I am wary of the accuracy of its built-in gauge so I had to deflate my tyres a bit before inflating it for better accuracy!
After that, I had bought a halford inflator for £25 after a price reduction (was at rip-off £45). Recently, its 12v plug had just fallen apart, I used duck tape to hold it together and now, I am wary of the accuracy of its built-in gauge so I had to deflate my tyres a bit before inflating it for better accuracy!
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My dad still has a halfords one that I remember us having 2 houses ago so it's at least...8 years old but probably more. Been used quite a lot over the years and still going strong, although it's nowhere near as good as the one I have
I won't bother with any 12v inflator because they're all poorly built regardless of how much they sell for and they last about one year on light use. I had a michelin inflator with digital gauge, it only lasted a year.
After that, I had bought a halford inflator for £25 after a price reduction (was at rip-off £45). Recently, its 12v plug had just fallen apart, I used duck tape to hold it together and now, I am wary of the accuracy of its built-in gauge so I had to deflate my tyres a bit before inflating it for better accuracy!
Rubbish, the one I use is at least 10 years old and it works fine, I think it was a pretty cheap one all that time ago too. It also features a lever to lock onto the valve, this works fine, and pops off easily so you lose virtually no air when removing it.
Does this actually work?, thought i wasn't getting much action recently haven't check my tyres for a few months
Offering to check her tyre pressures after work one day was, I am sure, a contributory factor to her eventually asking me out
Always keep a footpump
