Tyre pressure

zain · 14 Dec 2007 at 17:43

I'm sort of bored paying £1 for air and the machine quickly stops working, the free ones in my area are all dodgy.

Does anyone know of any good products that I can keep at home to check and inflate/deflate the tyre pressure? If they need plugging in that is ok as well.

Ben M · 14 Dec 2007 at 17:48

just go to halfords and get one of their electric inflators.

it's also worth getting a pressure guage seperate, because they're better than the ones built into the inflators normally.

loltim · 14 Dec 2007 at 17:50

The free one at my local Tesco is fine :/

dalin80 · 14 Dec 2007 at 17:52

many indy's will do your pressures for free, just pop in and be friendly.

zain · 14 Dec 2007 at 18:09

Tim said:
The free one at my local Tesco is fine :/

The beauty of the ruthless Tesco, it's probably free in your area because not many use it. Here they charge £1 for about 5 mins.

dalin80 said:
many indy's will do your pressures for free, just pop in and be friendly.

None of the free ones work within 5 miles of me and the ones that do cost as well. I've paid out about £25 now so I might as well just buy my own it is more convienient, I'll go look at halfords.

zain · 14 Dec 2007 at 18:29

Well halfords suck, £29.99 and it only comes with a cig lighter adapter. I'll browse the net I guess.

.:MBK:. · 14 Dec 2007 at 18:32

something wrong with a foot pump and a seperate pressure reader?

West · 14 Dec 2007 at 18:32

Tesco one I use is fine, you tell it what pressure and it inflates.. then again saying that I have one that goes off the fag lighter.. done use that one..

danza · 14 Dec 2007 at 18:44

I would imagine Argos has them for dirt cheap.

al123 · 14 Dec 2007 at 18:47

danza said:
I would imagine Argos has them for dirt cheap.

Yeh I paid around £10 for one from Argos.

Tomsk · 14 Dec 2007 at 18:47

.:MBK:. said:
something wrong with a foot pump and a seperate pressure reader?

Best solution. I keep a footpump and a digital gauge in my car at all times.

I've had mini electric ones and they're rubbish.

zain · 14 Dec 2007 at 18:48

Having a look, they all seem homogeneous. Nothing with a standard plug and a display for the PSI.

zain · 14 Dec 2007 at 18:49

Tomsk said:
Best solution. I keep a footpump and a digital gauge in my car at all times.

I've had mini electric ones and they're rubbish.

Yeah that's the way I am heading as well.

NickXX · 14 Dec 2007 at 19:22

The Michelin electric ones from Halfords are very good, it's ciggie lighter only. Are you trying to pump the tyres on a bike?

The Edge · 14 Dec 2007 at 23:00

Footpump and digital gauge.

Works for me, 30psi on pump = 32 psi on gauge.

bad_ass_neil · 14 Dec 2007 at 23:06

when i check my tyres 20p does me!

doing things like removing your dust caps before you start help.

audiolab · 15 Dec 2007 at 09:53

NickXX said:
The Michelin electric ones from Halfords are very good, it's ciggie lighter only. Are you trying to pump the tyres on a bike?

I also have one of those Michelin ones from Halfords, they are very good. You just set it to the desired pressure and it cuts out when it reaches it.

Glaucus · 15 Dec 2007 at 10:19

Halfords digital pump. Fits to the ciggeret lighter. Can set the pressure and it pumps. Best Buy I've ever made. And it was only around £20.

Rambaud · 15 Dec 2007 at 11:49

NickXX said:
The Michelin electric ones from Halfords are very good, it's ciggie lighter only.

Likewise. Bought mine a couple of years ago, and it's been fine.

NickXX · 15 Dec 2007 at 11:56

audiolab said:
I also have one of those Michelin ones from Halfords, they are very good. You just set it to the desired pressure and it cuts out when it reaches it.

Yeah, they save a lot of hassle - I bought it after getting fed up with trying to pump 18" tyres up to 42psi every fortnight.