Yep. I had a crappy Walmart special once too. It was 10 psi off from a Longacre gauge I borrowed at the track. Not good. I checked the Walmart special against other gauges that day too, some cheap and some not so cheap. in every case the Walmsrt POS was at least 7 psi off. Heave-ho.

Quality matters.

 

I ordered the Longacre on Sunday, received it Wednesday. It's pretty impressive.

The Walmart digital gave the same readings so I know I can trust it now.

 

Which one do you recommend?

 

Thought it was interesting that it only has a digital display but it is in english and spanish

 

Whoa! $40 for a tire gauge $300 for a memory tire gauge? Too much for me .

 

In my opinion a tire gauge is pretty important--get a cheap one, but not too cheap. Those ones they have at the gas station for a dollar suck and can be off by like 5psi. Just make sure it is accurate.

 

I have the round analog type with a button to reset the needle. It works great, much better than the pencil type gauge. It was cheap too, less than 10 bucks at the local auto store.

 

That's a matter of personal preference.

Obviously the range has to be one that's useful for street tires, so a 0-60 PSI model. After that, it's up to you if you want a larger dial or a liquid damped needle etc. I don't think you'll go wrong with any of their models. They're all accurate, it's just a matter of bells and whistles.

 

Tires gauges are very temperamental and depending on quality will affect the accuracy. The best ones are stainless steel internal with stainless steel external body, and with a gel inside (the gel helps if the needle to not jumps to much or you don't want to see the needle drop to fast). There is about 3 major type of gauges accuracy that you can find unless you get the industrial gauges with has an even higher accuracy. Most gauges accuracy are in the middle when you go higher then 2/3 or lower then 1/3 it is less accurate. When gauges are stating it accuracy it is normally along the middle of these 2 points. There are about 3 major manufacture and their names are subcontracted to distributors. Snap On gauges and Wal-Mart

 

I have had the standard and the deluxe, I recommend the deluxe. It has the glow in the dark face, the memory, and the swivel chuck, all of which are really useful. The liquid filled looks good too.

The Blue Point one looks like a good value and has everything but a glow in the dark face. But I can always trust my Longacre gauge.

Peter