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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 06:21 PM
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Dumb question but what is the gold standard for a tire pressure gauge? Thing is I have three "good" gauges and I get three different readings in the same tire.

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Old Apr 25, 2014 | 08:44 AM
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Throw two of them away and use the other one! I bought a chrome dial gauge on Ebay, which comes with TUV/GS approval, but also have an H-D pencil gauge.
 
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Old May 6, 2014 | 04:06 AM
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I have the EZ-Air gauge. Bought it on Amazon. It has a bleeder valve that allows me to let air out and get the exact psi.
 
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Old Jun 16, 2014 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by markkotm
I have the EZ-Air gauge. Bought it on Amazon. It has a bleeder valve that allows me to let air out and get the exact psi.
I have this gauge also and I like it. It is sometimes a little hard to get the gauge chuck on the tire stem but otherwise it works great.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2014 | 10:55 AM
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I use the H-D electric pump w/ the LED accessory light. This features a gauge, but also a tire pump that runs off the electrical battery charge plug. Check pressure and pump up the tire to spec all in the same operation. This way you get to inflate while looking at a gauge, and can get things to a gnat's *** in terms of pressure spec.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2014 | 10:59 AM
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Most of the digital ones are pretty good. I have not found a good pencil type one in a long time. I even tried a Snap-on one hoping it would be better. Even my cheap Slime labeled one is accurate within 1 psi.
 
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