Galway forecourt with digital tyre pressure gauge

Thegalwayman

Hi as title suggests looking for petrol station that has the digitial tyre pressure gauges as opposed to the manual gauges.

Thanks in advance

biko

Sweeney oil, Menlo RB
Topaz by the Millennium Bridge

galwaytt

Statoil Craughwell

CiniO

Out of curiosity what's the difference?

D Trent

CiniO wrote: »

Out of curiosity what's the difference?

1 slightly more accurate than the other

paulmclaughlin

CiniO wrote: »

Out of curiosity what's the difference?

I'd believe it's just for accuracy, like how you can get a minute more or less on an analogue clock whereas a digital clock leaves no room for error.

But it also depends on how accurate the gauge itself is.

CiniO

I'd say most of those devices on petrol stations are so inaccurate, that whether it's digital or analog gauge it doesn't make any difference.
Reading is not accurate anyway.

biko

Yes, they are usually pretty banged up. I wouldn't trust them myself to be accurate.
As long as all four wheels has the same reading you'll be ok, they might be off by a little but still good enough for most cars

challengemaster

biko wrote: »

Topaz by the Millennium Bridge

Er, do you mean the quincentennial bridge? Afaik no topaz in galway has digital gauges, unless it's changed very recently

mickdw

I pump them a few psi over and over a couple of days use my old manual gauge to get them how I like them in terms of ride comfort and handling.

Thegalwayman

challengemaster wrote: »

Er, do you mean the quincentennial bridge? Afaik no topaz in galway has digital gauges, unless it's changed very recently

I can confirm the topaz by quincentennial bridge has a manual gauge as does the topaz by arch motors westside.

Mech1

http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchCmd?catalogId=15551&storeId=11101&langId=-1&action=listrefine&qcon=fh_location=%2F%2Fcatalog_15551%2Fen_IE%2F%24s%3Dtyre\u0020pressure\u0020gauge%3Bt%3Ddefault&fh_view_size=21&channel=desktop&startIndex=0&tabNo=1&pgId=1&initMin=0&initMax=70

*Kol*

mickdw wrote: »

I pump them a few psi over and over a couple of days use my old manual gauge to get them how I like them in terms of ride comfort and handling.

You should be working for an F1 team!!

ardmacha

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/7404159/Trail/searchtext%3ETYRE.htm

HardenendMan

Get a wee digital guage for a few euro and check at home!

CiniO

HardenendMan wrote: »

Get a wee digital guage for a few euro and check at home!

I have 2 analog and 2 digital wee gauges to check at home.
And when I go to local petrol station and compare results on station gauge and my 4 different gauges, I get 5 different result.

I don't really know anymore where to get proper gauge.....

mickdw

*Kol* wrote: »

You should be working for an F1 team!!

Rear of my car is not very tolerant of low pressures and won't live with soft sidewall tyres at all. So Instead of putting in some air and then realising I need more air and more air etc meaning stopping at service station , I slightly over fill (still well under max pressures) and can easily let a tiny bit out after a couple of drives til I'm happy using my old gauge at home.

Special Circumstances

CiniO wrote: »

I have 2 analog and 2 digital wee gauges to check at home.
And when I go to local petrol station and compare results on station gauge and my 4 different gauges, I get 5 different result.

I don't really know anymore where to get proper gauge.....

I'm the same. One electronic digital gauge, one analogue gauge I got as a gift, digital gauge on mini compressor and the garage gauge - do they ever agree? No. Which is right?
I wish there was some reference pressure to check your own gauge off.

mickdw

Special Circumstances wrote: »

I'm the same. One electronic digital gauge, one analogue gauge I got as a gift, digital gauge on mini compressor and the garage gauge - do they ever agree? No. Which is right?
I wish there was some reference pressure to check your own gauge off.

You could always rig up a long hose about 80 feet high and fill with water and conduct an experiment to see what height of water balances the pressure in the tyre ....... or you could just use a gauge and go with personal preference for fine tuning.

Special Circumstances

mickdw wrote: »

You could always rig up a long hose about 80 feet high and fill with water and conduct an experiment to see what height of water balances the pressure in the tyre ....... or you could just use a gauge and go with personal preference for fine tuning.

I'll assume that was a tongue in cheek suggestion - in my original post I nearly added "the last time I Googled this I came across people genuinely suggesting long hoses filled with water from tall buildings";-)

Into The Blue

Special Circumstances wrote: »

I wish there was some reference pressure to check your own gauge off.

Atmospheric? Is there an option to zero any of them?

jones 19

Buy decent tyres , and you must be taking the piss worrying about a few psi either way .get a life.

mickdw

Special Circumstances wrote: »

I'll assume that was a tongue in cheek suggestion - in my original post I nearly added "the last time I Googled this I came across people genuinely suggesting long hoses filled with water from tall buildings";-)

You assume right

jones 19 wrote: »

Buy decent tyres , and you must be taking the piss worrying about a few psi either way .get a life.

A few psi makes a hell of a difference to be fair if you drive anyway quickly