Thursday, October 6, 2016

Vinkit Digital Tire Pressure Gauge

Vinkit Digital Tire Pressure Gauge is just what I needed. I have my father’s old tire pressure gauges with a metal stick that gets pushed out with the air pressure. Really old and doesn’t work very well. Even the newer ones with a plastic stick (gauge) aren’t very accurate and you must take a reading a few times to be sure what it might be.

Not any more with this gauge. With a digital reading, I get air pressure down to the tenth of a pound. No more guessing or getting it close. I know exactly where each tire is now.

Taking this out of the package, it first feels really light and plastic, but it’s actually built pretty well. It also comes with your choice of color valve caps. I got the red ones to match my car and will use them as spares or backups to the skull head ones I currently have. These caps aren’t the heaviest or nicest of caps, but do they job and look better than the standard black plastic ones most people have.

I also love that the screen is backlit so you can read it very quickly at night or during the day. Never fails I get a low tire warning light when I am leaving somewhere late at night in the winter time. Don’t want to be out in the cold and snow any more than you have to be. There is also an LED light on the front of this by the gauge itself so it’s pointing at the valve as you are taking the air pressure. This light comes on when you push the power button, so it comes on every time you use the pressure gauge. Again, very convenient feature and will come in handy when needed.

This gauge can display the reading in multiple units of measure. I use PSI (pounds per square inch), but there is also BAR, KPA and Kg/cm2 if needed or desired. To change the units that it displays, just press the power button until your desired unit show. After that the pressure gauge will remember you choice unless the press the button again and change it.

This is also powered by a battery that is included and this works right out of the package. The gauge will also shut down and turn off after two minutes of not being operated in order to save the battery.

To take a reading, you just turn it on, set the units to display (if needed) and then hold the gauge on the valve stem tight enough you don’t hear air leaking (hissing) for at least two seconds and then pull it off and read the display. It does take a little bit of pressure to get a good enough seal to take a good reading but it’s not too hard and most people shouldn’t have a problem doing it.

Over, this is a great air pressure gauge and I like it. Everyone should move to a digital gauge. This one is great and works well.