I had this in an angle head nozzle and thought I'd try this one as my old one broke after over 10 years, it had a one bad check valve does not hold pressure at all. Leakage at the touch of a button. Well this straight one is a little harder to locate the center point on the tire stem valve and it should be perfectly "straight" on retract (push) and it was at least a good 1+LB (low), it's good to have, maybe in reserve, as an emergency for my use. I now have a 2 inch angle head that reads veryβ¦
This gauge is very easy to read and I can set the pressure in all four tires accurately. I bought two of these 5-10 years ago. and kept one in a drawer in case the other broke. I recently noticed that when I press the prime button to reset it, the gauge says the needle stops between 5 and 10 psi and not all the way down as you can clearly see in the picture here. I started using another one and that's how I noticed the needle stop issue with the first one. The needle of the new pressure gaugeβ¦
I bought this as a backup for my 4x4 bearing gauge as it's a bit easier to have at least 2 tire gauges around the house. this is my second battery 60. my first one stopped holding pressure and i replaced it with my 4x4 battery i bought in october 2012, still reads and works fine, it shows the same exact measurements as my 4x4 battery , but twice cheaper as it is there are some internal differences. my new accu-gage 60 does not hold the pressure for more than 1 minute. see attached drawingβ¦