Review on 🚗 Accu-Gage Straight-Angle Tire Pressure Gauge - 60 PSI Range by Andre Hawkins

I bought my first Accu-Gauge about thirty years ago. It is a solid piece of beautifully crafted brass. Age-related craquelure on the front of the device. The words "Precision Tire Gauge" are painted on the black surface of the dial; "Accu-Gauge" overlaid on "M"; "Made in the USA" and small numbers "1025". I never thought about it for many years, I just used it. It recently stopped holding air pressure after I disconnected it from the valve stem. It still measures tire pressure, it just doesn't show anything. I just bought a new Michelin set for this beast so thought maybe a new sensor too. A new one is here and the first thing that struck me is how similar it is to the result of globalization. Gone was the strong brass, the new not so strong. Untreated, with knurled connections. The painted dial is gone. I compared the new gauge to the old one and both showed the same tire pressure. I've checked over and over again and they consistently give the same value. I emailed GH Meiser and asked if they would send me new check valve parts for my old gauge. New parts came in the mail within four days. For free. So the new scale isn't that fat, it's not that old-fashioned beautiful, and it doesn't have the cherished words "Made in the USA" on it, but it's only twelve bucks, and someone from GH Meiser & Co. in Posen, Illinois care so much about their products that they send me free parts for a pressure gauge I bought about thirty years ago. I'm glad I still have my old sensor and I'm glad I have a new one too. And I'm glad GH Meiser is persevering and caring enough about its customers to take the time and care to show it. So yes, I'll buy another one in thirty years if I'm still here and GH Meiser is still around.