I have used similar gauges to the one above and they work great and are accurate. No need to spend $150 for a gauge

 

I drive mostly on the curvy back roads that are the foothills of the Cascades in western Washington State. I guess I am mostly interested in dialing in my tires for more even wear. I tend to only measure them in the garage before I take off so the temperature is truly a constant "cold" reading. I've noticed that merely parking in the sun will drive up the pressures on the sun side by 2-3 pounds.

With all that said, I have an opportunity to pick up a Longacre gauge for a good price, which I think I'll take advantage of.

Thank you all for your experience and guidance. You confirmed my own thinking.

 

I've had my old school analog VDO tire gauge for around 20 years. It works perfectly for my needs. The thought of getting a more modern tire gauge has never crossed my mind.

 

Because I'm broke...

 

I use the same thing. Good enough for my purposes.

 

Check it against a good gauge, at least. Most are within at least 3 or 4 psi, but I've seen some as much as 10psi off.

 

Are you serious? I just can't imagine someone buying a $100K+ car and then ignoring the single most important handling item by entrusting it to a $0.99 toy gauge.

How much does a set of tires cost? If you could get 10% more wear life out of a set by using a better gauge, wouldn't it make sense? If you could improve your car's handling by 10%? Fuel mileage?

You don't need 0.1% accuracy for the street, but those "stick" gauges are a joke, and really aren't appropriate for anything other than an emergency safety check.