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Michelin High Power Tyre Inflator - any good?
- Theog
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Michelin High Power Tyre Inflator - any good?
Morning all,
I went to my local tyre shop the other day to get a couple of things done and they said that often petrol stations inflators are out of calibre, therefore they give different readings per petrol station.
He said that it would be wise to invest in a good inflator of my own and he said that the Michelin ones are pretty good. I see this is going for £36 which seems pretty good - http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/ ... e-inflator
Anyone else recommend anything or can help shed some light on this?
Thanks,
Theo
I went to my local tyre shop the other day to get a couple of things done and they said that often petrol stations inflators are out of calibre, therefore they give different readings per petrol station.
He said that it would be wise to invest in a good inflator of my own and he said that the Michelin ones are pretty good. I see this is going for £36 which seems pretty good - http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/ ... e-inflator
Anyone else recommend anything or can help shed some light on this?
Thanks,
Theo
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Why not buy a good tyre gauge and continue to use the petrol station pump ?
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Not something I have thought about to be honest. That's probably quite a good thing to have on the go regardless.
Any particular one you use?
On a side note (I forgot to mention) I currently carry a foot pump around with me just in case, but this is very inaccurate for monthly / weekly top ups.
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I just overfill my tyres at the garage or using a cheap compressor at home then use a proper calibrated pressure guage to let air out to the desired pressures.
I have one like this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06ZYNB1TQ? ... 86243031_1
A lot more accurate
I have one like this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06ZYNB1TQ? ... 86243031_1
A lot more accurate
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I have that very inflator Theo, it’s light, quickly pumps and is surprisingly very accurate. The porkers tyres are 22kpa all round, I used the pump after I’d bought the car and it inflated all tyres to 22.2 kpa all round. I use Michelin’s digital kidney shape gauge to get the final pressure. 22.2 is very very close, I think it’s a very very good inflator, very happy with it.Theog wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:43 am Morning all,
I went to my local tyre shop the other day to get a couple of things done and they said that often petrol stations inflators are out of calibre, therefore they give different readings per petrol station.
He said that it would be wise to invest in a good inflator of my own and he said that the Michelin ones are pretty good. I see this is going for £36 which seems pretty good - http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/ ... e-inflator
Anyone else recommend anything or can help shed some light on this?
Thanks,
Theo
Edit: Far too much use of the word ‘very’ there....
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Slime Tyre Pressure Gauge 5-150 PSI Sport Digital Gauge (20194) with light! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NGYLJ1K/ ... ZAbCADTX6NTheog wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:54 amNot something I have thought about to be honest. That's probably quite a good thing to have on the go regardless.
Any particular one you use?
On a side note (I forgot to mention) I currently carry a foot pump around with me just in case, but this is very inaccurate for monthly / weekly top ups.
I use this, it’s nice and accurate, small and easy to use.
I buy mine in Walmart when we go on holiday where it’s a bit cheaper tbh.
Only downside is you can’t replace the battery although I’m still using one I bought 3years ago, and it’s still going strong even with using it 4 to 5 times a week (for work)
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We have almost the same one but we bought the cordless one.
Had it for around 4 years now and never had a problem.
Its quite heavy with it being cordless as it has a battery in it.
Just need to remember to charge it every now and again.
Had it for around 4 years now and never had a problem.
Its quite heavy with it being cordless as it has a battery in it.
Just need to remember to charge it every now and again.
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I use this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-69924-P ... dpSrc=srch
In my experience most pump gauges are not very accurate so with the Draper in the boot I can use whatever I want to add air.
In my experience most pump gauges are not very accurate so with the Draper in the boot I can use whatever I want to add air.
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I use this with the inflator to get a final accurate reading, brilliant bit of kit.
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I hope that Michelin one is better than the Michelin one I bought a couple of years ago. You can set the desired pressure on the front panel and the pump will auto cutoff when it reaches the set pressure
Except for when it doesn’t work, and blows your tyre out . I was bent down next to it trying to figure out why it was taking so long when it literally blew me off my feet. Also had grit in my eyes for a couple of days.
Not a good experience I can tell you.
Except for when it doesn’t work, and blows your tyre out . I was bent down next to it trying to figure out why it was taking so long when it literally blew me off my feet. Also had grit in my eyes for a couple of days.
Not a good experience I can tell you.
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I hope when you got your compensation from Michelin they also paid for that Rolex that got blown off your wrist never to be seen again.ph001 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 1:50 pm I hope that Michelin one is better than the Michelin one I bought a couple of years ago. You can set the desired pressure on the front panel and the pump will auto cutoff when it reaches the set pressure
Except for when it doesn’t work, and blows your tyre out . I was bent down next to it trying to figure out why it was taking so long when it literally blew me off my feet. Also had grit in my eyes for a couple of days.
Not a good experience I can tell you.
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. I did contemplate suing the f*ckers for a new tyre and losses of two days earnings but receipt was long gone. Weirdly the compressor worked ok a few times after that but I’ll never trust Michelin electronic products again. I check it every few seconds with a proper tyre pressure gauge now.
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+1
I bought the Halfords digital that's been a good group test performer for a couple of years now and works well.
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Bearing in mind the OP's concern was potentially inaccurate pressure gauges based upon the opinion of his local tyre fitter, I wonder how you would ensure that the gauges and tyre inflators you have at home are any more accurate than those on a petrol station forecourt?
Do you get them calibrated too?
Do you get them calibrated too?
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A fair question. As far as the digital gauge I use for the final reading I can only trust it. The 981 has a gauge with all 4 TPMS readings and once on the go they all say 22kpa which is what the digital gauge says. More than that I don’t know what I could do...TR4man wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:32 pm Bearing in mind the OP's concern was potentially inaccurate pressure gauges based upon the opinion of his local tyre fitter, I wonder how you would ensure that the gauges and tyre inflators you have at home are any more accurate than those on a petrol station forecourt?
Do you get them calibrated too?
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