Customer Reviews
Great digital tire gauge 
2008-05-30
I purchased this product from walmart for around $10. So far it is a great tire gauge. It forms a good seal very easily and doesn't leak air. The screen is easy to read because of the backlight. As a tire gauge it is a great product.It reads pressure very fast as well.
Other notes: The tire gauge does not give an exact reading of the thread depth, only shows "good", "low" and "replace". I think that those readings are very vague and may not give a good indicator of thread depth. I would definitely recommend a dedicated tire thread depth gauge. The protrusion of the tire gauge is useful for bleeding air out of an overinflated tire though.
The packaging says that the pressure checker is powered by a non-replaceable lithium battery that gives around 3000 readings and the backlight is powered by 2 replaceable LR44 batteries. Should be plenty of measurements for most people and it would probably pay for itself with fuel savings.
C-H AU1102 Digital Tire Pressure Gauge 
2008-05-09
I decided to buy this after reviewing about 10 other gauges. I've had it about a week and find it exceptionally easy to use, no leaks at the valve, and easy to read. The tire tread depth gauge works great to let out air if you need to. This is very well constructed and feels great in my hand.
It does read in the instructions that the gauge has a 3000 use max life due to its non-replaceable lithium battery, which is a negative if you have a lot of cars and check them all monthly. The lighted display does have replaceable batteries though. For me this gauge should last about 7.8 years considering I have 2 cars, check them once a month (@4 reads per tire). Pretty good return for a $25 unit. This gets my recommendation as a top tool.
Campbell Hausfiled digital tire gauge 2005-09-14
Bought two to replace the Accutire digital tire gauges I've been using for the past five years. Making a proper seal with the tire stem had gotten progressively more difficult because the Accutire's rubberized tip tends to slip forward. The CH gauge is superb, easy to use and does not have that design problem. It's also easy to find because of all the chrome on its casing :). Worth the investment given gas prices these days...
Accurate and no leaking. 2005-08-24
I've always used mechanical pressure guages and had to struggle to get a good reading without letting a significant amount of air out of the tire. This gauge seals so well I had to check the gauge just to confirm that I got it on the stem. No leaks, no hissing, and a solid readout within 0.5 lbs pressure.
A great tool and an even better gift.
A great consumer tire gauge! 2005-08-05
Received the product after a two week waiting period. Decided on this based on the initial review posted here. I've used quite a number of tire gauges and I've always patronized the so-called OEM accesories. In this case the tire gauge that respective automobiles were selling at their online store.
A little back story...
For the cars that I owned...I've patronized a M-Benz auto on tire gauge that doesn't require battery change. It is self-calibrating and very light. However, the problem is that it doesn't seal with the valve of the tire properly. I also patronized a similar Audi electronic gauge for the A4 I purchased, but it exhibited a similar problem with the valve misalignment. Furthermore, the battery died on me almost immediately and despite replacing the battery it didn't turn on anymore. Refund.
For the longest time I settled on the Audi Professional Tire Gauge. I loved it. It had a steel case, rubber cover and flexible hose. It was a mechanical gauge that didn't need calibration. The downside, it was only good until 60psi. Yes, there are no normal vehicles that need to go past that range but if you also want to use it for trucks and bicycles...it will not only work, you're braking it. If you go past 60psi, your expanding the internal spring making it very inaccurate for using it anymore.
So my search for an excellent tire gauge led me to this product. I was considering the Accutire brand, but was discouraged due from the reviews.
The review...
Finally the product arrives and I immediately open the packaging. Lo and behold I find that the protective plastic seal (the kind that once you tear open, you cannot replace it back) was in fact OPEN already. Someone previously opened/purchased the product and cut it nicely enough to be able to pull out the tire gauge and use it. But why was it given to me? I didn't request for a refurbished product. I was buying a brand new tire gauge. So this immediately turned me off.
I pulled it out to check the condition of the product. There are some marks and dried glue around the rubber grip. Either this was manufacturing fault or what have you, I was not about to accept this kind of quality. Strike two.
Strike three...I swear the product said backlit led light. How come there was no light on mine? I hide in the closet and turn the product on. It turns on, but no light. I re-read the box and there it was...backlit led. My last resort was to tap on the product. Woah! There goes the led light finally on. This product has got to go back.
BUT...the TEST. Excellent tire gauge. I had no problem testing out the gauge and pressing it agains the valve. All four tires gave me reading the first try. No leaking air unlike the other products I tried. I did experience a leak when I tested the spare tire on the trunk. I have to point out the angle was not favorable unlike the four tires planted squarely on the ground.
The best part is that it's good til 99psi. It's electronic in nature so this will give a good reading. The bad side is that it will only tell your tire pressure within +-.5psi. You cannot see if you are off 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4psi. If you need accuracy that's the downside. Otherwise being within +-0.4psi is not THAT bad for average users who won't even bother to check their tire pressure religiously.
The construction is very tight and solid. I love the feel. It is a bit heavy compared to other electronic gauges, but it feels very right on the hand.
You depress the gauge on the valve. After a good seal, you take it out and check what the display reads. Simple.
What could have been better is that I should be able to hear an audible confirmation once the pressure has been read. There isn't any here unlike the OEM accessories I had. That would have made this a perfect product. Unless there should be an audible sound and my product is a fourth strike. If it does, I will update my review when I receive a replacement.
Other than the above experience, if they only shipped a brand new perfectly working product, it would have garnered more than 5 stars from me. Although I wanted to give it 3 stars at the moment, it was the best I used so it's definitely above the average gauges I've seen and used.
As a bonus there is a tread depth indicator built in the gauge. It's a simple protruding plastic strip that shows a good estimate of wear for consumer tire. Low profile tires don't really have that much tread depth to begin with so unless you know the spec of your tire you might think your wearing out the rubber too fast. Although if your concerned about hydroplaning then this is a good indicator to start with.
UPDATE:
The replacement tire gauge arrives a week later. Product on hand is brand new and completely sealed. Everything works perfect. Backlit light is bright. The defective product still has erratic backlit light so that puts it to rest that it's really defective. This time the included pouch is torn, so I do a simple swap before returning the other one.
It would be nice to have this product presented in a hard case so I can just hide it anywhere in the vehicle and not worry about damaging it. However, I would like to think all the money spent is on the investment of the product than the cost to present it.
You won't make a mistake buying this product. Price and feature-wise you can't complain.
DISAPPOINTED 
2005-07-28
I ORDERED THIS ITEM. IT ARRIVED. IT WAS NON FUNCTIONAL. IT WAS A GIFT. I TRIED TO GET CREDIT. I WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. I WILL PROBABLY NOT ORDER AGAIN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED, THAT NO HELP WAS OFFERED OR AVAILABLE TO ME.
I THINK IT IS A BAD POLICY TO ORDER AN ITEM BRAND NEW, AND WHEN IS ARRIVES IF IT IS NON FUNCTIONAL, YOU HAVE TO RETURN IT, AND THEN YOU CANNOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR IT, OR EVEN APPLY THE AMOUNT TO A DIFFERENT ITEM OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE.
THIS WAS A VERY NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
THANK YOU, BEST REGARD'S, JERRY E. ZILINCIK, 33 PINE COURT,
SANFORD, MICHIGAN 48567
Compared Two Gauges 2005-06-18
I recently got tired of messing around with my old mechanical analog tire gauge and decided to go digital. After searching on Amazon, I found two digital gauges that looked good: the Accutire MS-4000GB and the Campbell-Hauschild AU1102. They both sounded good, although I was a little troubled by some of the reviews of the Accutire. I decided, since we have two cars, to get one of each, so I could keep one in each car. I have now experienced a couple of weeks of use, during which I have had the opportunity to employ a tire gauge more than usual due to "operator learning curve" problems associated with setting up the on-board tire pressure sensor in a new Toyota. (How do those things work, anyway?) The bottom line is: get the Campbell-Hauschild.
I had trouble getting a good seal against the valve with the Accutire, but the AU1102 seals perfectly everytime. The AU1102 gave readings consistent with my old analog gauge, whereas the Accutire seemed to read a pound low. The Accutire is easy to use, all you have to do is push it against the valve stem and it turns on and gives a reading, while the AU1102 has to be turned on with a button before pressing against the valve stem. The Accutire did not always give a reading. The AU1102 has a tread gauge that also serves to depress the valve to let air out if neccessary; the Accutire doesn't have any prominent protrusions to let air out of the tire if it is over-inflated.
