Use a Digital Tire Gauge to Get Better Gas Mileage

Reader Contribution by Brenna Long
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Proper tire pressure equals better gas mileage for your car, and tires that are properly inflated save you money — more than $50 a year. To the single user that is a nice little pay off, especially considering a tire gauge costs less than that. But now the question is, which tire pressure gauge works the best?

I remember my dad checking my tire with the simple sliding-stick “pencil-style” pressure gauge. That is the only kind of gauge I saw for years. But the sliding-stick gauges don’t give a precise measurement and wear out over time. Then I got my own car, and I would have to check my tires somewhere other than home. Resorting to a worn-out public gauge at the gas station, I would try and get a reading with the beat up tire gauge.

In another article Tire Pressure: Use a Digital Gauge and Get Better Gas Mileage, different tire pressure gauges were compared, and the digital tire gauge won. It offers accurate readings to the tenth of a pound per square inch (psi) and was just as simple to use as the old sliding-stick gauge. And with a range of $5 to $30, the gauge quickly pays for itself.

To help you find a great digital tire pressure gauge, I tested three models to see how they worked. As you will see, some gauges have more features than just a tire pressure gauge, but they are all digital tire pressure gauges in some form. Here is a digital tire gauge review of three different gauges.

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