Inflation gun with gauge, good for low lbs (pics)

Another goodie I recently picked up at Tractor Supply Co...

My i1050's rears are supposed to take 10 lbs and the fronts 15 but I have a heck of a time keeping them pressurized. I think I've been underfilling them all this time due to lack of a good pressure guage that works at low pressures.

So I saw this at TSC that looked like it would do the trick, so picked one up:

Campbell Hausfeld Tire Inflation Gun w 2 in. Gauge




Strangely, the one I brought home reads 0-100 lbs (which is fine for me) but the one pictured above at the TSC website reads 0-140 lb, as does the one I can search at the Campbell Hausfeld website. Frankly, I'd rather have the 0-100 so I can get better resolution at the lower pressures. That was kinda the whole point.


Testing it out, it read almost 0 on one of my rears and only around 5lbs on the other (vs the required 10lbs). The fronts were closer to the required 15 lbs but still lower than they were supposed to be. So I topped them all off.

Besides being able to finally read the actual pressure accurately (as far as I know), I also liked the handy deflation valve that falls right under the thumb -- that's my 2nd favorite feature (besides the better-resolution gauge). Also the clamp-on type connector on the end is handy (2 pics below, first open, 2nd clamped). Made quick work of an air-up.



Yeah, it's apparently another product made in China, but so far it's been better than all my other fillers and gauges (also probably made in China).


Here's what I was using before.. obviously designed for higher tire pressure ranges (like automotive) since it starts at 20 lbs and has pretty crappy resolution: