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Stanley Tyre Pressure Gauge $9 (Was $23.25) + Delivery ($0 C&C/in-Store) @ Bunnings Warehouse

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Stanley Tyre Pressure Gauge $9 (Was $23.25)
After a quick google search I couldn't find anyone selling anywhere near this price.

About the item

Features
✓Measures : 3-150psi | 0,2-10,3Bar | 20,7-1034 KPA | 0,21-10,5kg/cm²
✓Automotive Chemical Resistant Materials
✓Integrated LED for use at Night or dark areas
✓Batteries included
✓Easy to Read Digital Display and comfort grip handle
The NEW STANLEY Automotive Range. Automotive Tools are a valuable addition to any tool range. This STANLEY Digital Tyre Pressure Gauge is designed with an easy to read digital display.


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  • Good timing for me - my old one just gave up.

  • +52

    Just in case you don't know. Almost every petrol station can test the typre pressure and charge them.

    • +4

      Upvoted this to even out the fools giving it negs. And servos are free.

    • +7

      Plus free window washer cleaner and tap water. Some even have complementary paper towel as well.

      • +1

        window washer cleaner

        Do you mean water?

        • the 2 sided window cleaning tool … 1 side sponge scrubber , 1 side scraper, dipped in water bucket.

          i got chased away by the attendant for using it to clean the mud off my car

          • @dcep: Be careful not to use that. I had to clean the bat poo with wet wipes. Ergghhh.

    • +7

      Good luck getting a reliable and accurate reading

      • +7

        At least if it's low you can pump it up at the servo. You're SOL at home with just this pressure gauge.

        • If you're over pressure, it is a quick and easy diy fix, even at home.

          • +7

            @CacheHunter: What kinda situation are you in that you check your car tires at home and they're over pressure?

            • @OZKap: When people pump up their cold tires at the petrol station.

              • +2

                @NoApostrophePlurals: You mean when you're supposed to check and pump up tyres?

              • @NoApostrophePlurals:

                When people pump up their cold tires at the petrol station.

                Tire pressure is supposed to be taken cold! So, one advantage of having a pressure gauge, is taking the pressure at home before driving the car (but, if at the servo, just subtract a couple from the air pump to get the cold reading).

      • +30

        Ahh yes, the famed $9 rebranded Stanley gauge is bound to be more reliable than the $5k~ industrial digital inflator at the servos

        • +6

          Do you mean the industrial digital inflator at the servos that always seem to be broken?
          Or the ones where the tube and guage are locked away in the office to prevent vandalism and you need to come back tomorrow when the 'boss' will be on site and can give it to you?

        • +4

          I use a floor stand bike pump with an analogue gauge*. Takes 5 mins to do all four tires. And the gauge on that matches the cars internal reading of tire pressure to less than 1psi. Pressure measurement isn't that hard, and yeah, servo meters are often broken, and often not well calibrated (try two different servos that are close together - you might be surprised at the $2 metering quality from the $5k industrial inflator)..

          * OZB hardcore mode.

          • @EthicsGradient: My back could not handle that

          • +1

            @EthicsGradient: I am intrigued, I have a kmart bike pump with gauge as well. I always thought you can't use bike pump with car, but now that I think about it they can easily handle 60+ psi some bike uses, so yeah why not the 40 ish psi car uses, also I didn't know about servo pump not being well calibrated. I might try pumping up the car with the bike pump next time.

            • @rather-potato: Don't see why not as long as the valve is compatible with a mountain bike fitting etc. My floor pump goes quite high in comparison so may check it out too.

              • @G-rig: Turned out to be easy when I started doing it. Also means it just gets done when it needs doing - no faff with remembering at the servo, no queuing, and no problems with servo inflator being out.

            • @rather-potato:

              I might try pumping up the car with the bike pump next time.

              Would you like a chiro referral with that? 😅

    • +7

      A reasonable variation in readings though. My Michelin tyre pressure gauge is the source of truth for me

      The other issue - the best time to check tyre pressures is when your tyres are cold. So $9 for a good one you can keep in your car for this purpose is a bargain.

      Oh and no servo at Inskip Point, search "40psi club" if you're bored…

      • Follow it up with "I got bogged at Inskip".

      • The best right time to check tyre pressures is when your tyres are cold. If checking them hot, after driving, you have to deduct a couple of PSIs, at least.

    • +5

      The petrol stations outside of metro areas mostly have the old analogue ones, and they are pretty hard to gauge accurately or sometimes just don't work.

    • +9

      Just in case you don't know the gauges at petrol stations are notoriously inaccurate. I would never rely on them

    • +1

      What do you mean by petrol station can test the tyre pressure and CHARGE them?

      • +1

        at a guess I'd say charge=inflate lol

        • It's pretty strange haha

    • +1

      Went the UK shocked to find its 50p there to inflate your own tyres…

      • +1

        When i was last at a servo in the UK, it 20p to pee, so 50p for some air is not surprising.

        • Cost me nothing to pee. Was places that charged but simply held my piece until there was a cafe or bar.

          • @Buddy195: They held your "piece"?? In that case, 50p is pretty cheap!

      • +1

        That's what's call 'Inflation'

    • I agree, but we like 'things'

    • there is a use case for this especially when you're out on the trail and need to pump them using a hand pump that doesn't have a built-in pressure gauge

    • Servos are not very accurate.
      No one calibrates them to my knowledge.
      If you try pump your tyres at one servo and drive to another and check you'll get pretty different readings.

      • -1

        All the digital ones at the servo I've used are fine, doubt it really matters.

        • -1

          fk who negged, they are fine every time lol.

  • +8

    Yeh, nah

    Reviews say it all

    • +3

      If any issues we are talking about Bunnings. In my opinion no issues. For example one of my Ryobi batteries was getting flat pretty quickly. I took it back after 3 years, they gave me a new one, not just that, they gave me a bigger one as an upgrade.

      • +1

        Yeh, nah

        Just do every few weeks at service station when filling fuel.

        • Yes it's not hard checking at the servo, every few weeks or once a month is fine?

          I thought you were meant to top the air up when the tires are cold.. do you pump up your push bike tyres after going for a ride?

          Not much point having a pressure gauge at home if you don't have an air compressor as well.

      • +1

        do you know hoiw long it takes to return something at bunnings these days?
        my one doesnt even open registers anymore and everyone ends up at the service desk queuing for 20 minutes to be served

        • +7

          I don't know about your local Bunnings but mine it's pretty good. Have your receipt handy, explain the issue and no problems.

      • Then you're lucky that time

    • +2

      geez…..it really sounds bad!

  • Use it once and probably keep in a drawer forever

    • +4

      You'll get a rolling sound from glove box reminder to use it every time you brake hard

  • +3

    Why not just spend $26 to get a portable air compressor? Knowing the tyre pressure with this is good but then how do you increase it without an air compressor?

    • Good point

    • +1

      It's nice not to have to do the whole 'servo-shuffle' shenanigans unless you have to. I.e. with this you could check every few weeks at home, but not actually have to bother messing around at the servo unless you knew one or more of your tyres needed inflating. This unit could also be useful for determining just how slow a 'slow leak' is/whether the tyre could wait until payday, etc.

      • +1

        After buying a battery powered portable air compressor I have not been to any servo to pump up my tyres for months. Unless I visibly identify an obviously flat or half flat tyre otherwise I just pump my car tyres up every month. Besides, I had a puncture a month ago where the slow leak did not warrant an immediate patch so I just pumped it up with my portable air compressor and patched it comfortably in my garage when I got home.

        • -1

          Yo Rove, re:

          ' I just pump my car tyres up every month'

          What (tf) sort of tyres do you have, that you need to pump them up every month? May I respectfully suggest that you need a 'deal' on four new car tyres amigo. You should not need to be 'pumping your car tyres up every month' …

          If you are needing to do that, clearly there is a bigger problem at hand that needs addressing …

          • @GnarlyKnuckles: I don’t pay extra for Nitrogen air in my tyres so the pressure goes down by about 1 psi every month which is normal. They are just normal passenger Pirelli (non RFT) radial tyres sold at most tyre shops.

            • @wtfnodeal: Yeah it's Amazing some people can't imagine them leaking slowly over time and losing a bit of pressure. Seems to be a lot less than some bicycle valves that I top up start of each week but check before every ride moreso.

              • @G-rig: They probably paid extra for Nitrogen pumped into their tyres which only need topped up once a year. If I am a multi millionaire I might pay extra for Nitrogen too.

    • +3

      I'm not getting an air compressor out to check my tyre pressure…

      These are quick way to monitor a tyres slow leak or a repair, checking pressure for towing or airing down to go off road.

      Occasionally I'll use a temperature sensor on the outsides and centre of the tyre as a measure of correct inflation and check the pressure

      Over a long trip the wrong pressure can ruin a tyre, reduce braking or cause a blowout.
      I check the pressure often to suit the load I carry, the weather and particular road surface.

      There are remote pressure sensors and temperature scanners but I haven't thought to spend the money.

      I still like to check the pressure quickly before and after towing or camping so I know if theres a problem before it happens

      • +2

        There are air compressors nearly the same size as this Stanley pressure gauge?

      • ? Some battery powered portable air compressors are as small as a power bank and serve the same purposes for monitoring and inflating the tyres. I highly doubt you save time on using this to check your tyre pressure over using a portable air compressor unless you are talking about a millisecond of time saved.

    • What one do you recommend for $26?

    • Link for $26

  • Great deal but Bunnings really need to lift their game and start delivering in rural NSW. They are pretty much the only business i have found that does not deliver outside of metro areas. On the other hand, this has saved me thousands of dollars over the past few years!

  • +3

    Thanks op, it's nice to have something to do quick checks at home or while filling up. I don't understand a lot of the comments.

    Great if you have a caravan also, sometimes the air and water stations are in a tricky place.

  • +3

    I prefer a gauge without batteries - then it can live in a hot car and still work for decades.

    TO08560TPG01C - Genuine Toyota Tyre Pressure Gauge.

  • -1

    Surely most people have a bike pump to suit a schrader valve at home with a dial, just use that instead.

    • Have fun pumping up your car tire with a bike pump at 10 psi.

      • Made my day 😂

      • Who said anything about pumping, but nobody is letting their tyres get to 10 psi anyway.

      • +1

        So our tyres were a bit flat last week - 33-34 psi - needed to be topped up to 36. Took less than 5 minutes, and most of that was buggering around with tight caps on the fittings. Works just fine, haven't used a servo pump in 3+ years now.

        10 psi would take a bit longer, but if your tire is at 10 psi you have bigger problems than needing a bike pump.

  • I have the Carsun tire inflator and it takes a minute to pump 1 PSI AND overheats after 5 minutes, so it stops.

    • That sounds like the stuff what dreams are made of …

    • Sounds like rubbish, the mountains bike ones could be ok, for mountain bikes etc.

      • Well it's rated quite well on ozbargain and it supposedly pumps upto 100 PSI, it's for cars…

        Portable inflators are really for emergencies, i guess if you check weekly it wouldn't take long.

        That was basically my point, in comparison to the tyre inflators at the servos even the "good"portable compressors are no where near the servo devices

        This was the product I bought.

        • +1

          I see, there are plenty of Amazon as well but I've never felt I needed one, not while you are near a servo. It could get you out of a jam, but would need something to repair the tyre too (but most people carry a spare).

          It just feels like an unneccary purchase some of this stuff, especially if it doesn't work as you had hoped. An air compressor and guage in the garage would be way better (and obviously cost a lot more).
          I'd probably only get something for cycling (or use a hand pump or co2) as I can imagine these ones aren't really up to the task for cars.

  • +1

    The reviews are saying that the battery cant be replaced so thats weird ?

    • you have to find the screws then dismantle it and awkwardly reassemble it….you can tell they really though about the design & function!

      The negatives is there is no instructions and no mention how to change the batteries. Upon checking there are two screws which require undoing and it will open the unit, where the battery can be found. They could have made this easier, as it is fiddly to re-assemble as the button cover falls out when you open it.
      &
      Yep I bought this great tyre gauge 3 months ago downside NO INSTRUCTIONS… my battery is flat now and NO EASY way to it or them just found a review need to unscrew the unit which apparently falls apart then Humpty Dumpty will put it back together again.

      https://www.bunnings.com.au/stanley-tyre-pressure-gauge_p009…

      ….i reckon save your 9 bux

      • +2

        yeah i can imagine using it 1 time , keeping in the glovebox then the battery dying by the second time you need it .

    • It has One CR2032 for the LED light and 3x some other watch batteries for pressure measurement.

  • +2

    Grab a pencil meter instead.
    https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/sca-sca-metal-head-penci…
    Doesn't matter if it's a few PSI off, that's not actually the point of carrying your own gauge.

    The thing with tyre pressure, is that being in the ballpark for pressure is actually 'good enough' for most people; but more important is that they're all the same pressure, so ABS and even just grip for the driver is predictable front to rear and side to side.

    Personally, if you own a car, or a bike, or lots of sports balls, I'd put the $9 as a 10% deposit toward a little compressor and call it done.

    • +1

      but more important is that they're all the same pressure, so

      Best comment in the thread.

  • I've had this one for 20+ years, still in use. Never had to change a battery!
    https://www.amazon.com.au/ProTyre-RG2712-0-60psi-Stetho-Gaug…

  • +3

    Just chiming in that this model is rebranded and can be found all over AliExpress and Amazon. I've bought two no-name versions of these 6 years ago from eBay. They are still going, with a few battery changes, and always accurate.

    This is a good price considering I bought mine for more than this and some rebrands are going for close to $30.

    Handy to have in your glove box for a quick check up, although I don't use them much these days since buying a DeWalt cordless tyre inflator.

    Nice find, OP!

    • This one?

      Best I saw was $10.56+tax. It does show in search for $3 as part of their 3 for $6 daily sale, but I can't find it in there.

  • +1

    Bought this about a year ago, gets used on regular basic with no issues.

  • +1

    Bought one. Absolute rubbish. My tyres are pumped up to around 36PSI and this thing is showing 26PSI. Two sets of batteries CR2032 for the light and 3x watch batteries for pressure measurement.

    • It is Bunnings so I guess you can take it back for a refund?

      • Yes definitely take it back. Requiring that many small batteries is a joke too.

  • I have an analog dial one, but am itchy to get this digital one (as I sit in the car at Bunnings parking lot, checking whether I should get anything else, other than the stuff I came here to get 😅).

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