Halfords Digital Tyre Inflator

David Edmonds · 10th April 2014, 20:00

Hi Folks, I have just bought a Halfords Digital Tyre Inflator as following recent heart trouble I found using my old manual pump a bit of a struggle.
The problem I have with it is that it seems to give wildly different pressure readings from day to day. I pumped up the tyres on my 75 Diesel to 32psi front and 30 psi on Wednesday and rechecked them today to find they have apparently jumped to 35psi on the front and gone down to 26psi and 28psi on the back. Both readings were taken from cold.
Has anyone else got one of these gadgets and if so have they had similar problems? If they really are as inaccurate as mine surely they constitute a safety hazard and should not be sold by a major chain like Halfords. Should I take it back and complain?

Jordan Apex · 10th April 2014, 20:03

Take it back, I would and they can't refuse, they are currently focusing on tge customers experience too much

stevestrat · 10th April 2014, 20:17

I inherited my father's one and it's got a mind of it's own! Digital reading tends to be consistently about 8psi over, I always double check with a dial type pressure gauge. I run 35 in the front, 32 in the rear, set the inflator for 43 and 40 and it's spot on!

tdi90 · 10th April 2014, 21:42

For an accurate reading always check and adjust pressure from cold. If you've inflated a tyre to say 32 psi then travel 10 miles it'll read around 35 psi due to the tyres getting warm and the air expanding.
I have a 12volt challenge extreme one from argos and thats spot on. I've also had one of the yellow jobbies from halfords but that was WAYYYYYYY out so let the ex-wife have it

alanjay · 10th April 2014, 22:04

It's not just a question of cold tyres as in un run, but also a difference in weather temperature, check on a cold Sunday and again on a hot Monday, there will be a difference.

10th April 2014, 20:00	#1
David Edmonds Regular poster Rover 75 Diesel Saloon, Rover 75 2.0 Litre Petrol Saloon Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Worcester Posts: 53 Thanks: 45 Thanked 13 Times in 5 Posts	Halfords Digital Tyre Inflator Hi Folks, I have just bought a Halfords Digital Tyre Inflator as following recent heart trouble I found using my old manual pump a bit of a struggle. The problem I have with it is that it seems to give wildly different pressure readings from day to day. I pumped up the tyres on my 75 Diesel to 32psi front and 30 psi on Wednesday and rechecked them today to find they have apparently jumped to 35psi on the front and gone down to 26psi and 28psi on the back. Both readings were taken from cold. Has anyone else got one of these gadgets and if so have they had similar problems? If they really are as inaccurate as mine surely they constitute a safety hazard and should not be sold by a major chain like Halfords. Should I take it back and complain?

10th April 2014, 20:03	#2
Jordan Apex This is my second home Jaguar XFR 2011MY Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Harlow Posts: 6,363 Thanks: 19 Thanked 816 Times in 759 Posts	Take it back, I would and they can't refuse, they are currently focusing on tge customers experience too much __________________ Now sold! http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/x...psd81417f5.jpg

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stevestrat This is my second home ZT260 #243 (resting) Join Date: May 2010 Location: Prestonpans Posts: 22,484 Thanks: 650 Thanked 4,624 Times in 3,358 Posts	I inherited my father's one and it's got a mind of it's own! Digital reading tends to be consistently about 8psi over, I always double check with a dial type pressure gauge. I run 35 in the front, 32 in the rear, set the inflator for 43 and 40 and it's spot on! __________________ Steve T4 Location Map

10th April 2014, 21:42	#4
tdi90 Gets stuck in Nissan Navara Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wisbech Posts: 875 Thanks: 130 Thanked 98 Times in 76 Posts	For an accurate reading always check and adjust pressure from cold. If you've inflated a tyre to say 32 psi then travel 10 miles it'll read around 35 psi due to the tyres getting warm and the air expanding. I have a 12volt challenge extreme one from argos and thats spot on. I've also had one of the yellow jobbies from halfords but that was WAYYYYYYY out so let the ex-wife have it __________________ ZT gone, Range Rover gone. Nissan Navara pick up now

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alanjay Passed Away Rover 75 Connie Tourer Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Guildford Posts: 2,582 Thanks: 682 Thanked 979 Times in 612 Posts	It's not just a question of cold tyres as in un run, but also a difference in weather temperature, check on a cold Sunday and again on a hot Monday, there will be a difference.