MotoDia MD2 Premium Analog Tyre Pressure Gauge with 360 Degree Swivel and Large Dial, for Cars, Motorcycles, and Bicycles with Schrader Valve

This gauge seems to be reasonably accurate and it's generally easy to use, but sometimes I find myself wrestling with the hose so that I can read the gauge once I've attached the other end to the tyre valve. I realise that the hose has to be strong because it's dealing with pressurised air. A slightly longer hose would possibly alleviate the minimal flexibility. Otherwise, it's all good. The gauge is certainly more accurate than the one on my foot pump, so in that respect it's mission accomplished.

Easy to use and read

This gauge seems very accurate and I use it to check my ryobi air compressor which has a built in gauge of dubious accuracy. I inadvertently unscrewed the tube and lost the internal washer and spring. Now when I press the gauge hold button it doesn’t retain the display - just goes back to zero.

Screw in display disrupts the reading .

I've not heard of Motodia before so I did a little bit of Googling but this didn't furnish me with any more information about the company. I suspect they might be an Italian company purely because of the name, but all I know for certain is that this tyre pressure gauge is made in China.The main unit is a cylindrical metal body, black at the back, chromed at the front, with a glass cover over the dial. A brass fitting on the edge has a thread which holds the chromed tube that you plug into your tyre valve to test the pressure. It has a rotating angled head so you can be flexible about how you plug it into your valve regardless of how your tyre is oriented. There is a metal button this stalk which lets you reset the gauge.I'm in two minds about the rubber case that holds the pressure gauge - it's not tight fitting so my first inclination was to remove it to see what the pressure gauge was like. Maybe the rubber outer gives some protection if you store the gauge in a toolbox. The metal gauge weighs 117 grams and the rubber case adds an extra 38 grams - hardly anything if you store it in a toolbox at home but you certainly wouldn't want to carry it around with you on your bicycle - but why would you? You can tell fairly easily whether your tyres need pumping up. I just feel it might have given the device a higher quality feel if the rubber case were better fitting.It is a very accurate gauge so ideal for making sure your car tyres are the correct pressure all year round. For cyclists, the scale goes up to 60 psi which is OK for most mountain bike tyres, but a racing cycle tyre can easily reach 90 psi - however racing bike tyres use a different valve so this isn't the sort of gauge you'd use for that purpose.So, it's an accurate gauge for a car tyre, but personally I tend to go to the garage and check and pump my tyres at the same time, therefore I doubt whether I'll get a great deal of use from it personally. However I can well imagine if you need to check tyre pressures regularly then this would be a handy device to keep around.

I am an amazon vine reviewer. I am reviewing the “Motodia” tyre pressure gauge.The analogue dial gauge is 5 cm in diameter. It has a white background and black numerals and a needle. A peel off plastic cover protects the screen of the gauge.I could see no reason for removing it as it reduces the chances of scratches on the gauge glass.There were no instructions inside the box or on the box itself.So I went out and used the Motodia ‘gauge on my car tyres. I always check my tyres cold rather than when the car has been out on the road and the air in the tyres to warm up.My first attempt to seat the ‘gauge on the Schrader valve was not perfect and there was some excessive air escape. So, I had another more positive attempt and the ‘gauge seated perfectly and there was no excessive air loss.The black needle moved straight away to show a reading on 34 psi and it stayed there rock steady. This pressure was what I was expecting. After I removed the ‘gauge from the Schrader valve, the needle remained at the 34 psi position.There is a button on the ‘gauge – between the dial and the gauge. I pressed this and this vented the gauge and the needle returned to the zero position.The psi scale is in 2 psi increments and the bar scale has 0.1 bar increments with the needle full-scale deflection gauge pressure at 60 psi / 4.1 bar.A sturdy protective tyre effect rubber ring surrounds the gauge’s screen.I tried the ‘gauge on one of our mountain bike Schrader valves too and it gave a reading, that I was expecting, of 55 psi. The gauge can be used on motorbikes too – which I don’t have. However, I do have a wheelbarrow with a Schrader valve too and the ‘gauge worked fine on that too.Overall, the gauge worked well when I used it today on my gear. It displayed accurate pressure readings, based on what I expected them to be. I don’t have an official “test gauge” of course, to compare the readings with.I give the gauge 4 stars, only because there were no user instructions in the box.