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WetWillie
03-19-2006, 09:20 PM
These seem like a great idea. Screw them on your tires and it airs all your tires down to a preset psi. Does anyone use these or a particular brand??
I was looking at these..
Staun brand (http://www.4x4rockshop.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=337)
and these
Tire Buddy (http://shop.oysterbaytackle.com/product_info.php/cPath/35/products_id/52)
Any imput?

desrtrat256
03-19-2006, 09:32 PM
there is a few guys at work that use them, they say they work great. i still use my trusty tire gauge, cheaper and bigger so i dont lose it.

Froggystyle
03-19-2006, 09:56 PM
I used to use a set called "trailhead" or something and switched to a brand called "Oasis". They worked awesome. http://www.oasisoffroad.com/p8.html
I heavily recommend them. I used to use them for going wheeling after a road drive there, so it saved the 20 minute deflating process at the beginning part of the run. Just pull up, throw them on all four and drive away. I would remove them at the first obstacle (tires are down to the preset by then) and then air up as usual on the way out with a Viair compressor...

mbrown2
03-19-2006, 10:21 PM
Jeeping, I have tried the type you listed and ones that are listed on the Oasis link.....but the fastest I have witnessed and most accurate is the Currie brand deflator. When you screw it on it actually takes out the stem....and just deplates superfast, and once you unscrew it it screws the stem back in...
Currie Deflator (http://www.4x4rockshop.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=10125)
It is pretty good to have the guage when you are deflating as well. I have an MaxAir 4.0 compressor in the engine bay to inflate after I am done jeeping...