Hot take: I spent $150 on a fancy digital tire gauge before learning how to use a manual one
I was convinced the digital one was the only way to get an exact reading, you know, with the little screen and beeps. So I bought this pricey model online and used it for about six months. Then the battery died during a road trip in the middle of nowhere, and I had to borrow my dad's old stick gauge from his glove box. Turns out, that simple tool is way more reliable (and it never needs a charge). I felt pretty silly for wasting all that cash on something that broke when I needed it most. Learning to read the manual gauge properly took maybe two minutes, and now I keep one in every car. Has anyone else gone back to a basic tool after a fancy one let them down?