Or, if your looking for 3psi and its off by -3psi... you would have 100% error. Holy shit!
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Or, if your looking for 3psi and its off by -3psi... you would have 100% error. Holy shit!
Point is when you are below 10 psi being off by 3 psi, 30% +-, may put your tire at a pressure it does not perform well at.
If any deflator is off by that much I would rather not use it.
Coyote literally just released the newest version about 2 months ago.
And if you lose 1 Harry will gladly sell you 4 more. He has an assistant though, and she’ll sell you 1.
It's comparable those who think the Patagonia is a great off-road tire. If that is the case, then not much really matters.
What does a tire brand have to do with varying tire pressure a few psi in the context of... And I was very specific in my post... Trail running? Not racing, not hardcore Rock crawling that pushes the limits of these vehicles, but trail running?
trail running... yeah I care... at 8psi I get good traction, at 11 I don't, at 5 I may lose a bead in the rocks... yeah +/- 3psi can matter on the trail.
You can upgrade to real deflators for less than $10.
I've had a set of these for more than 30 years. Cost of ownership < $0.33/yr.
It was my primary air-down tool until I discovered Coyote deflators.
I have my original set in my Jeep as a backup, and a new set in my Sprinter that works just fine for occasional airing down.
$29.99 on amazon. Have you tried them?
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I recently wheeled with a group and one of the guys aired down and aired up every day (with one of those 4 hose hooked to compressor contraptions), our camp was just 4 miles down a pavement road. This guy was on 40's and trailered it so it wasn't a daily driver. I asked him why and he had every reason in the book, I think he just wanted to use his contraption. After the first day we assigned someone to stay with him and the rest of us headed back to camp to get in a few beers and start the grill while he aired up. Same thing in the morning, we had him head out 10 minutes in front of the rest of us so he could air down and be ready to roll when we got to the trailhead.
At hot springs we typically drive to and from town from the park aired down. I have driven all over Moab on 9 psi and I have driven an hour on pavement from one side of Windrock to the other with 8 psi (recently) and never thought twice about it. I do air up when I am at home and driving around town. But when I go on a trip it basically gets aired down at the first trailhead and never gets aired back up until I am back home or if we are going to be hitting some 4 lanes for a while to get back to camp. What does everyone else do when it comes to end of day on a multiday trip and you have some 2 lane pavement to get back to camp/airbnb/hotel?
At hot springs we typically drive to and from town from the park aired down. I have driven all over Moab on 9 psi and I have driven an hour on pavement from one side of Windrock to the other with 8 psi (recently) and never thought twice about it. I do air up when I am at home and driving around town. But when I go on a trip it basically gets aired down at the first trailhead and never gets aired back up until I am back home or if we are going to be hitting some 4 lanes for a while to get back to camp. What does everyone else do when it comes to end of day on a multiday trip and you have some 2 lane pavement to get back to camp/airbnb/hotel?
I only air up if it's a long high speed trek back to camp... like 25+ miles at 60+... at Trail Jam we go 5-10 miles to and from meet points on the highway... I'll be there 6 days and expect to air down once and leave it.
I used to air up more frequently but now I'm more likely to run them at lower pressures.
That said it depends on what I'm doing.
If I know the first trail the next day is 20 miles out on a winding 2 lane (thinking Top of the World) or a 70 mph highway run then I'll air up at the end of the day because I'm going to do it anyway.
If I'm staying fairly close such as in Moab then I'll leave them low.
At Moab I air down on the first day and air up on the last day.
Gonna have a real world comparison of 35x17 Patagonia on a JKUR to my Cooper Evos 35x 15 on the LJR at Moab next month. I'll be airing down to 10-ish but doubt he'll go anywhere near that (like 20psi probably). I believe you guys but my buddies don't seem to accept my 2nd hand info.
Also considering what I might off load to reduce weight (traction boards, snatch block, bottle jack, some hand tools...). Probably no need to carry a 5 gallon can of gas? I will have 2 gal. water and other fluids.
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