Norshire Digital Tyre Pressure Gauge – Product Review

Look, I’ll be the first to admit that tyre pressure really, really matters. There is the safety aspect first and foremost, as too much or too little air in your rubber will make things dangerous. Then of course there is the matter of tyre life. Tyres aren’t cheap, so when you find them worn and damaged because of something as fundamental as air, it can be upsetting. Mainly for your wallet. Put too little in, the tyre walls might weaken and fail, the outer treat will go, too. Too much? You get a bald centre section. Bad times. Modern cars overcome this by having tyre pressure monitoring systems. An old MG doesn’t have that, so you need a device. Something like this Norshire digital tyre pressure gauge, perhaps?

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The Product 

This is the Norshire digital tyre pressure gauge, and I’m not going to lie; I coughed up £15 simply because I like the way it looks. It claims is the smallest digital pressure gauge out there, and I can well believe it. However, it seems a moot point, as in the history of tyre pressure gauges, they have always been small. Nobody has ever needed a sack truck in order to use one. There are other moot points, too. Potentially. You see, it boasts an atmospheric pressure readout, too. Why? In case I’m low on wheel air while stuck up Mt. Etna? It also has a thermometer. I’ve never checked my tyre pressure and then questioned how warm or cold it is. These features seem redundant. But anyway, I’ll get to those in a bit. Does the Norshire digital tyre pressure gauge do what it sets out to do in the main? Let’s find out.

The Test

Well, it is incredibly small, I’ll give it that. It seems to be nicely made, too. And that’s nice. Everyone loves a product with a quality feel. There is a button by the screen which turns the device on, then you push the nearest end to the screen on the valve, and bosh, you get your reading. Pressing the button cycles through the read-outs, by which I mean if you want it in bar, PSI, etc. I went for PSI, because I’m old school. It came charged up, though there is a USB C port for, presumably, when you’ve checked the pressure of four million tyres. I can’t imagine this uses a lot of power. As for the test, well, I stuck it on the valve of my tyre. What else would I do with it?

The Result

Turn it on, you get your read out screen. You also get the temperature as a constant. Nice touch. Pointless, but a nice touch. Hold the button for three seconds, and you get the atmospheric pressure. Really pointless, but again, nice touch. As for the tyre, well, this Norshire device was next to useless. It boasts about being small, but its size truly is its downfall. The inlet doesn’t cup the valve in any way, which given how hard you have to press to get a seal, is problematic. The valve just gave way under the pressure. And they’re new valves in the case of my car. Then, when you do manage to get a readout, it’s wrong. I checked. My tyres are at 34psi. The Norshire said 30, because it can’t make a good seal on the valve. Ergo, it’s not fit for purpose.

The Verdict – 2 out of 5

Well done, Norshire. Our lowest rating. It’s too small, it doesn’t work, it’s wrong when it does and it will break valves if you’re not careful. It get some points only because it’s very well made, and the screen is nice, but that’s about it. It’s ironic that I called the temp function pointless, as that seems to be the only thing it does with any degree of ability. Great idea, but poor execution.