Car Gadgetarium
Tyre Care
Inflators, pressure sensors, gauges and repair kits — what the pressure and flow numbers actually mean, and what really gets you home after a puncture.
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Why Drivers in the Scorching Texas Heat Are Obsessed With This Gadget: The Ultimate Defense Against Highway Blowouts
A solar-powered wireless TPMS that reads pressure and temperature on all four tires and sirens when something goes wrong. The difference between the TP-S15…
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The Strangest Tyre Inflator You Can Buy: AirMan AirGun 2.0
A pistol-shaped, 600-gram inflator from the Tier 1 supplier behind the tyre repair kit that replaced your spare wheel. What its published numbers really…
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TPMS Explained: Direct, Indirect and Aftermarket Sensors
Two systems share one warning light and work in completely different ways. Which one your car has changes what the light means and what…
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Portable Tyre Inflators: Reading the Pressure and Flow Numbers
A compressor advertised at 150 PSI will not inflate a tyre to 150 PSI, and the figure that decides how long you stand in…
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Tyre Repair Kits vs a Spare Wheel: What Actually Gets You Home
Most new cars ship with a sealant kit instead of a spare. It handles one specific kind of puncture well and several common ones…