Tire deflator

I have always used my Staun deflators. I think they are over 12 years old now and still work great.

I have the ARB which pulls the core and has pressure gauge.

Jeff_R said What do others do for tire deflators. I have always just pulled the valve cores for rapid airing down. I recently bought some Smittybilt tire deflators but they are slow. Listening to High Sierra 4X4's most recent podcast (episode 193) Jeff and Greg mentioned a tire deflator that pulls the core and measures the pressure. Jeff and Greg, what tire deflator were you talking about and what do you and others recommend for rapid deflation that also measures tire pressure?  

Finally a question I can answer and be of some help... Kevin beat me to it but I will add a link to Northridge 4x4 for the ARB tire deflator that Kevin referenced.  It works very well!  Don't forget if you order it from Northridge to apply the discount with HIGHSIERRA4X4 all in capital letters.

https://www.northridge4x4.com/part/tire-accessories/arb505-arb-e-z-tire-deflator-kit

Jeff_R said What do others do for tire deflators. I have always just pulled the valve cores for rapid airing down. I recently bought some Smittybilt tire deflators but they are slow. Listening to High Sierra 4X4's most recent podcast (episode 193) Jeff and Greg mentioned a tire deflator that pulls the core and measures the pressure. Jeff and Greg, what tire deflator were you talking about and what do you and others recommend for rapid deflation that also measures tire pressure?

However if you are looking for the absolutely fastest tire deflator on the market I would recommend one of these...😕

JohnDF said I have always used my Staun deflators. I think they are over 12 years old now and still work great.  

That's what I use.  4 tires at one time and I can talk while it's airing down.

I have the smittybuilt copies of the Staun deflators.  They are horribly inaccurate but it is easy enough to screw them on and leave them on for 10 minutes so long as Im driving slow.  I would only recommend the pricier Staun versions and only to people who know their rig well enough to spot when one went too low.

The ARB tool mentioned in the podcast and above is probably the best option especially when getting accurate tire pressure is important.  Accuracy is important with smaller tires on narrower rims where going too low of pressure is super easy.

Best option I think would be a second valve for airing down quickly, think like the Mini Monster Deflators that powertank sells.

I also use Staun deflators put them on and let do their thing.  They are easy to set the pressure.

Thanks for all the feedback. I guess I should have done some research before buying the Smittybilt tire deflators! After reading all of your input I found an article comparing several different tire deflators (http://www.fourwheeler.com/how-to/wheels-tires/129-1212-the-great-tire-deflator-shootout/). The Smittybilt, which are a knockoff of the Staun deflators, are VERY slow. What I experienced with mine is exactly what was described in the article. Once the majority of the pressure is gone, they take forever to exhaust the last few pounds because the air barely seeps out. In their test, after 18 minutes the Smittybilt deflators still had 2 more pounds to go (they gave up on them) while the Staun took 8.5 minutes to reach the desired pressure of 10 psi. I guess I will get the Staun or the or the ARB E-Z tire deflator. Thanks again for all the information!

Thanks for the plug and support!!

I will say, don't feel bad about having multiple air down tools.  They always come in handy because I have a tendency to loose one of the tools or you can always loan to a friend.

Gregulator said Thanks for the plug and support!! I will say, don't feel bad about having multiple air down tools.  They always come in handy because I have a tendency to loose one of the tools or you can always because I loan them to a friends.  

Fixed it for you

That too.

Lol

I bought the ARB tool for my very first run with the club (Strawberry maintenance run) only to learn that it would not work with my tires/valves. The tool would not thread in the valves. While I ordinarily would assume user error, I actually believe that my tire/valves are so old that they have some outdated/obsolete valves that won't work with this tool. . .

luckily someone let me borrow their Staun deflators . . .

I also have the Staun deflators and I have been very happy with them

Forget what I have cause I haven't seen them in months but I got them from ironpig.com they are a completely internal unit that is DOT aproved for airing down while driving on the road. Only a little bigger than the valve stem too.

I think I posted them on the forum when I got them