GODESON Dial Type Tire Tread Depth Gauge 88703 Professional for Motorcycle, car,Truck and Bus

Makes it easy to get readings from all treads. Dial is very easy to read. Especially helpful when your local tire store says the treads are down far enough to warrant tire replacement - you can verify his results right in front of him/her. The main advantage is overall ease of use.

This device makes it easy to measure tread depth as the dial expands the 1 millimeter increments to large divisions on the display. As with any such device it is a little difficult to use as you must make sure you get a zero reading outside the tread valley, and then depress the pin while it is in the the valley. With a very short lesson, my 10-year old grandson was able to make the measurements in seconds. The device appears to be good quality, simple and effective.

The first thing that struck me when I received this tire tread gauge was how small it is. That's a good thing as it won't take up a lot of space in my tool box and it will fit in tight spaces. It's about the size of a pocket watch. The second thing that pleasantly surprised me is how well it's made. It's heavy metal. For the price, I expected it to be made of plastic. In addition to that, the plunger is very smooth and functions perfectly. Another thing that I like and what was expected that there's no batteries to wear out. I considered buying the cheap pencil type gauge and the digital type. The pencil type appeared to be very cheaply made and probably easily broken and the digital gauges required batteries which, like other battery powered instruments I have, will probably need a new battery when I need to use the tool. This tire depth gauge, on the other hand, is sturdy, small and requires no batteries to die while in storage. I couldn't be happier.

UPDATED REVIEW: "Shirley" at Godeson quickly contacted me regarding my dissatisfaction with the tire depth gauges and sent me replacements that are much better and work properly. Out of 8 replacement gauges, one of them does not read accurately- the needle is off by 1/32". I am happy with their customer service and with the tools.ORIGINAL REVIEW: The concept of this tool is great; the dial is super easy to read. However, the quality just isn't there. I bought ten of these for our college automotive program: 8 out of 10 were way too stiff. The gears inside seem to be too tight. When you press the probe into the tread, the probe is so stiff and resistant to moving that it dents into the tire, giving an inaccurate reading. I even pressed the tool against a solid, flat surface and could not get the tool to read "0". The gears do not move smoothly inside the tool, so when you move the probe tip just a little, it springs back. This also causes the needle to be jumpy, so on the other two units that did have a more normal amount of tension, you still can't get an accurate reading because the needle jumps between readings, or springs back into place after moving just a little.It might work okay for DIYers, but it is not a professional-grade tool.

The ease of use, low profile and fitting under a compact fender well I like the quick accurate measurement this tread depth gauge delivers. Takes up very little room in my pocket as well, and has a nice heft to the feel. Do I expect this to last a lifetime, No, but it certainly seems to be working in our tire shop well. I especially like to show customers the easy to read dial that helps give them the information to make an intelligent decision for a tire purchase. Even my boss and a trainer recently noticed and used it during a training coarse for its easy to read information for a class. I also use a Milton combination air and depth gauge, but it won't fit under some lowered vehicle fenders, so this gauge works great in that situation. I would recommend this for use.

Easier to use than my other one

Good metal construction and seems like a quality guage. I like metric vs other units because of having more line to determine wear. 1mm is smaller than the 32ths on the guage so I can be more accurate. Need to make sure my front and rear tires were wearing evenly for my AWD car. Fronts should always be lower than backs before getting a rotation. Just my opinion. This is not a paid review or bot.

Very easy to read tire gauge. You have to manually reset it, which I suppose is great if you're using it to measure where you can't see the gauge in place in the groove. But overall for tire use I wish it was just spring-loaded to reset itself, as it's very easy to read in place.The photos in the listing oddly all omit the smaller 'post' coming out the flat bottom face (see my attached photo), which is the post that actually does the measuring. So you press down the thicker top post to 0 it out, and then place the thinner bottom post into the groove to do the measuring.I also wish it had a lanyard hole, so I could put a string on it and hang it from my peg board.Those minor things aside, I do like and recommend it.

Evalúa bien la vida útil de las llantas , es una buena herramienta .

Very easy to use, very accurate, very rugged.

Awesome !

Perfetto, con questo misuratore sai con precisione se il pneumatico è da sostituire.

Dieses günstige Messgerät ist sehr genau ,stabil und korrekt bei simpler Handhabung.Preis Leistung top.