What is the best pressure/vacuum tester......

[Bill G]

So what is folks opinions on what the best pressure/vac tester is.
What are folks using and if the sky was the limit what would they use.

 

[huskihl]

Not certain about if the sky is the limit, but the Mityvac 8500 is sort of the gold standard. Works well and is dependable for around $75

 

[Bill G]

What I meant by sky's the limit is if you talk with folks that wear Stihl undies they will tell you the Stihl one.
It is like those that think if it says "Snap On" it must be the best.

 

[huskihl]

I’ve never really played that game. Good enough is good enough for me

 

[hacskaroly]

What are folks using

I got a cheapy off of Amazon, not the greatest, saving for a Mightyvac after getting a case splitter.

 

[Fleethirte]

I borrowed/ kept harbor freights Maddox pressure/ vacuum pump from a friend. Worked for 2 years then quit.

 

[Squareground3691]

Not certain about if the sky is the limit, but the Mityvac 8500 is sort of the gold standard. Works well and is dependable for around $75

Same +1

 

[stretch5881]

I've had a Mightyvac for at least 20 years and it still works fine.

 

[Coupe]

Mityvac 8500

 

[Bill G]

I’ve never really played that game. Good enough is good enough for me

I do not disagree. I try to buy the best I can justify, no matter what the name on the tag is. Many years ago my brother bought a Snap-on GMAW welder. It was a huge POS. It was the worst machine I had ever ran.

The neighbor had a Takeuchi mini-ex that folks laughed at. I ran it and found it to be better than then others I ran. I wanted to buy it but was too late.

 

[jacob j.]

I had the plastic Mityvac initially, but then found a good buy on an 8500 kit. It's the best I've used so far and I use it both
small engine and automotive applications. Like Kev said, it's simple to use and does the job. I doubt I'll ever wear this one
out.

 

[Duke Thieroff]

The Mityvac 8500 is great and I've used them for years.

I had one that dropped the pin that operates the pump and it also somehow got so corroded inside the pump cylinder I had to do some field repairs on it.

The other one I have has provided good service for 5 years, no problem

 

[dangerousatom]

I also have the M.V. but any vac system that reads right ......is right.

So IMO any bit of kit you get, if you have another system to test against and it readings are same/same .

It the same principle as testing a level against another level on a door frame. They will both read "the same correct" but never both read "the same wrong" The nice thing about MV is most sets have a rebuild kit available that are beyond just the O-rings.

 

[Sloughfoot]

I got an Ebay pressure only kit for ~$30. Wish I'd sprung for the extra $50 and gotten a MityVac.

 

[EFSM]

We have a Mityvac. However, we had an even better one that we got through Echo years ago--I think it was some German built one. I could never figure out who made it, but significantly better than the Mityvac.

 

[GerbrandR]

We have a Mityvac. However, we had an even better one that we got through Echo years ago--I think it was some German built one. I could never figure out who made it, but significantly better than the Mityvac.

Maybe the same as the Stihl one?

Leitenberger HV 90 is the official make and model as I found out.
I bought this last week, used but basically still new.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Another vote here for Mittyvac 8500 over any of the cheap ones on the jungle website. I had a cheap one that lasted a couple months at most. My Mittyvac was used off of ebay, and it's still going strong several years later.

 

[FergusonTO35]

For general purpose use, the Snap-On I bought when I was a tech has been great and back then wasn't much more than a premium Mityvac unit. I do have the actual Echo service tool for two strokes and it works great also.