For some time now I have been thinking it would be nice to have a tire inflator at home, so it would not be necessary to go to the gas station to get air. As we all know, proper tire pressure is very important to get good gas mileage. Unfortunately, it's often difficult for me to get to the gas station to fill up the tires, so they go too long and end up running low. It would not be such a problem, except you are supposed to fill them up before you drive the car much, which makes it a problem as often the car has been driven and the tires have heated up.

Today I finally went to put air in my tires and I had a lot of trouble finding a gas station with a working air compressor. The compressor at the first station I went to was out of order. The next one worked, or I should say it ran, but when I went to put air in the tires I realized the gauge had been torn out. There's not much point putting air in the tires if I don't even know how much is in them! Finally, after driving to a third station, I managed to get them filled and discovered they were very low. I am not sure whether they were low because it had been so long sinced I filled them, or because the Honda servicement deflated my tires down to rated PSI when it was maintenance recently.

Anyway, all that preamble aside, I really would like to buy a tire inflator for home. I was wondering if anyone here had any suggestions about which companies/models were any good. I'd like it to be a quality product, but not too expensive (not more than about $150 maximum, and preferably less). I don't mind ordering online if necessary and having it delivered. Thanks in advance for any help!