which would you recommend as a gift for a 87 yr old who is very well capable? I saw some nice ones on the tirerack.

Thanks,
Drew

with a blood-pressure monitor. ;-)

Seriously, either one will work. A digital one with bigger numbers may be easier to see, if that's a concern.

An analog one I had a while back stopped measuring accurately, but that was after I dropped it. Then I bought an AccuTire digital one from Target and have been using it for over 2 years now and I'm happy with it.

Will post later, consumer reports tested dial and pen types years ago and I have the blurb.

THis is from an OLD consumer reports:

pencil type Camel 40-400 or Napa 90-389 ($5-7)
dial brookstone 4136-00, GH Meiser accugage R-H100X ($15-20)
Digital idea from Pete makes good sense, but LCD can be hard to see sometimes compared to LED for older eyes or for polarized lenses on younger ones.

...works great!

i purchased the talking accutire gauge from tirerack. then found similar at bed, bath and beyond for half the price, but it looks like it will fall apart.

DK