Mine in over 25 years old and looks the same as Gazelleer's, with the same push on adapter. The rubber washer wore out years ago, must be 15, and I haven't used the pump since then. I bought a spare from a bike shp but it didn't fit. I always have a Zefal HPX on my bike so I use that.
The gauge is perfectly fine, there's a red needle which you can set. In any case I only used the needle as an approximate guide, mainly as not to over inflate. The final pressure check is done by squeezing the tyre.
I did buy a cheap track pump from Lidl (I think £7* but it was a few years ago), just for the pump head to fit on to my SKS. I only finally got round to using it a few weeks ago! And it seems too good to cut off the head! So my SKS remains unused. The Lidl pump does have a wide barrel though and pumps a lot of air on each stroke so I need to be careful not to over inflate.
I try to use bars (6.5 - 7 bars is usually about right for me) but it seems cyclists in the UK have followed the Americans and use psi.
*about 8 Euros
The gauge is perfectly fine, there's a red needle which you can set. In any case I only used the needle as an approximate guide, mainly as not to over inflate. The final pressure check is done by squeezing the tyre.
I did buy a cheap track pump from Lidl (I think £7* but it was a few years ago), just for the pump head to fit on to my SKS. I only finally got round to using it a few weeks ago! And it seems too good to cut off the head! So my SKS remains unused. The Lidl pump does have a wide barrel though and pumps a lot of air on each stroke so I need to be careful not to over inflate.
I try to use bars (6.5 - 7 bars is usually about right for me) but it seems cyclists in the UK have followed the Americans and use psi.
*about 8 Euros