i was wondering what the difference where in auto meter gauges and lets say isspro, i know some people swear by auto meter and others swear only by isspro, im looking at buying newer gauges and wondering if there is actually a noticeable difference

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nobody knows???

 

not much...they are both good names in gauges. dipricol and spek gauges are also good gauges. everyone has their preference

 

Oh, the differences aren't visible that much.

Appearance:
In general you can't see a lot of your meter. The inside and the used parts inside are the main difference.
It is easy to set up a meter. But a good meter has a better accuracy. So called classes.
Also responding time to a different value is important. e.g.: A pressure loss can be very dangerous if not shown or indicated immeadiatley.

So the quality of the sender plays also an important part.
Just look at mechanical gauges- due to mechanical variances they never can be adjusted or corrected accordingly. Electronic ones are different-you can also spread the range if necessary.
Most people go by appearance, not by quality. Some do have quality reasons, because in high performance applications every second of an early warning counts.
Do you remember the automotive factory gauges just having a 2 colored cold and hot area with a normal range between?
Thankfully those indicators are getting rare.
Same goes for the "Oh, sh*t-lamp" .A fail light is not very informative...

 

I prefer Isspro. They are made in the USA, Portland OR. They are one of the only companys that has the proper testing faclitys, they are OEM for MANY boats and trucking companys...

I have been working with them and running them for about 6 years now. Was one of the first alpha testers for the Performax line and continue to test for them.

I have almost 100k now running and testing the EV2 and Performax line.

Did I mention Isspro anywhere in there?

 

Uh, no isspro guages are made in India (at least the ones I have are). Ive had them for 6+ years and theyve never missed a beat (unless it was -40F)...

 

The EV's were, I believe they are ALL in house now, but I know for sure that the EV2's and Performax are...

 

yes, mine are EV's.

Hard to beat made in the good ol US of A...

 

Maybe "made in canduck"

 

I go with VDO (now a Siemens company). Working with them since I have recognized them in all major german military vehicles(Mercedes-Benz, MAN, Iveco) or military generators(like MWM, KHD, Hatz).
I do like them because of the no-extra-style.

Meters are also produced everywhere from India to germany depending on the meter. Senders are produced in Slovakia.The advantage is that VDO offers a great variety of senders. There are mostly no adapters needed, because the have covered all threads.

I do not like the digital meters. A scale always gives you a relation to the range. It is difficult to interpret a digit number.

 

so basically there about the same in accuracy? like there isn't a major difference in what they read?