# Compression tester suggestions

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [August 5, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/compression-tester-suggestions/267529 "2013-08-05T08:51:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Phate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Phate)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/compression-tester-suggestions/267529/4 "2013-08-05T19:30:58Z")

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> [@Who makes a good wireless router?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-makes-a-good-wireless-router/53134/17):
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> Honestly I wouldn’t trust any compression test set your going to buy at that price. I guess it all really depends on what your doing, but diagnostic equipment like that is a great example of you get what you pay for.

Why? Its a pressure gauge, a check valve, and a length of hose with a threaded end to go into the spark plug well. None of those things are especially high tech or complex to manufacture.

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