Airing back up after a day on sand or rock is the part of the trip nobody enjoys, and doing it accurately with a cheap gauge is worse. The ARB601A puts a large backlit LCD, a thumb trigger for inflation and a bleed button for letting air out into one tool, so you set each tire to the number you actually want rather than to the nearest guess.
The chuck is nickel plated brass with a stainless braided hose, 23.5" long with a dual swivel so the head does not fight you at an awkward valve. It reads in psi, bar and kPa, runs up to 200 hours on a set of batteries with a low battery indicator, and carries a rubber bump guard because the first thing that happens to a tire gauge is being dropped on rock.
What's Included:
ARB601A digital tire inflator with 23.5" braided dual swivel hose and inflation chuck
ARB Air Systems carry pouch
Features
Large Backlit Display A big LCD with a blue backlight, readable at dusk with cold hands, which is when you are usually airing up.
Inflate And Deflate In One Tool Coated thumb trigger to add air and an easy access bleed button to let it out, so you can settle on the number without swapping tools.
Three Scales Reads 0 to 200 psi, 0 to 14 bar or 0 to 1400 kPa. Useful given ARB publishes its own compressor figures in both psi and kPa.
23.5" Dual Swivel Hose A braided hose with a swivel at each end, long enough to reach an awkward inner valve without wrestling the head straight.
Built To Be Dropped A rubber bump guard around the head, because a gauge on a trail lives on rock and gravel rather than on a bench.
200 Hours Per Set Of Batteries Up to 200 hours of runtime with a battery level indicator, so it does not quietly die between trips.
Fitment & Compatibility
Application
Fit
ARB air compressors and air systems
✓ Fits
Shop air supply
✓ Fits
Schrader valves on cars, trucks and trailers
✓ Fits, push on chuck
Vehicle
● Universal. A hand tool, not a vehicle specific part
Fit guidance: This is an inflator, so it needs an air supply behind it. It is not a standalone gauge and it is not a compressor.
Specifications
Model: ARB Digital Tire Inflator
Part Number: ARB601A
Display: Backlit LCD, digital
Scale: 0 to 200 psi, 0 to 14 bar, 0 to 1400 kPa
Hose: 23.5" braided, dual swivel
Chuck: Push on
Body Material: Nickel plated brass
Color: Black and blue, satin finish
Battery Life: Up to 200 hours per set, with battery indicator
Shipping Weight: 3 lb
Warranty: 3 years
UPC: 9332018150189
Installation
Type: Hand tool, no installation · Time: Seconds to connect · Tools: None · Difficulty: Easy
Connect the hose to your compressor line, push the chuck onto the valve, and use the trigger to inflate and the bleed button to fine tune down. Store it in the supplied pouch rather than loose in a drawer, because the display is the part that gets damaged.
Warranty, Shipping & Returns
Warranty. ARB covers this product with a 3-year unlimited-mileage warranty through ARB North America (Air Locker Inc., Auburn, WA), the term ARB publishes for it in its own product record. Wear items such as filter elements and seals fall under ARB's 1-year wear-item schedule. We describe ARB's warranty exactly as published and it is honored through any ARB-authorized dealer in the US.
Free shipping. This item ships free to the lower 48 states and typically arrives in 3 to 7 business days.
Inspect on delivery. Please inspect your order on arrival. If anything is damaged or missing, contact us right away and we will make it right.
About ARB
ARB started in 1975 in a Melbourne garage, when Tony Brown began building bull bars for the four-wheel drives crossing Australia's outback, and the company has grown into the largest 4x4 accessories maker in the southern hemisphere. Its engineering campus in Kilsyth, Victoria still designs and builds the products the brand is known for, and ARB now runs offices in the USA, Europe and the Middle East with an export network reaching more than 100 countries.
Air is one of the things ARB is best known for. The compressor line, the Air Locker system it was built to feed, and the fittings, hoses and gauges that tie them together are engineered as one system, which is why an ARB air part is specified by the same part numbers the factory uses. In North America ARB operates from Auburn, Washington as Air Locker Inc., backing every product with a US warranty program. Prestige Truck is an authorized ARB dealer. Every part we ship is a genuine US-market unit with full ARB North America warranty coverage.
The Digital Inflator In Use
ARB's Australian channel demonstrating the digital inflator: connecting, reading, inflating and bleeding down to a target pressure.
A one minute look at how the tool is actually used, filmed on the ARB digital inflator range.
The ARB Story
How a Melbourne garage operation building bull bars for outback tourers in 1975 became the southern hemisphere's biggest 4x4 accessories maker.
Seven minutes on the company behind this product, filmed by ARB itself across its Australian factories and proving grounds.
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers on specs, fit and support
Is this a gauge or an inflator?
Both, but it needs an air supply. It reads the pressure, adds air through the thumb trigger and lets air out through the bleed button. It does not generate air on its own.
What pressure range does it read?
0 to 200 psi, which it will also show as 0 to 14 bar or 0 to 1400 kPa. That covers everything from a soft sand pressure to a loaded truck tire.
How long is the hose?
23.5", braided, with a swivel at both ends. The swivels are what let you get onto an awkward inner valve without twisting the head.
How long do the batteries last?
ARB publishes up to 200 hours per set, and there is a battery level indicator so you get warning rather than a blank screen at a trailhead.
Will it survive being dropped?
It has a rubber bump guard around the head for exactly that reason. It is a tool built for a load space rather than a workshop bench, though it is still an electronic instrument.
Is the video on this page filmed on this exact model?
No, and we have flagged it. ARB's film is of the earlier ARB601, which this ARB601A supersedes. The tool works the same way; the current version has the updated ARB inflation chuck and braided hose.
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