inawise tyre pressure monitor

Thanks for the response Alan. I had come to that conclusion.
Pity though, it is(was) a great unit. Saved me two tyres.
I guess I will have to now do an investigation for a replacement system.
I need a system with 8 internal monitors,( vehicle & spare and camper with spare), that allows for easy tyre rotation.
Some of the systems only allow for the sensors to be in one specific place so that the display is oriented correctly.

Trevor

Baz
One feature I loved with the Inawise system (why I chose it when I did) was the ease of resetting tire pressures.
After airing all tires up or down for sand or gravel, it was two small steps to reset all the pressures to all 8 tires. (I know of other units where you have to reset the pressure one tire at a time)
Can you please advise what are the steps you physically have to follow after airing down all tires?
Cheers

Hi CSeaJay

The Doran 360 requires each individual tyre to be reset separately on the monitor, noting that will take about 30 seconds if you dawdle…

But to keep some context, airing down tyres is what takes time, not resetting a tyre pressure monitor.

I inflate tyres according to the manufacturer’s specification, Toyo in my case, which means I run different pressures for the front and rear tyres on the vehicle, and different pressures on the TVAN we tow.

Whilst the Inawise system might save you a few seconds here and there due to the ability to reset all pressures at once, that would only work if you were running all tyres at the same pressures - axle loading on (most) 4WD touring vehicles would usually mean different pressures between front and rear.

So perhaps the ability to have a system that resets all pressures at once looks like a good feature, in practice would you use it if inflating tyres in the way the manufacturer recommends?

Cheers, Baz – The Landy

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There is at least one system (but I can't remember which) that resets simply by changing the inflation then driving until all tyres have logged (a few minutes) then pressing the reset button and the new logged pressures become the base pressure for each tyre. Now that is the sensible way to design it.

Does anyone know which brand does that?

Sounds like the inawise, change pressures press reset and drive.

Thanks Baz, you answered the question well.
Even though it is now history, the Innawise system did not reset all 8 tires to a single pressure; it allowed you to set your pressures (in my case I run different pressures on each of my three axles) on the individual tires and with the hit of a button it accepts the current pressures as the new “set” value. Brilliant, and have not come across another system doing this.
Yes airing takes time, so does the resetting, and combined it takes even more...

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That's interesting Bellony. They are clearly the manufacturers of the Inawise products. But probably not possible to purchase small quantities from them.
With a bit of luck, Inawise will Rise From the Ashes or someone else will take up the distribution of their products.

On the issue of compatibility there may be problems. I have the TPMS-4WD model and when the sensor batteries were at their end I found that they had been superseded and the new model 4WD sensors were not compatible. I was forced to purchase a complete new-model 4WD, sensors plus receiver. Then alas, the new model high pressure alarm is set unchangeably at 50psi. My Troopy, fully loaded, runs the rears at 45psi and with heated pressure rises to just over the 50psi alarm point. Makes the system virtually unusable for me.

So just because the sensors look the same, they may not be.

I agree they appear to be the manufacture, I read somewhere that Inawise were having trouble trying to obtain units as the manufacturer deemed the quantities that Inawise were purchasing to be to small for them to continue a relationship.

Inawise have apparently also passed on the names of some Australian companies that might be interested in dealing with the manufacturer but nothing seems to have eventuated.

I have also tried to make contact with the company concerned but they don't respond:(

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Hi Ron,

After Inawise ceased business, I managed to contact the owners in October of last year. When I again emailed them a couple of weeks ago I received no response. So I would not believe that you will have any success in that direction.

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