Sensatyre vs Smartire

Drew ,
Last year we went on a desert trek and a fellow forumite had just installed a tyre monitoring set-up .
He spent the entire week worrying about the variations it kept recording - there was nothing wrong with his tyres but he kept reading calamity into the ups and downs .
Willie .

Drew T
I'm sure you would know if you had a major leak pretty quick, it's the slow leaks that sneak up on you.

Hi Drew

I read this with interest. I have access to a new unit that can take up to 10 sensors.

It takes a reading every 6 seconds of temp and pressure. They simply screw onto the valve tip and the monitor is cordless with a rechargable lithium battery and a in-car charge cradle. They are also programmable.

The only problem is the price. I work out a retail of around $250.00 for the kit with 4 sensors and $25.00 per extra sensor.

What do you think of the price compared to what you have seen.







Regards

Derek.

Hello Drew T.

We have the Smartire system fitted to our near new Navara and have had for about 6 weeks now.

This is from the "Smartire Training Program", a copy of which I obtained from Smartire.

. Monitors pressure and temp every 7 seconds during normal driving conditions.
. Transmits data approximately every 5 minutes unless pressure changes, then data
is sent within 7 seconds.
. Transmits every 15 minutes when the vhicle is parked and the pressure drops to
18 psi.

We opted for the Full Function Displat guage and have found this to be fantastic.

We have just returned this week from a 2 trip from Melb to the Flinders Ranges
and I couldn't fault the system.
Just simply tell the system (very easily done) what your cold tire pressure is and it will monitor it and the tyres temperature from that moment on. It is very sensative and yes it will show you variations between the tyres but if you set them with your acurate guage you will find that the variations from your set pressure will probably only be around 1-2 psi. In this case the unit will not trouble you because it is within its programmed variation. However, once your tyre has been detected as being outside of this acceptable variation the display will "beep", change colour, and show you the suspect wheel and it's +/- psi variation.

I found that as long as you told it the correct cold tyre pressure it could be left to it's own devices with no further worries. In the case of say letting down your pressure for some off road work it took no more than a few seconds to re programme the unit (believe me it is dead simple) with your lower pressures.

If you don't tell the unit you have varied your pressures it will keep on reminding you of the variation.

Hope it doesn't sound too complicated because it isn't. You tell it the correct information it requires and you won't hear a peep from it unless the wheel has a problem and thats exactly what you want in the system.

With the full function display you can be driving along and check the tyre pressures and temperatures individually at the touch of a button.

From my experience the system is great and is expandable to accept I think 20 wheels which suits us because we are going to get another couple of sensors and fit them to our van.

We have also found the aftersales very good. Prior to going to the flinders, we had some new rubber fitted and unfortunately the tyre fitter forgot about the sensors and destroyed one completely. I phoned them immediately (Tullamarine, Vic) and had a replacement on my doorstep within 24 hours.

We were initially interested in the Sensatyre set up but the retailer (Chelsea/Carrum area) would respond to our calls and emails on the system.
Chose Smartire and would recommend it to anyone.

Drew, come back with a follow up if you want and I'll give you my mobile number and you can find out a bit more about it or come and have a look.

Cheers, Wayne. True Blue.