Tyre Pressure Monitors ..... Advice please!

I have the internal SensaTyre system also. Five fitted to the Cruiser with a relay unit mounted above the rear axle, PLUS five fitted to our van with the relay unit fitted above the van front axle. All wired through to display on RH side of dash.

The system works very well and is very reliable. They have been fitted for approximately twelve months and no sign of issues with batteries.

I would highly recommend them. NO connection with Sensa Tyre, other than as a customer.

Regards, Jack

Jack, you have the system we selected, but never went ahead with due to the logistics of getting it fitted when we were travelling. Very expensive including installation (for eight tyres without considering the spares), but we were looking at temperature readings as well as pressure, as well as internal to avoid stone damage or loss.

Motherhen

I know the cost is not insgnificant initially but it doesn't take long for the system to pay for itself by stopping a repairable puncture turning into a destroyed tyre or two.
Since fitting ours on both occasions that we've suffered a puncture the alarm has gone off and we've stopped, plugged the hole and kept going. I pretty sure that both times the tyres would have been a total loss by the time we noticed that they were flat.
If you are travelling on formed roads then the TPMS system can "replace" a second spare to some degree as the ability to detect the puncture before damage occurs is vital in saving tyres.
After detecting two punctures before damage occurred on our first trip away with the TPMS fitted I figure it has paid for itself and from now on we're in front.
If you are towing then the ability to detect a slowly deflating tyre is great as it will surely self destruct before you are even aware it is flat normally.

Hi Peter - particularly so as we have the Simplicity load sharing suspension on the caravan, and when one tyre goes down, you just don't know. People have wrecked rims like this. However in many month's travelling, we only had one tyre incident; when a tyre blew. We heard it, but it was not safe to stop so it rode on the rim for a few kilometres until we could turn off the road. The tyre loss was instantaneous so monitors would not have helped in this case. There may have been some rise in temperature beforehand - but i do not really know. Because of the cost of our tyres and the difficulty of knowing about a flat on the caravan was why we went looking.

Perhaps even the very cheap ones that display a light would be better than nothing. Has anyone tried them?

Mh

Hi MH, although my internal monitor does display temperature I can't see a lot of value in that feature as, if the pressure remains within spec, then the temperature will also be OK. Response to pressure dropping will always be quicker than any temperature-rise response. Accordingly, I think the external type should be equally satisfactory (discounting possible theft, damage etc)

I haven't seen the "cheap light-display" type that you referred to and cannot find such on Google. Do you have a reference?
I do find it a nice comfort to regularly observe the pressure of each individual tyre while travelling but really, it should be sufficient to have a single alarm as, if it activates, inspection would soon reveal the culprit.

This type of one Allan

Light Tyre Pressure Monitors

Bit hard to see them when you are trundling down the road at 80k in the dirt!

Hi Peter, that is why i wondered if anyone had tried them; that, and constant watching of the caravan wheels for flashing lights, and unable to see all wheels on the tug. The other drawback is your would need several sets for varying tyre pressures as they cannot be adjusted once set.

Mh

Ahh, thanks Motherhen. I had not seen that type although was aware of the similar ones that have a coloured plunger. I was expecting wireless type but with only a single alarm lamp in the cab which would be simpler and as I have said, is really all that is needed. I mean, after all, you only have a single engine temperature alarm, not one for each cylinder.

I have killed 4 Jette screw on sensors on rocky roads in 4 years. They are so unreliable that they now live in the garage.

Hi Shaker

I just screw mine on and don't use the lock, so no problem in this respect...

Cheers...

Well Shaker, mine are internal so no need to remove them to air up or down.
There is also a switch on the receiver to shift the alarm point between two settings for normal and reduced pressure. With some other models the alarm point can be recalibrated, although perhaps with a little trouble.