Opinions wanted on tire monitors
Considering on buying these Tire pressure valve stem monitor. Anyone here used them? What are your opinion? Gaget yes or no?
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TMS are fine to let you know if you have a leak, but I find them just about useless for a blowout or bearing overheating. I still check the temp of my tires and hubs at every stop.
By the time TMS registers a tire pressure is up due to heat the tire is wasted and needs to be changed anyway. I have pulled over due to the tire pressure being high and found chunks of my tread missing. So maybe it saved the actual blowout but it did not keep me from rolling around in the sand and cockle burrs at 110 degree to change a tire.
I check my tires each morning before I roll and, as stated, feel for temp changes on hubs and tires at each stop.
By the time TMS registers a tire pressure is up due to heat the tire is wasted and needs to be changed anyway. I have pulled over due to the tire pressure being high and found chunks of my tread missing. So maybe it saved the actual blowout but it did not keep me from rolling around in the sand and cockle burrs at 110 degree to change a tire.
I check my tires each morning before I roll and, as stated, feel for temp changes on hubs and tires at each stop.
