Looking into buying an aftermarket Tire Pressure Monitoring System for our motorhome. There are many different brands. I have no clue which one to buy. Is any one brand better than the other? I need it to monitor the coach and the toad.. Thanks

There have been a lot of good threads about the different TPMS system. Search the forums and you should be able to find them. I have TireMinder and I think it is a good system.

I have tried TST and Pressure Pro. I prefer Pressure Pro. I thought removable batteries was a good idea until trying to change them. For me I found it hard to change the batteries due to tiny screws. I also like Pressure Pro control panel better.

I have a TST flow through with replaceable batteries. It works pretty well and it is accurate. TST is awesome to deal with and will stand behind any issues without question. I did have 2 issues - one was that when it rained one sensor would drop the signal. It usually resumed in about 10 miles. The second is that 2 of my sensors have to be removed to air up the tires. They work fine as a sensor but sort of mitigates the pass through/air up which is one reason I bought that unit. I could send them back for a replacement for free, but the hassle of re-programming new ones is worse than simply taking them off to air up. Other than that they work very well and alerted me to a slow leak I had due to a failed valve extender. That saved me a few hundred on a tire (and lord knows what else if it completely blew)so I consider it a good investment. Whatever you choose - tpms is a good idea and I won't have a MH without it.

The problem with a TPMS is usually faulty set-up bu the owner and not the TPMS itself. If the coach was weighed and the tire charts say that you should be using 95psi MINIMUM in the tire, as an example, then the TPMS should be set higher. From reading the various posts on this forum, that 95 psi is what most people set their TPMS for. This means that the tire has to lose 10% or so before the alarm is sent. Who knows what damage is done to that tire when driving for xx miles with the tire under-inflated until air is added to bring it up to the MINIMUM required air pressure of 95psi. The same goes for ONE dual going under-inflated and causing damage to both tires. Others have said that they do not add air when the TPMS sounds an alarm when the tire was cold in the morning because after they get on the road, the tire will warm up and the pressure will increase.For the TPMS to have any use at all, it needs to sound an alarm when the tire gets to the 95psi MINIMUM, and NOT 10% below 95psi. This means that you have to inflate your tires for a certain amount over 95psi, when the tire is cold before you have driven on it, to properly monitor and protect your tires. Then, when the tire pressure drops to 95psi, you will be warned to add air BEFORE damage is done. Any warning after it has dropped below the MINIMUM of 95psi is too late.

I have a TST 507 system and am very satisfied with it. I did not get the pass-thru sensors, opting for the standard sensors instead. The user replaceable batteries last about year, and only cost around $0.50 each. I previously had a TST 510 system with non-user replaceable batteries, and that one also worked well. When the sensors finally started failing at around 6 years, TST offered me a great deal on replacing it with the 507 system rather than having the 510 sensors updated. Super customer service!

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Effy
Explorer II
May 28, 2015
I have a TST flow through with replaceable batteries. It works pretty well and it is accurate. TST is awesome to deal with and will stand behind any issues without question. I did have 2 issues - one was that when it rained one sensor would drop the signal. It usually resumed in about 10 miles. The second is that 2 of my sensors have to be removed to air up the tires. They work fine as a sensor but sort of mitigates the pass through/air up which is one reason I bought that unit. I could send them back for a replacement for free, but the hassle of re-programming new ones is worse than simply taking them off to air up.

Other than that they work very well and alerted me to a slow leak I had due to a failed valve extender. That saved me a few hundred on a tire (and lord knows what else if it completely blew)so I consider it a good investment.

Whatever you choose - tpms is a good idea and I won't have a MH without it.
RFCN2
Explorer
May 28, 2015
I have tried TST and Pressure Pro. I prefer Pressure Pro. I thought removable batteries was a good idea until trying to change them. For me I found it hard to change the batteries due to tiny screws. I also like Pressure Pro control panel better.
ncrowley
Explorer II
May 28, 2015
There have been a lot of good threads about the different TPMS system. Search the forums and you should be able to find them. I have TireMinder and I think it is a good system.

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