Tire pressure monitoring systems

Highway 4x4 wrote:
I guess the TST system winns. No others that are better?

It wins the cheap, Chinese knockoff contest. PressurePro is the longest running and only product manufactured in the US.

www.tirepressuremonitor.com

I guess the TST system winns. No others that are better?

Bought the TST flow through system two months ago. Made one trip to Florida and they worked flawlessly. The screen is difficult to read in bright sunlight with the gray numbers.

It takes about 5 minutes fr the sensors to pick up all the tires. They have a nice video on line on how to install the product.

Regarding the flow through vs. caps sensors. As identified, since the flow through sensors are new most of us have the cap style. However, if I were buying again today I'd still get the cap style because of the smaller size. We store the RV all winter long and I find that after I set the tire pressures in the early spring, I only need to let some air out once as the weather warms up (early summer). Other than that I never need to do anything so the smaller size is more appealing to me. If you don't over tighten them they will hold pressure well.

Lou
05 Travel Supreme Envoy

I've been using a Pressure Pro system since 2006. It has been flawless and has saved me from low pressures resulting from nails and tread separation several times.

On my last trip during Thanksgiving, I noticed the system had a tire not reporting. I suppose the batteries are about used up in the last eight years.

I'll be ordering new senders in a few weeks before my traveling season begins.

I had the TST 507 originals and then I replaced them with the flow throughs. I hated the originals because I had to remove them every-time I added air and as another poster wrote, I would lose one or more sensors occasionally.

Then I got the flow throughs and they worked well on the rear tires, but didn't fit the front very well with the hubcap on. And once again, I'd lose one or more sensors when I'd go camping.

I finally ripped them all off and simply check my pressures manually. I find it much easier.

Spizzer wrote:
Seems like a lot of TST 507 users. How many are flow through versus the cap version. Any leak problems with the flow throughs?

Jeff

The flow-thru sensors are newer than the cap sensors, so I'd expect there will be many more cap users. The flow-thru sensors do stick out further than the caps, and especially on a toad or smaller TT wheel, can be subject to curb scrub damage. The cap sensors don't take much longer to remove for airing up than a standard valve cap.

Seems like a lot of TST 507 users. How many are flow through versus the cap version. Any leak problems with the flow throughs?

Jeff

The TPMS has been claimed and is on it's way to a new home now!! So happy it will be put to good use! :C

Nice offer Tim and I'm sure someone will take you up on it and will/should be willing to cover all shipping costs.

Lou
05 Travel Supreme Envoy