Anyone use a CARCHET TPMS

fj12ryder wrote:
No matter how quick they change, you have no business taking your eyes off the road to check your tire pressure display. That is why they have the alert alarm. And what are the chances you're going to glance down in time to catch the tire going flat before the TPMS does.

Do us all a favor and keep your eyes on the road where they belong.

Thanks, that is the point I was trying to make

No matter how quick they change, you have no business taking your eyes off the road to check your tire pressure display. That is why they have the alert alarm. And what are the chances you're going to glance down in time to catch the tire going flat before the TPMS does.

Do us all a favor and keep your eyes on the road where they belong.

How fast the monitor cycles thru the different tires has nothing to do with the sample rate.
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That may be true, but if you have to look at the monitor for 2 minutes to see what the tire pressure is on all 4 tires is, you have a problem. I do not want to take my eyes off the road for that long. And seeing that one tire has dropped from 82 psi to 75 psi for no obvious reason is very important if you want to catch that nail in the tire before you have a blowout. So to me, being able to do a quick scan of the tire pressures is very important.

In the past I have looked at every web site for monitors and the sensors and monitors look very much alike. I had the TST originally and had a problem from day one. I now have the Hawkshead.

agesilaus wrote:

Dayle1 wrote:
You didn't state what the problem was with the TST system and w/o understanding that, it would be a c**p shoot to expect another system to perform better. I do know that of the major brands, the TST system has the faster sample rate, so if you don't have signal integrity issues, none will alert you faster than it can.

Here is what i found during an earlier investigation:

TST, 6 seconds
Pressure Pro, 7 seconds
Tire Minder, 6 seconds
Doran, 12 seconds (implied but not stated)

Well my TST system is the older non-flow thru and it take a lot longer than your times to slowly cycle thru all the wheels. It is set up for a 16 wheeler and even if you only have 4 tires with the sensors it crawls thru all 16, one at a time.

I hope this Charchet system is better because it supposedly has real time monitoring of all 4 wheels and shows all four.

How fast the monitor cycles thru the different tires has nothing to do with the sample rate. With any of the systems, as soon as the sensor sends a 'fault' signal to the monitor, it will beep, flash, whatever. How frequent the display updates with numbers for the pressure and temp of each tire is unrelated. The display is useful driver info, but not critical to preventing or minimizing damage from a tire failure. Again, if you don't understand what was wrong with the TST system as an alarm system you may just be buying a 'feel good' system but actually less alarm protection. No system offers 100% continuous data, all must use a sample rate, otherwise sensor battery life would be extremely short. These systems are meant to be alarm systems, not monitor systems that require constant driver attention and distraction from the road ahead. Also, the TST system can be programmed to only display tires that have sensors on them and it will cycle only thru those locations, skipping all others.

Please do come back and let us know how it works on your fifth wheel. I just hope the range they give is accurate (26-33 ft max). It really does have great reviews. Good luck. Keith

Dayle1 wrote:
You didn't state what the problem was with the TST system and w/o understanding that, it would be a c**p shoot to expect another system to perform better. I do know that of the major brands, the TST system has the faster sample rate, so if you don't have signal integrity issues, none will alert you faster than it can.

Here is what i found during an earlier investigation:

TST, 6 seconds
Pressure Pro, 7 seconds
Tire Minder, 6 seconds
Doran, 12 seconds (implied but not stated)

Well my TST system is the older non-flow thru and it take a lot longer than your times to slowly cycle thru all the wheels. It is set up for a 16 wheeler and even if you only have 4 tires with the sensors it crawls thru all 16, one at a time.

I hope this Charchet system is better because it supposedly has real time monitoring of all 4 wheels and shows all four.

You didn't state what the problem was with the TST system and w/o understanding that, it would be a c**p shoot to expect another system to perform better. I do know that of the major brands, the TST system has the faster sample rate, so if you don't have signal integrity issues, none will alert you faster than it can.

Here is what i found during an earlier investigation:

TST, 6 seconds
Pressure Pro, 7 seconds
Tire Minder, 6 seconds
Doran, 12 seconds (implied but not stated)

I think the TireTracker system has a quick response time if you lose contact with a sensor. Some other systems can take an hour or more to let you know that you've lost contact with a sensor. Waay too long.

For the price, I've ordered this carchet. Will post once I know that it "sees" everything. Won't know for a few weeks whether it's working on the road.

Figure, what the hey! At this price I'll play sucker. Pretty good reviews so may I can get off without spending 4-600 bucks.