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Tire Pressure Monitoring systems

Have been looking for TPMS for coach and toad,  so many systems out there and so many reviews,  Just want a system that's easy to install, good monitor and does the job.  Most of the forum reviews are pretty old and the systems today are much improved. TST, Pressure Pro and Tire minder seem to be the favorites, all are good. Any thoughts or opinions are appreciated.

Ralph

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The first system we used was a Tire Sentry (which is NLA)  We have a TST now and it works as advertised.

Pamela & Mike

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Pressure Pro with their new monitor is the best, as it is checking tires every so often 24/7 alerting to sensor theft & tire problem even when parked. Don' think any of the 'others' have this feature, to reduce sensor battery drain. But Pressure Pro is the most expensive.

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The thing I don't like about pressure pro is when the sensor battery goes dead
you have to buy new sensors unless they have changed it in the newer models.

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Another Pressure Pro fan here. I went through two other before I settled on PP.

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I have the Tire Minder A1As system and love it.  It's been flawless since I installed in 2 months and 2 trips ago.  I like that you can see the pressures of ALL tires on one screen all at the same time (no scrolling), and push one button and you see all the temps.  It's completely wireless and comes with a nice AC or DC charger setup.  Also includes two batteries for each transmitter (1 + spare).

Ebay had the best price.  Here's the one I got with 10 transmitters (although I will need 2 more when I buy a trailer).  These are cap sensors.

TireMinder® A1AS with 10Transmitters for RVs, MotorHomes, 5th Wheels,...

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Same system I have been using and am very happy with it. The temp monitor let me know when a front caliper was hanging up before any damage was done.

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Very happy with our TST. haven't had any issues.

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The TST is great. But it is ponderous to set up. I think that for $450 the sensors included should at least be coded and numbered in the system. Then all you need to do is set pressure/temp parameters.

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Pressure Pro here. Has worked very well.

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We have a TST and it works fine, does exactly what it is supposed to so.  Most folks like what they have nd if they have not had more than one system it is hard to say one is better than another.

TST customer service is great.  They have newer sensors now with batteries that last 4 years with a guarantee.  You can get they where you change the batteries (about once a year) but they have a somewhat limited life.  After 8 years we may have one or two of the original ones. 

I am slowly switching to the cap sensors (as opposed to flow through).  If you need to air up your tires to max for a few months of winter storage it is much faster to remove the sensor and fill the tire directly than with a flow through.  Just a preference.

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I am slowly switching to the cap sensors (as opposed to flow through).  If you need to air up your tires to max for a few months of winter storage it is much faster to remove the sensor and fill the tire directly than with a flow through.  Just a preference.
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  I was just admiring a friends tire system because of that option. ( flow through )  maybe now, not so much.
 
  In going from Oregon to Arizona to Texas pressures change.  How do truckers do it ?
  Maybe that's why truck stops have those "auto fill" stations for air ??

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Quote from: oldguy –
The thing I don't like about pressure pro is when the sensor battery goes dead
you have to buy new sensors unless they have changed it in the newer models.
Nope, still the same. Just bought 8 new sensors a few months ago.

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Quote from: Bob & Sue –
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  In going from Oregon to Arizona to Texas pressures change.  How do truckers do it ?
 
Having owned several trucks over a 10 year period. The old country song lyric, 'We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there' comes to mind. When I owned my trucks TMPS wasn't a thing. So a weekly or more often pressure check was the standard. And it worked.
I drove 1.3 million miles in my non-TPMS equipped trucks checking tire pressure once or twice a week and never gave a passing thought about corner weighting, barometric pressure, Road surface, sun angle Etc. I pulled two trailers and was always at 75MPH.  I had ZERO tire failures in all those miles.

We RV owners however have nothing but time and we use that time to (at times) study then over think about the barometric pressure, Sun angle, corner weighting and the effects those have on our tires. Which from a scientific stand point are of course very valid. But in real world driving less so.

The one thing I do not like about TPMS. I look at the damned thing to much while driving. I'm thinking about tilting it's display down and just lifting it to view it 'every now and then'

 

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The one I have turns off until it sees a problem. You can wake it up with your finger if you want to check pressures.

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Quote from: craneman –
The one I have turns off until it sees a problem. You can wake it up with your finger if you want to check pressures.
I like that craneman. I may have to do a deep dive on the TST and see if that might be an option. Although I'm sure it doesn't have that.

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I have the TST and it's a pain to learn the language it needs to set up, but does work as advertised and I do like seeing the temperature. Personally I would prefer internal sensors that would last tire life but aren't within my price range. I agree 100% you have to spend too much time waiting for it to scroll thru checking all the tires one at a time. Keith's tire minder looks quite nice except I don't see the temp displayed and do think knowing what brakes and wheel bearings are doing is equally important too me. I have personally had more tire leak issues with the caps than I ever did with proper metal valve caps and closed valve stems. By installing the pressure cap sensors you have deleted 1/2 of the sealing devices  by holding the valve stem open. I also have issues with the added weight of the pass threw sensors hanging on the valve stem. I guess I'm still in the learning curve for what I want. I do however like knowing what's going on.
Scott

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Quote from: dsd –
I also have issues with the added weight of the pass threw sensors hanging on the valve stem.
Scott
Due to our brass valve stems being screwed to the wheel and rubber grommets to support the inner valve stem as it passes the outer wheel. The weight of the sensor is a non-issue.

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Quote from: dsd –
Keith's tire minder looks quite nice except I don't see the temp displayed and do think knowing what brakes and wheel bearings are doing is equally important too me.
I have personally had more tire leak issues with the caps than I ever did with proper metal valve caps and closed valve stems.
Scott
The Tire Minder display shows all the pressures at once.  If you want to see temps, you press a button to switch to all the temps instead.  Press the button again returns you to the pressures.  I figure if the temp is going up, then the pressure will be as well, and I can swap screens to see what's going on.

No leaks so far with the caps.  I've actually had to take pressure out as our ambient temps are going up.

See this video.  At about 7:15 in, it talks about baselines and how the A1As alerts based on these.  At 10:25 they show swapping from PSI to temp and back again.

https://youtu.be/0PTe69aqLU4

Here's how the alerts work:

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Newer model than mine. More features but mine still does the basics, temp and pressure.