Tyre pressure monitoring device

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Wed 25 Jul 2007 17:03
Tyre pressure monitoring device - movilogo


I often forget to check tyre pressure for a long time!

Anyway, while searching for a pressure monitoring system, I came accross this device
www.savemoneyoncars.co.uk/tyre-pressure-monitor.asp

Seems resonably priced. Does anyone have experience of this or similar device?

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Wed 25 Jul 2007 17:16
Tyre pressure monitoring device - Xileno {P}
Probably quite good until someone steals them.
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Wed 25 Jul 2007 17:31
Tyre pressure monitoring device - movilogo
They are sold with built in pressure usage. So, the one set for 32 psi will have little use for cars with 28 psi ;)
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Wed 25 Jul 2007 19:46
Tyre pressure monitoring device - Aprilia
From September all cars sold in USA must have some form of tyre pressure monitoring - hence there is a lot of interest in all sorts of tyre pressure monitoring system.

The device mention in this thread has been sold for a while in the US as the 'Air Alert Valve Cap' - there is a Consumer Reports test on it here:

www.keegy.com/out/consumer-reports-puts-cheap-tire.../

The device self-calibrates to your tyre the first time you use it (i.e. set your tyre to desired pressure - screw the cap on and it takes the current pressure as the reference pressure). Apparently they last 2 years. At £16 for a set its not bad value.
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Thu 26 Jul 2007 12:13
Tyre pressure monitoring device - mike hannon
My pressure sensing valve caps disappeared in less than an hour last time I parked on the street in broad daylight in the centre of an English town.
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Thu 26 Jul 2007 12:31
Tyre pressure monitoring device - KenC
Air always leaks through tyre walls ( natural process)
It is essential to check tyre pressures (cold) at least ONCE a month
ideally every 2 weeks.

By doing this you will reap the benifits eg

a) increase tyre performance ( eg braking & grip)
b) increase tyre life
c) decrease fuel consumption
b) reduce the chances of tyres overheating & exploding
on longer journeys

Forget these silly valve cap gadgets,they will probably get stolen at some point.
Buy a quality tyre pressure gauge keep it safe from knocks and USE IT.
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Fri 27 Jul 2007 08:44
Tyre pressure monitoring device - Red Baron
Generally, what a load of old cobblers!

I check my tyres once a week.

I tend to overinflate them by 5 psi. (I do a lot of motorway driving and it reduces fuel consumption).

If you bother to know your car you can soon gauge whether the tyres appear low. Tyres do not lose pressure over, say, a one month period unless there is a problem. So, if you usually have 32psi and you find that it has dropped to 26, then you have hole somewhere.
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