System for real-time monitoring of car tyre pressure, communicating with a smart phone app over Bluetooth. Used to sell for £150 2 years ago, still on sale for £129 at Halfords, and reduced from £79.99 at Maplin to only £39.99 seems pretty hot, and cheap enough to be worth a try.
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7day
30 Sep 17#1
You are right .. Hot deal ..10 minutes to set up and warns of low pressure. I find a cheap pressure gauge and inflators a good ide
360finder
30 Sep 17#2
Great. Thanks
Regprentice
30 Sep 17#3
How large are these caps. The one review on maplin isnt clear. If each cap holds a Cr2032 battery they must be massive?
Check whether the threads on the inside of the caps are plastic or metal. I used low tech pressure sensors from amazon (green/yellow/red caps depending on pressure). Those stuck on the stems and would not budge due to rust in just a couple of months and i had to pay to have the stems replaced at a tyre place.
therocksays to Regprentice
30 Sep 17#4
Going on the video I just watched they are big, cool idea and very cheap.
MichaelSemenczuk
30 Sep 17#5
Ordered after a few pints on a Saturday night. Mrs not to happy.
windta1ker
30 Sep 17#6
Have bought to put on my wife’s car, she is a nightmare for driving on under-inflated tyres. I would think this is a cracking idea for trailers and caravans too, this is plus £100 everywhere else too :raised_hand:
I will buy this for my grannie who is half paralised on a wheelchair..christmas present sorted.
fishmaster to kkthomask
1 Oct 17#18
I'd feel quite deflated if I got this as a Christmas present.
repouk to kkthomask
1 Oct 17#23
And you let her drive!!! :worried:
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OB1
1 Oct 17#9
Screwing these on sounds like introducing something that could itself blow/leak thereby letting all air out of the tyres. Are they well enough engineered to be safe?
umar88 to OB1
1 Oct 17#12
Not a big fan of these things myself and would rather do my checks regularly but for any reason if it came off valve should seal itself and not leak all the air. Just like if you didn't have a cap air wouldn't leak out.
OrribleHarry to umar88
1 Oct 17#13
Agreed these aftermarket ones are not good, but the factory fitted TPMS system are excellent. Real-time monitoring is superior to checking before setting off.
OB1 to umar88
1 Oct 17#16
I'm thinking how it'll seal itself around the thread reliably though.
umar88 to OB1
1 Oct 17#28
I don't know exactly what this product looks like but I would have thought there's a rubber washer or something similar inside each cap which sits flat on valve and makes good seal rather then thread.
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Check whether the threads on the inside of the caps are plastic or metal. I used low tech pressure sensors from amazon (green/yellow/red caps depending on pressure). Those stuck on the stems and would not budge due to rust in just a couple of months and i had to pay to have the stems replaced at a tyre place.
amazon.co.uk/Nex…0MK
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