Tire Monitoring System

[carylynch]

I am looking for a recommendation for a TPMS. I have a Class B with 6 wheels and would like something easy to install and understand. Also, I would not want to have to rebalance the tires due to the weight of the sensors.

 

[MapNerd]

TPMS Recommendation

Looking into TPMS - looking into EEZ-Tire. Seems to meet our needs, but looking for advice. Thanks!

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[Buckethead]

Agree 100% with MapNerd EEZ-Tire Monitor is Grrrrrrrreat. You won't be sorry.

 

[Jerryjan]

I have used EEZ tire monitor system for two years with no problems. One word of advise. Follow the instructions to the letter. If you leave out a step it won't work.

 

[amullis59]

EEZ Tire is what I am using. Works great!

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

EEZ Tire user here as well.

TJ

 

[Calsun]

The federal government mandated tire pressure sensors with new vehicles produced after 2005 and it was to reduce excess fuel consumption from underinflated tires and for no other reason. ABS, seat belts, safety glass, and engine governors were designed to make vehicles safer but not tire pressure monitoring systems.

My vehicles tire pressures increase with ambient temperaturs and with exposure to sunlight and from the flexing of the tires while driving and so it really does not matter at all if the tire is at 65P PSI or 75 PSI. If there is a severe leak it is obvious and all I need is a $15 tire pressure gauge to determine how fast the leak is draining air out of a tire. Regardless, the course of action is to go to a tire shop and have them remove the tire and fix the problem.

I have tire pressure monitoring that was installed by the factory on our three vehicles and it contributes nothing to driving safety. I don't have one on our Class C motorhome and never will have one as it provides no benefits to safety or fuel economy over what I get with my $15 tire pressure gauge.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

I don't have one on our Class C motorhome and never will have one as it provides no benefits to safety or fuel economy over what I get with my $15 tire pressure gauge.

That’s a pretty sweeping statement! How does your $15 tire gauge work for you at 60 mph? Tire failures don’t just occur when you are parked. And, can your $15 tire gauge tell you when a tire is overheating because it is losing air? I don’t think so.

The point is that a TPMS is not a tire pressure gauge, it is an early warning system that can tell you a tire is going down BEFORE it fails completely, allowing you time to come to an orderly stop rather than a dicey panic stop. Obviously, the choice is yours, but I know what my choice is.

TJ

 

[STANDERSON]

We have Tire Minder. Works great.

 

[ARD]

I don't have one on our Class C motorhome and never will have one as it provides no benefits to safety or fuel economy over what I get with my $15 tire pressure gauge.

Well, I will have to disagree that it doesn’t provide safety benefits. My EEZ TPMS saved me from a potential very bad situation. Driving up a mountain pass, my TPMS alerted me that one of the tires on my toad dropped pressure quickly. I pulled off the side to discover a flat on one of the front tires. Had I kept going any number of things could have happened including a fire from toad jumping to DP engine. I wouldn’t drive without one.

 

[FL-JOE]

The federal government mandated tire pressure sensors with new vehicles produced after 2005 and it was to reduce excess fuel consumption from underinflated tires and for no other reason. ABS, seat belts, safety glass, and engine governors were designed to make vehicles safer but not tire pressure monitoring systems.

My vehicles tire pressures increase with ambient temperaturs and with exposure to sunlight and from the flexing of the tires while driving and so it really does not matter at all if the tire is at 65P PSI or 75 PSI. If there is a severe leak it is obvious and all I need is a $15 tire pressure gauge to determine how fast the leak is draining air out of a tire. Regardless, the course of action is to go to a tire shop and have them remove the tire and fix the problem.

I have tire pressure monitoring that was installed by the factory on our three vehicles and it contributes nothing to driving safety. I don't have one on our Class C motorhome and never will have one as it provides no benefits to safety or fuel economy over what I get with my $15 tire pressure gauge.

I doubt you understand what a TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) is. You are confusing it with the OEM system that most of our non-RV vehicles have on them where you will get that lame tire symbol on the dash when one of your tires are low.

For years commercial truck-tractor-trailers have been using TPMS's with external sensors so that they know when they blow a tire or one of their tires simply goes flat. Obviously it is a great piece of safety equipment to have on larger RVs for that exact same reason. If one of my 6 tires on my fiver start rapidly dropping pressure while I am going through Nashville at 70mph I would prefer to know it right away with an alarm going off on my TPMS. Without the system I would simply notice pieces of my blown tires tearing up the side of my fiver and possibly hitting other vehicles.

Calsun, if you are actually doing any serious traveling in an RV, or if you even own an RV, you should consider getting a TPMS because it is actually the #1 piece of safety equipment IMHO.

 

[FL-JOE]

Well, I will have to disagree that it doesn’t provide safety benefits. My EEZ TPMS saved me from a potential very bad situation. Driving up a mountain pass, my TPMS alerted me that one of the tires on my toad dropped pressure quickly. I pulled off the side to discover a flat on one of the front tires. Had I kept going any number of things could have happened including a fire from toad jumping to DP engine. I wouldn’t drive without one.

I also have benefited over the years from having my system. The first time an alert sounded for one of my trailer tires just as we approached a rest area. It was a valve stem failure so I had a good safe secure place to change the tire out. The second time was on a U.S. highway in Alabama and the timing was perfect because if I wouldn't have gotten the alert when I did then I would have been past the area with large shoulders and center cross-overs, again providing me with a good place to safely address the issue. Both of these situations also prevent me from continuing on flat tires and having them come apart and tearing up my equipment.

 

[Chuggs]

Well, I will have to disagree that it doesn’t provide safety benefits. My EEZ TPMS saved me from a potential very bad situation. Driving up a mountain pass, my TPMS alerted me that one of the tires on my toad dropped pressure quickly. I pulled off the side to discover a flat on one of the front tires. Had I kept going any number of things could have happened including a fire from toad jumping to DP engine. I wouldn’t drive without one.

Renee,

I’m about to order a new EEZ Tire setup to replace our old TST. Did you go with the flow thru sensors or the regular cap type? I wonder which to go with.

All the best,

Charlie & Ronni

 

[Neal]

Hopefully @ARD will answer you but I'll share my opinion as I have flow thru's - I will never use flow thru's again. Too much weight on valve stem and I can spin off a pressure sensor just as easy as a valve cap.

 

[Chuggs]

Thanks Neal! Good to know.