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With all the tire problems I have had this year, I have been horribly nervous about driving. Even after six years and 119,000 miles, I cringe at every change in road surface vibration, certain I am about to blow another tire. I also am worried about never knowing if one is low and dangerous. Instead of enjoying traveling, I am really getting to the point of not wanting to go anywhere, even short drives, because I worry so much.

So, as much as I hate to spend the money, I think I need to get a tire pressure monitor system. Any recommendations from anyone as to the best, but not too expensive?? (Are those mutually exclusive characteristics??)

And where to go to get the sensors installed?? What should it cost?

I will probably just stick the monitor somewhere on the driver's seat since my GPS takes up a lot of dash space.

There are two approaches.

First I'll call old school which just makes it easier to see you pressures when you do your walk arounds. These have been used on trucks for 20 years. Around $150 plus installation. https://www.linkmfg.com/products/cats-eye/

The other is more high tech and required batteries and gives you live feed back. Prices vary widely https://weekendrvadventures.com/best-rv-tpms/

Good luck

Thank you Melissa for sharing your expertise once again. I will admit that over the past ten years I have purchased two different systems. Both were high quality and front runners for their time. My frustration is that both systems (whether through operator error, bad batteries or ?) have within a short period of time developed difficulties in one of two on the monitors. In one case one of the rear tires would read way too high. I know that I really should figure these things out and get this system fixed or once again purchase a quality system and use it and have some one more experienced set it up for me.

Thanks, Melissa. I think I'll go new school so I can monitor it more often while I drive. My problem is that I start imagining things when the surface of the road changes. Pulling over to visually look at the monitors might be difficult.

One question, though, does the $150 mean per set of duallies? Or total? ANd I assume there is a version for single front tires.

Check out TST I have been reading good things about this. Just doesnt have removeable battery. Has a color monitor tho. I am looking at this one. Has a 2 yr warranty

https://www.technorv.com/tst-cap-system ... 2-sensors/

TireMinder I have this one. I can change my own batteries. I lose my signal frequently even with the booster. Flimsy antenna, hard to see. They will send 6 new batteries tho frequently when you ask for just $5.00 shipping. Uses those little round flat batteries so available anywhere.

https://www.amazon.com/TireMinder-Press ... minder+a1a

I love getting into my rig and turning this on and checking my air in the tires. Or like you feeling some change somewhere on the road and like to see if all tires are good. Has an audible alarm for low pressure, or high temperature.

JudyJB wrote:Thanks, Melissa. I think I'll go new school so I can monitor it more often while I drive. My problem is that I start imagining things when the surface of the road changes. Pulling over to visually look at the monitors might be difficult.

One question, though, does the $150 mean per set of duallies? Or total? ANd I assume there is a version for single front tires.

The $150 is per axle so a set of 2.
When I drove truck we were taught to walk around our vehicles and do a visual inspection every time we stopped. Duals were harder because they could hide a flat since the other one would support the load to a point. Steer or single tires you could visually see when they were getting low. We also inspected tire wear patterns to spot problems.

Something else you might check is to weigh your RV and make sure you are within all your axle weights. If you are having a problem with one position of tire. You might be over weight in that area. They can do weights by axle and by tire. By tire they need portables or put a set of tires off the scale. Check and make sure your tires are rated for the load they are carrying.

Good luck.