Funny, I just set up out TST TPMS today, installing the valves and all. Install ands set-up was pretty easy. It also came with a repeater and I was interested in where you mounted yours. I was thinking just inside the front compartment double sticky tape on the inside. So far the signal seems strong but that's just walking away from the trailer. We will see once we drive with it. I think it will be a nice peace of mind knowing if a tire is going down I might have a shot at getting over before it unravels.

Yeah, it's also good for keeping tabs on the wheel bearing and brakes. If a bearing overheats or a brake is dragging the temp will rise on the bad wheel letting you check into it before it becomes a major problem. I've seen photos of fail bearings that did a lot of damage, ruining the axle spindle or starting a tire fire.
I remember one time I was coming down a fairly steep hill and a traffic light changed on me and I made a split decision to hit the brakes hard. A few miles later off went the alert. I had it set fairly low, about 100F.

In this video, I demo 3 RV gadgets from a company called Minder Research. Recently I was sent out for review a TireMinder i10 TPMS and also reviewed these other 3 accessories.



TireMinder Pressure Gauge - https://www.loveyourrv.com/TireMinderGauge

TireMinder IR Temp Gun - https://www.minderresearch.com/tireminder/tireminder-infrared-tire-gauge-tmg-aaa-ir/

TempMinder Fridge Thermometer - https://www.minderresearch.com/tempminder/tempminder-fridge-and-freezer-thermometer-mri-284kh/

Recent TireMinder i10 TPMS Review - https://www.loveyourrv.com/tireminder-i10-rv-tire-pressure-monitor-system-review/

Hi Ray,
I have an older (~2016) model of the Tire Minder and the perception is that the unit has worked well for ~6000+ miles. The set up is for 10 tires, dually truck and 4 on trailer. However while traveling I-80 through Nebraska last fall the Ford factory TPMS alert went off for my inter dual on driver side and I could audibly hear air leaking. The Tire Minder had no indication of the a leak. I pulled off on to the shoulder and found that the valve stem was broken off and the TPMS sensor was gone. Tire Minder still says pressure and temp on that tire are fine. Limped into a repair shop and got things fixed. While there looking at the trailer tires I noticed that one of the sensors for a trailer tire was also lost at some point along the route. Tire Minder gave no indication of that tire no longer communicating data.

What I have learned is that receiver does not talk to the pressure sensors, it can only listen and displays whatever the last reading was, even when you press the button to update, you do not get a signal from the receiver to the pressure senors for an update, it just forces a display update of whatever was last sent.

If a value stem fails, or a tire fails after a sensor detaches, Tire Minder will never known it. I don't think I'll spend the money on another TPMS until they have an active unit that can ping the sensor and know it is present rather then these passive units that display the last reading, even if it was days or weeks ago. Turn on the receiver unit with no sensors turned on and the receiver will show pressure and temp for all tires and no indication a of problem. The one tire failure I did have was never caught by the system, and I was unknowingly open to a tire failure that it couldn't detect.

Interesting, I'm pretty sure my EEZRV has an alert, will have to double check, this is from it's manual.



I'll have to do a test with the TireMinder i10 model. maybe they have addressed that deficiency.

I'll be interested in what you find out. I suspect they set things up this way to save battery on the sensors as they aren't having to constantly update with an "I'm alive" kind of signal.

Maybe they wake up on motion, that way when not moving they can go to sleep and not be transmitting to save battery life. I'll test both units tomorrow.

I tried with both systems to pull the battery out of the sensor to simulated loss of signal. They both kept reporting the last values, no alarm
The TireMinder even on a display on/off cycles kept the same PSI and Temp values.
The EEZTire with display power down and back on didn't alarm but showed a blank tire, no values.

Thanks for verfing what I've notice. So there still is some catastrophic failures many TPMSs won't catch, nor a real time warning of a lost sensor. Keep up the good work!