ARB TPMS. One of the WORST products I've ever reviewed.
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2018
- What a let-down! Normally, the ARB name promises quality, but here is a product that lets the name down.
This is the review of the ARB Tire Pressure Monitoring System (external type). Suitable for 4x4, 4WD vehicles, monitoring tyre pressures, but no temperature. This is my review shot over seven weeks trying to get it to work. Even after I had the first one replaced, I never got it to work as I expected it to.
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Andrew, at 10:15 you rotated the cigarette lighter part of the system the incorrect way, could this be the reason for the failure. Likewise at 7:30 the unit was not orientated correctly
There were a couple of time when it was filmed when upside down. It was difficult to see this detail in the viewfinder. Most of the time it was correct way up. Even so, this can't affect it.
OMG iv been watching your videos for years and i didn't even subscribe
What am im i doing
BFG, KM3 Tires.
Glen Morris I agree and to make sure I went out to my vehicle and tried all 3 sockets and it didn’t matter what position or orientation I inserted it.
The device worked no matter what.
Not boring at all. I just love that your brutally honest andrew. Awesome stuff mate absolutely hilarious watching your frustration when you were sitting in the car. “Why are you doing this!!??” Good on you andrew!
Couldn't agree more Pete, not at all boring. If Andrew says a product is good then it is, if he says it's bad you can bet your life it's bad. I too love that Andrew is brutally honest and up front.... no fucking around, what you see is what you get. I'm surprised that ARB have decided to put their name on a product that obviously doesn't work. If ARB sees this video, in my opinion, they need to contact Andrew to put this right.
So honest I love it Andrew. I wish everyone could be like this when they review products. Can't wait for more videos.
It is the dishonesty of the modern world that is so frustrating. ARB appear to have gone the same way as so many trusted names.
I choose Stanley as an example. The once benchmark for tools are now trading on the name, selling absolute rubbish from China a playing on the brand loyalty card. Everything I have bought in the last ten years that is badged Stanley has been way below par.
Bosch is another one.
ARB seems the same.
They get taken over by accountants and board members who no nothing about the product but know how to increase profits to fuel their huge bonuses. When the name has lost so much respect that the company goes bust, these men will have moved on to the next victim or will have retired to their multi million dollar yacht.
I am having a rant but I think it is important, all the good people are being conned.
These giant companies are buying up all the brands and sucking the life out of them.
Rants are good :-)
Harvey Smith mate having worked in corporate for long saying that you have nailed it is an understatement.
Worst (best) example; Mercedes Benz - if ever there was a company trading on a previously well deserved good name, it is these bastards.
Thank you for the kind words.
Stanley is now part of the Black and Decker group. That in itself should tell you all you need to know.
I had a set of the same ARB TPMS and removed them after a few weeks of problem after problem. In general, I agree Andrew with your overall assessment.
Dont waste money in buying some of the ARB junk they seem to be getting in these days.
Just as soon as you giving the product a zero, it beeps on you. That's too funny.
It wasn't keen on his review. As much as I agree with his review. Perhaps the product was just agreeing?
Warning. Under inflated review detected XD
karma.
13:01 Lol.
It was like Dennis Nedry's computer on Jurassic Park going, "Nah-ah-ah, nah-ah-ah"!
Exactly the reason why I think you are bloody fantastic. 100% genuine and telling it like it is .... very hard to find these days either on TV or CZcams. I find your adventures and the way you present your thoughts and experiences extraordinarily enjoyable and entertaining. Well done indeed, keep it up.
Your honesty is always fantastic. Please keep it up!
Nice honest review. Thanks for sharing.
Australian 4x4 Adventures great review mate, saves me buying rubbish. You expect ARB products to be great. Period.
That would have been frustrating and thanks for the honest review.
I very much enjoyed watching your descent into abject frustration
I'm glad I saw this review. I was just about to get a set of these two. Thanks!
I’ve got one of these but the internal sensor type, had it for 2 years, works fine. Like you, I found the instructions totally confusing with unexplained beeping occurring often for no logical reason. But as mine are the internal type, I was unable to rip them off my tyres in a fit of rage and smash them into itty bitty tiny little pieces ... which was lucky for me, as one day I managed to totally fluke my way around the set up menu and got it to work properly. Now I have no issues with the product but someone at ARB needs to get their arse kicked for signing off on those instructions supplied with the unit because they are SHIT! .....(I had to put that in uppercase- I feel sooo much better now) 👍🏻
Its a real honest account from someone who does this work almost daily. Thanks Andrew.
Nice job Andrew. I completely understand your frustration. Someone has to be held accountable for these over priced faulty products. I recently went through the painful process of using there digital inflator. I went through 3 of them before asking for my money back. I was a shame because it should have been a great product.
Keep up the good work mate. 👍🏻🤙🏻
Andrew, first and foremost....not boring. Highly entertaining. I laughed so much, thinking you were going to punch it at one stage. I know I would have. Love your honesty and they bloody well need to hear it. One things for sure....their pricing is premium and based on a bull bar of theirs I've seen recently, with daggy welds, weld spatter and poorly secured lights......some construction feedback is required.
Look forward to the next video after ARB has contacted you in an attempt to prove it works, or they pull the product from their shelves - whichever comes first. I’m glad you did this product/topic review as I was considering buying the same.
Wow! That is horrible. I hope ARB listens. There is nowhere to hide in the internet age.
I’ve been in the off road industry since the early 70’s and have used several ARB products that are excellent. In recent years they have gotten into a lot of what I call copy cat products and for the most part they were junk. We’ve tried these on 2 customers and took them off due to malfunction. I run a different brand on my motor home and they work great. The other problem I’ve run into on off road vehicles is unless your valve stem is inside the wheel there is a high probability of ripping the sensors off on rocks etc. First time I’ve seen your channel good material new subscriber.
Hi Super Sami. Welcome!
Not the only thing that lets ARB down. Spent 5 weeks at Cape York and their Frontier fuel tank failed, the digital pump up gauge failed and their dirt gear bag failed. The only 3 things I had go wrong in 5 weeks of off-roading. Don't even get me started on their workshop performance here in Hobart...
Like so many companies they are coasting on their past reputation.
I agree. I wasn’t happy with there workshop or there arrogant couldn’t be f#&ked serving you, so I will make out I am busy with a serious face looking at porn on the computer attitude. I am not one to make a complaint, I just go elsewhere now. Heaps cheaper sourcing the product yourself and finding a good independent contractor to do the work
So glad I saw this. I only have one ARB product and that is their Air Compressor. It seems to work ok. I was planning on grabbing one of their recovery kits and now I have having second thoughts about their product line and quality control. I run with a large group of Tacoma guys who use their products religiously. I'm going to share this as a warning. If ARB held their standards high, they would immediately pull this product from the market and investigate the issue. I hope they are reading this article... I am currently using Denso internal TPMS sensors with a Kenwood head unit that displays the tire pressure and temps. It's flawless!
Nice honest review.
I have the same system and it works perfectly, plugged it in, set the pressure that I wanted it to notify me at, and have not had any issues in close to 10k of driving with it so far.
Taken it off and put it back on a few times and it picks up where it left off, all the pressures are correct on the display compared to when I check them too
Thanks for the review Andrew - I want to see the bloopers version of this video :)
It's funny, how technology can make things easier for us, but half of the time it actually makes it much more complicated. This product is a great example. Great review.
Never seen Andrew as frustrated as this, even when he needed a recovery from MUD's he was not this angry!
Thanks Andrew for the honesty
Great info...! Thanks for your work in making these videos.
I wonder how ARB responded to this review. It’s been 2 years since this vid was published. Have they improved this product?
Thank you for an honest review. It’s refreshing that there are still a few non-shill people out there.
Keep up the amazing work. Your channel is one of my favorites.
Thumbs up for the effort!
i do appreciate the effort and the honesty.
Thanks Andrew, I think you gave the product a fair & honest appraisal based on two attempts with the same result. Quite uncanny timing because I was considering buying the exact same item for my Suzuki Jimny, so thanks Mate you just saved me the trip, the purchase & the disappointment.
Did you take the second set back for a refund or just put it down to bad experience ???
Kind Regards, Steve.
Andrew, after watching this I will stick to just keeping and eye on my tyre pressures, you can usually feel through how the vehicle handles if a tyre is under pressure, keep safe
I bought a no name TPMS system off eBay for about $100 and fitted it to my patrol. I had one sensor that was an issue but after a quick clean, it was fine. It was far less complicated than this and it allowed me to easily set a high and low pressure for on road, and as well for off road, and it worked so bloody well I was amazed! From memory I also had a sensor on my spare as well.
"I'm going to, for the very first time in my life, give it a score of ZERO" Oh man, that was just perfect unintentional comedic timing. hahaha
Hi andrew from istanbul
i see in your eyes when you heard this bip bip noise you said f... 😃
Take it easy ! life is difficult and this never happens in german or japan products .
Many thanks for nice videos that you take me these remote places I am not able to see in my life with my budget.
Happy to see you drove my suv once forester 2003-2005
Best,
Oz
Excellent review because unlike so many others on YT, you're honest about the product. Just wondering if there is a system you'd recommend & do you know of one that is made for a dually (6 tires for those who may not know what I mean)?
Good for you on giving you down and out honest thoughts about that product.
Thankyou for an honest review. I feel your frustration brother.
Great episode sir. I really enjoyed this.
Mate what a great video! I used to work for ARB head office in Kilsyth, Melbourne as an accessory fitter. And as you said some ARB products are great, but not all! The ARB name must be paid for when buying their products whether they're good or not. I know which ones to buy and which ones not to buy. This is definitely one i WON'T buy. Some of their products are no better than other brands and way overpriced because of the ARB name. Keep up the great videos mate, love it! And i couldn't help but laugh my guts out when it started beeping at you once you gave it a zero score!!! Too funny!
Thanks for your review as i was thinking about getting a external tyre monitoring system for the safety reason mostly , if i had a slow deflation at 100 km + speeds as not to destroy a tyre or crash because of it . Having a 4WD where you have to lower tyre pressures for off-road and having to take off those caps every time with the tools would be time consuming and very annoying to say the least . Thank you for your honest review :-)
Hi Stephen
I installed these about 12 months ago and found they work well when the alarm went off as I drove home from work. Slow leak caused by a nail. The alarm gave me time to drive back to work and change the tyre safely.
If I was going Bush, I'd take them all off because they are a bit fiddly.
For highway driving, I'm now a firm believer.
Brilliant review and really feel sorry for the frustration you had with it. thank you for doing this review as certainly going to save lot of people the same trouble. This product could even be a safety hazard in it's self, being so random the driver might start getting annoyed with it while driving resulting in possible accident.
Or the classic "crying wolf to many times" one not trust it , for the one time it was actually correct and tyre was loosing air resulting in an actual blow out or worse.
I would love to see the reaction of a ARB store manager or someone who's not used to using their products actually try set it up, even from few different branches. Maybe it will bring awareness of the standard of the product really to their attention.
I wouldn't have been able to help myself.
I'd have ask the ARB Store Rep to show me how it works!
Now.... Did you get your money back Andrew?
Andrew, I understand your frustration 100%...I used to import a TPMS from the USA over 10 years back into South Africa and it was a fantastic system. My personal system's batteries lasted about that long but turned out it was more expensive to have the batteries replaced ( as it was a sealed sensor) than to buy a new local one....The one I purchased is terrible and all the suppliers say is that the batteries are low... 3 weeks maximum! what I have found though that might be your issue is that the Schreader valve might be set too deep within the actual valve housing (if thats what its called) and when you screw the pressure monitor on to the valve the sensor does not connect sufficiently enough with the Schraeder valve and therefore cannot read a constant pressure. This will give you a incorrect and inconsistent pressure reading.
I however give you full marks for actually really trying to understand the user manual.... I would have returned it within a day...or thrown it out the window!
this is some alibaba shit that costs $5 arb put their shitty logo on it and sell it for $500 probably..
Edit: I said $500 as a joke, but I just googled it and it's $527 hahahaha.... never buy ARB
Alibaba shit? ARB's logo is also shitty? We should avoid all ARB products based upon your eloquent comment?
G Henrickson
Yes, that’s what he is saying.
ARB and TJM are both crap
That is crazy!!! For that price there's no way it should cost even 250
Should have put a sensor under each tire and driven over them then see what display says !
Good to know, nice review. You can give Tireguard Jet-400 a try, bought it in RSA 2 years ago and never let down by it. Thanks for sharing.
I can figure it out! (7:30)
its upside down. 40,43 50,54.
Glad I saw this video. I’m new to 4 wheeling (I’m actually getting my patrol next week) and I’m pretty sure I would have bought this to try.
Glad you put this up mate I was going to buy one this week. Definitely won’t be getting one now. Thanks mate
Do you want mine? Free of charge!
4xoverland appreciate the offer mate but think I will leave it for now as I can see they would be a pain as you said in the video for airing up and down
This honesty is why I watch your channel Andrew. Glad I wasn't in the car.
The beeping alone would send that unit out the window. You have a lot of patience. But I love a review that is honest. Good for you.
Thanks for the honest review. I like the idea of an add-on TPMS system for my rig, are there any that get your seal of approval?
I got a chinese tyre sensor kit, and these systems do actually work, we punctured a tyre on the tanami track and was able to keep it in one piece because of the low pressure alarm.
Andrew I loved your review on this. My Comments are as follows.
This thing is trying too hard to make it too simple, they are following the Apple Method of only wanting a single button, ive seen a couple of other units reviewed by a couple other youtube channels, and they have gone too simple for people who want more customizing.
1. Why did they make is small enough mount directly over the 12v? anyone i know is going to want it in different places, or will have more than one, then its on all the time and the battery dies
2. why did they only put one button? a set, up and down + a Reset alarm button would not have been that much more, especially for the price of the product.
3. Im a failure on this as well, I assume people understand industry jargon, and thats and issue, when you said "threshold" I instantly knew, and I knew what it was asking for, but that comes from me working in the industry. documentation needs to be easier.
Could just about feel your frustration through the screen!
Looks like a rebadged Steelmate. I use their TMPS with external sensors on my 2 4WDs, Both work brilliantly, you can watch the build as you drive on the freeway.
Temp sensors on any external TMPS will be near useless. The temp displayed will be closer to ambient than that of the critical intersection between the tread and the tyre carcass.
Either you have received two faulty units, or it's simply user error. I have no issues adjusting the pressure thresholds, units or temp warning on the tmps at all, I found the whole process very intuitive.
The great thing about the external Steelmate/ARB sensors is they work down at low pressure, like 10psi unlike many of the competition.
Excellent review, very real time .
Anything but boring. I am glad that I am not the only one who gets so stressed a when trying to figure out instructions. You make a very good point about using 'Joe public' to write instructions, thereby making them easy to understand.
Sorry Andrew, I found that very entertaining to watch your frustration. My daughter's Jeep has internal TPMS and the readout often differs for all 4 tyres even after I've meticulously checked the pressures myself. Also, it never warned her when she got a slow puncture.
Tyre Pal from the UK is what I use and it has never let me down. Simple to use, display is so straightforward and can also take upto 24 sensors (for trucks). I use with my camping trailer.
Oh god. I think I will stick too just kicking the tyre and using my battery digital inflator if I need it haha.
Good video as always :)
Why not ask the arb shop for assistance and demo how to use it? If they found it faulty, probably the product can be improved or recalled
I thought about that. And you make a valid point. But if a customer needs help with a product that should be so simple, then its a bad product. The competitor's product didn't need a salesperson to fit and set it up.
4xoverland agree with your point also. The product and instructions should be simple enough for customers off the shelf.
Understood. Nevertheless, please do it. Do not leave their parking area. Demand from them to demo until they find a correct package from their stock. Airdown and up after installation to check functionality. This to be done with you filming and their representitive withnessing or even better participating. Better, do not do the job, let them do the job, since you have a complaint, you just eye withness the process and the results.
What about people buying them off the internet. If it comes in the mail and I can't figure it out then what
Good point, that would be my case. But, since one of us, any of us, is physically at the right place (meaning the shop), why not to place some pressure to them and report the outcome to the rest of us?
It's interesting to see how you have grown. I subscribed when you had less than 20k
And I remember your name too.
Sharp memory
Don't hold back, tell us how you REALLY feel 😁. Thanks for the honest review mate.
How did you last that long? Hats off for putting in the effort to try figuring it out.. I would have dumped it within the first hour of frustrations...
There are tyre pressure sensors on our new Holden Trailblazer LTZ , they work fine for road pressures but I’m not sure if you can reset them for off road. I’ve only had it for 1200kms. I’ll have to read the owners Manuel / book of warnings soon. Is there a handy pump topping up tyre pressures on trips and at home?
I hope you went back into ARB. I think highly of ARB, they have fitted out our whole truck for us overlanding thru Australia. We decided against a tyre monitoring system..we use our hands.
Cheers Ro
Traveller's Nest nz
Whats your opinion on the jeep wrangler JK 2 door? I don't know if you've reviewed it but I'm curious.
A bit surprised that ARB would put out such a faulty product. But no one's perfect. I appreciate the honest review. I will definitely not be buying these.
Did you speak to ARB after the second test and if so what did they say?
So funny, I earned a minor in computer science. They made me take a technical writing class and the whole time I was thinking about how much B.S. it was that anyone would train someone to write instructions that way. Leave it to intellectuals to make something overly confusing.
I'm so sorry, I didn't understand a word you wrote.
That's what I get... an extra 4 years in classrooms doing useless busy work and I can't write a sentence that's understandable. Well... at least I had loans to pay off, that taught me how to be an adult...
please excuse my British satire.
Oh I got it, please excuse my American sarcasm.
excused
I think you saved people wasting time and money on this product!!
Cheers for the review mate.
Here in Finland you can now legally get rid of even the factory tire pressure monitoring system. When they are brand new they work.Then the batteries of the senders inside the tires run low(it is sometimes a bit cold here and batteries do not like that) or ABS-actuated systems start to act up. They are now officially found to be excess weight and a driver distraction. My H3:s system has started to act up intermittently, so i will just try to get rid of it with the Tech 2. There are way too many useless gizmos in cars and trucks today.
I really like your videos, but I just was not prepared to hear about those Mitsu fanboys.They seem to be even more girly than teslaboys. How can a 4x4 guy be that sissy to try to "kill the messenger"?Keep up the honest work.
Hi Andrew, can you recommend a good internal system?
Gadget rage was setting in Andrew.......I find it extremely satisfying to hurl such frustrating kit far into the nearest scrub. Its amazing how far things can travel if you are angry enough. A good travel friend of mine always impresses me with the distance he can achieve when hurling his motorcycle gps whilst still seated. Beeps are very annoying.
I bought the Tyredog TD1300A-X TPMS from an Australian supplier through ebay 3 years ago and put them on my Landcruiser Troopy (75 series). It comes with 5 sensors, which means I can monitor my spare too. Been through all sorts of terrain, camping and fishing, crossed moderately deep (knee deep) creeks, beach driving, salt water immersion, thick gloopy mud in the Dwellingup/Collie area of WA, the Gibb, across to Alice Springs via SA. Never had an issue. It's a doddle to set High and Low pressure alerts and temps (even for the spare). Main unit takes batteries, OR cigarette lighter powered cable. The sensors use CR1632 batteries, and they seem to last close to 2 years before you get a low batt warning on the display. Each sensor has it's own separate low batt and loss of signal icon on the main unit, which is also backlit in a white light.
If you have the main unit on battery power, you can take it out of its cradle and take it with you if and when you need to fiddle with the sensors. I once took it off the cradle outside with me while I aired down to head onto the beach off the Lancelin 4WD area and used it as a means to get pressure readings (only because I forgot to pack the tire pressure gauge in the fourby).
The Tyredog TPMS might be suitable for your use Andrew. It works perfectly well with my Troopy without any signal problems, false readings and compared to the difficulty you apparently had with the ARB product, a piece of cake to use.
This video reminds me of trying to explain to my Gran how to use the DVD remote.
You need a teenager to read the instruction and set it up for you :)
I had an ARB air locker fitted to my Discovery some years ago. Every time I used it, it filled the front inner guard (where the compressor was mounted) with oil. The unit was purchased and fitted by ARB head office in Melbourne. When I rang the company ( already knowing this leaking oil problem) they said there were no problems with the locker and to just fit a catch can to the unit to catch all the diff oil.
I have heard and witnessed the rusting bull bars that have been fitted to new vehicles, so in my opinion I would not outlay my hard earned for an ARB product. I must say that some years ago they did make the best bull bars, but not sure now.
I feel your frustration. The main problem I found with many was I wanted different thresholds for on-road driving and off-road driving. e.g. I want an alarm at 25 psi if I am on road but not if I have lowered pressures for sand driving. Many units you had to program the whole thing all over again to do this which is very frustrating as you have observed. I wanted a unit that could also include my trailer and spares which the ARB one does not do. I eventually found a unit which did everything I wanted really well ( still a lot of mucking around to get it calibrated) but the supposedly 12 month battery life of the sensors ended up being more like one month and I got sick of constantly changing batteries because as a battery goes flat it beeps every minute which drives you nuts on a long trip. Other than the battery life it worked perfectly. The slow leak function worked well (every time you let out air for off road) and the tempreture monitoring was good also.
1. My car doesn’t have a cigarette lighter. 2. Can’t wait for ARB’s comeback on this. I am actually looking for something like this. I had a problem 2 months ago in Botswana on my way to Lekhubu Island. Luckily I had to stop at the vet fence and saw the tyre was getting flat. I am going to Bots in 2 weeks again. This time with 2 spares and I want to get a TPMS as well. Any ideas what I can get? That is available in SA? Love the honesty. I actually think you stayed quite composed. I would have lost it....completely.
So the big question is whether the ARB backlash will be worse than the Pajero backlash :-)
Great honest review. It’s a shame ARB has put there name on something so crap. I’m from Albury and the guys at ARB are awesome. Always will replace anything no questions ask. I’m still big fan, they do great work...
mr. Andrew, thank you for the review!! I almost bought the ARB LYNC - a very similar concerns stopped me... LYNC also looks like a very cheap no-name system with cheap android phone as a head unit that is simply branded ARB... Will not go for it now)))
will go for sPod :) btw TPMS comes standard on JEEP WRANGLER and works like a charm )))
Andrew - i can feel the Pain you had with this product. Nevertheless - i fitted internal sensors during the tyre swap. It was any cheap(ish) chinese product - it would let me set alarms for high and low pressure as well as high temperature alarm and surprisingly worked very well and reliable. Worth to mention these alarms could be set for each of the 4 tyres separately. The unit had optional a 5th tyre for the spare wheel - but unfortunately - the 5th sensor was not included. ! I might can find the the product if i search for a bit.
Lol... worse than useless... thanks for the honest review Andrew.
Will you be doing a review of the BP51 shock absorbers now that you have trekked across the country and had a chance to see how they fared? Just interested to see what your views are as I have had some mates install them on their trucks here in Fiji and they have had similar issues not long after running them. Thanks and looking forward to more videos. Greetings from F1J1.
I grabbed some and the sales rep said "put it back, don't bother. Saved a few bucks that day.
5.58. "Just Do It Please" Classic. Brilliant. By that time I would have put the whole kit under my rear wheel just to see how much "pressure" it took to bust it.
So who makes a good internal aftermarket tpms then? Being similar, I fear the arb internal system isn't any better
Not boring, thank you for the feedback 👍
Andrew, thanks for the review. I too have an external monitor system. It is a "Safety Dave" product and can monitor up to 22 tyres. It does have the ability to show temperature, but due to the position of the sensor (on the end of the valve stem), it is useless at monitoring the tyre temp.....it is good at measuring ambient temp!!! However, I don't see that as a problem. Let's face it, the reason the temp goes up is due to pressure REDUCING making the sidewalls flex and thus creating tyre temp that will kill the tyre. So, as long as it is measuring PRESSURE accurately (and reporting same), I don't think the temp part is important at all. Also, I don't think mine has an over-pressure setting.....why would it need it? A tyre cannot INFLATE itself (unless it has a in-built inflation/deflation system like a Humvee).....so if you start the day with 45psi it won't go wildly ABOVE that figure, other than normal increases from driving; say 4 to 6psi increase.
Even if it worked as it was designed to, the fact that you need to take them off to adjust tyre pressures is a deal breaker for me. You need to be able to easily and quickly adjust tyre pressures to suit the conditions and therefore avoid problems. Better to spend the extra $$ and get the internal TPMS - as you said, “worse than useless”
I think as with many manufacturers ARB started with good quality and made a name built on that quality... Making bull bars and protection kit for 4x4's. Then they become this big global company and it gets down to bean counters who decide what products to badge etc... Anything to sell and make dollars... Its a shame but it happens...
I have also not had much luck with TPMS systems that fit externally... I have a system that I used once until the charge in the display unit was finished... I forgot to remove the sensors and in the end after a few months found that they in fact casued my tyre valves to get over flexed and damaged... All in all a waste of time and money...
Hopefully you can find a product that does actually work, review it and let us know...
Thanx for your video's they are always interesting to watch...
Not boring. I enjoy a truth review. lets hope that ARB come to the party and dont whinge but step up and get this sorted.
beep beep beep beep. I think I would have taken that unit and tossed in the back of the truck. Very frustrating. Well we know which one not to buy. Thanks for the review.
I was half hoping to see him chuck it out the window and drive over it...
Good video, I've had a couple of sets of cheap external monitors but it looks like the 'good' ones are crap as well. Will get an internal set next time. 👍
I have read through the instruction manuals on multiple Chinese-branded aftermarket TPMS kits and they all require you to program the max and min allowed pressure for either all 4 tires, or for the front vs. the rear tires. ARB's manual is apparently calling these the "thresholds". You need to set your max and min desired thresholds before operating the system, otherwise you risk having the system set off alarms because you find yourself operating outside of the factory-preset thresholds. You apparently were operating right around the bottom threshold, and with these things not being super precise as far as decimal points of a psi, then you were tripping alarms.
For offroading, you might find it useful to just turn the audible alarm off (if your TPMS unit allows such) when airing down for the bush. The monitor should still give you a visual readout of your pressures. You just need to remember to turn the audio back on when you air back up for the road for the drive home.
He hated Pajero the beeping wagon.
I have no tolerance for stuff that doesn't work properly, 10 min of that and they'd be off the truck and back for a full refund.....nothing more frustrating than paying hard earned cash for utter rubbish, great review Andrew.
I have a similar set made by Carchet, bought from Amazon, that work very well. They seem to be surviving the Dubai heat and are working fine still a year after purchase.
I Almost spit out my coffee when you gave it a zero and it complained LOL!