Things we wish we knew before buying the iCheck TPMS 

I have just read the comments and am amazed that people feel this system is expensive. Not only will it pay for itself through not destroying tyres it could very well save your life. Also it costs less than a couple of tanks of fuel.

Hi Paul, Love the channel and down to earth explanations and your combined experiences . I installed the signal booster as you described and it works perfectly. I bought a cigarette lighter connector with the two bare wires from repco and ran it from the central passenger seat area in the LC300 .The booster is positioned high up on the drivers side at the boot door. No issues with its performance and it hasn't dropped out . If I hadn't watched your video I wouldn't have known to get the booster ! Safe travels

I purchased our Icheck 8 senor system late May. Ellected 8 as could see zero sence in monitoring spare wheels. Was very aware from the Webb site I may have needed a booster, but elected to trial first and see if reqired. Installed our icheck system this June, a tad fiddler as I had to reallocate sensors locations to suit all eight sensors being on road of tandem axle opposed to single axle and spares as programmed when purchased. I was fortunate, all 8 of my sensors frequencies transmitted back to my monitor, so no booster required in our situation, obviously not always required. Im extremely happy to report that on our very first trip away it has saved us a caravan tyre, as the front wheel/tyre obviously flicked up a screw and the rear tyre ingested it. I was amazed, as we have towed our van since 2004 with just one prior punture years ago but as soon as I fit Icheck we get a punture, Murphy's Law I guess coming into play. For the record I never utilised the lock nuts, but certainly do run dust covers. I got around off road pressures by programming 15 psi low allowing me to opt down to 25-28 for gravel and down to 15 psi for sand. Once below 15 it will alarm alerting you prior to distroying a tyre off road. Totally impressed by the system, especially as it saved a tyre already. Totally recommend them.

Love your videos and practical advice ....thanks again!

Hi Paul, another informative video, thanks 😊 Hope you & Wenda are well. Safe travels. We're looking forward to the Arnhem Land videos ❤

Very helpful information thanks for sharing. It is great to know what to watch out for 👍

Thank you for the very straight forward feedback. I too have wondered about the limitations for the larger caravans out there. One thing Icheck are brilliant at is listening and upgrading / redesigning their accessories, so hats off to them. BSAFE on your travels.

Thank you for all the information at least now I'll know what to look for! And I like your solution for powering the booster 🤗

Thank you for a very realistic review. Reading the fine print is not my strength and also finding a solution for power to the booster…. Again I found that very helpful.

Hey guys, thanks for sharing this information. A really important topic and one every caravaner should be aware of! Some great tips for others to follow. Take care and looking forward to the next adventure where we’ll be stopping by!🤠

I had a similar system on my motorcycle. It alerted to a front tyre that had a slow leak and I was able to take control of the situation before any damage occurred. I now have tpms on every vehicle. The locknut is a anti-theft item so you could possibly leave them off when desired.

Another Great and informative video 😊👍🏽

Hi Paul, I have the same system as you have. I ordered the extender when I originally bought the system. Our Van is 15ft about 7m draw bar to spare. I didn't need the booster on ours. It has saved us before when an tyre went up in high temperature. You can also set the unit in car only mode, so when not towing it doesn't alarm. Keep up the good videos

good honest review thanks.

Hey guys great presentation easy to understand and obviously as I have dual axle I will need the booster completely agree with that they should come with advice that you may need the booster depending on length of van than you

Been using iCheck monitor for ages now with a single axle caravan. (We also had to purchase the extender which immediate fixed the dropping out problem) We love it and would not be without it.

We dispensed with the lock nuts too, couldn't use them anyway due to the rims being too proud. The missus and friends have just completed the CSR from Vic (at Wiluna today) and no issues with the system, she does check the sensors daily to make sure they're secure, so far so good.

I bought a set of six to include my camper trailer. Being prudent I also bought the booster but found I don't need it. Maybe I will when we upgrade. I find the system gives me peace of mind and I glance at the screen every few minutes when driving. Wouldn't be without it now.

I just did approx 15.000kms around the the centre of Oz, 50/50, dirt/bitumen, had no problems at all with the TPMS, a great product and it did save 2 tyres from being destroyed on rocks and corrugations on a single axle caravan 👍 Wouldnt drive without it now

I also have the same TPMS system for my 4WD and Camper trailer. I have never needed the booster as it works fine. On my very first trip I got a warning on one of the trailer Tyres where it lost pressure rapidly through a faulty valve . I stopped the vehicle before the tyre had fully deflated and put the spare on. The only repair job was a new $2 valve and the tyre was fine. So pretty much paid for itself on first trip out.

Forget about the locking thing if you got to adjust tyre pressures all the time that would be a pain keep it plain and simple leave them off just hope they dont get stolen , and cheers your video was very useful thank you 👍

I bought the iCheck gear on the word of RU-vidrs (obviously got paid to say it's good). I have found the tyre pressure system to be inaccurate to about 3-4 psi cold and worse when hot.The deflators 3-8 psi. I no longer use the deflators and have gone back to my quick deflator and do one tyre at a time. I still use the pressure system for the alarm but take no notice of the pressure they tell me the tyres are at. I have a very good quality electronic tyre pressure gauge and have checked it against others so I know it is correct. I tow a single axle van so have no problems with the sensors on the van. I enjoy your videos as they are no nonsense and informative, keep them coming.

Another excellent video presentation. Thank ypu ... I'm curious to know how you keep your round photos on the caravan walls😊 we are wanting to place grandchildren photos up in our caravan

My wife pestered me to get one for motorhome, i did and fitted it and on the first trip we were going down a steep windy road and it alerted me and gave me time to pull over safely. I feel that without it there was every chance i could have rolled the motorhome, glad i listened. When i saw you open your box and saw the 10 sensors i assumed it would of had the booster, very poor icheck!

We have the same system and installed the booster from new and it works a treat… however on a recent trip to QLD the RHR tyre on the car alarmed due to over pressure / temp and the right hand tyres on the van were running slightly higher the the left… I soon realized that was the exhaust side… RHR tyre close to tail pipe and hotter air on right side of van. Have adjusted to allow for this.

Exactly 💯 %.... if you need the 10 one for a duel axel, it's always or their claimed working distance... let alone the spares as you said. 100% should be included for free in the 10 kit.. the price is insane

Hello both. My wife and I have just started watching your journeys. Great information and experiences. We are both avid off grid caravaners spending most of our weekend journeys (still working) on battery, solar and gas. Love the little Drone excursions as well as I am also looking into this little activity myself. Question regarding your two aerials on the front of the cruiser. Are you operating UHF and VHF and if so, what are the advantages of the VHF compared to UHF.

Hi Paul another great video I have this system found it to be good but the only thing I found to be a little annoying is if on the van you take a sensor off the alarm goes off like it should but if you disconnect the van and drive off nothing no alarm then after a while you notice it flashing nothing bad apart from that it’s good safe travels

I never knew about TPMS, but after getting two separate nail punctures in the same tyre I think I'll need one before doing a trip.

I had a very similar experience with another brand of TPMS (starts with 'O' and they make great uhf radios too). I purchased a 10 sensor kit, with the plan being 4 on the car, 4 on the caravan and 2 on my rear suspension air bag valves. I could never get the all the sensors to work correctly, and I am thinking that part of the issue was the distance between my caravan tyres and the monitor - just like you. Anyway, to cut a long frustrating story short, I ended up removing the 4 sensors on the caravan and I put back the original TireLinc TPMS that came with my Jayco caravan and they are working correctly. I have also left 4 of the 'O' sensors just on my car tyres and they too are working correctly. I never could get the 'O' branded sensors to work correctly on my car air bag suspension though so I ended up buying a cheap ebay motor bike pair of TMPS sensors that uses a phone app to monitor. So in essence I paid close to $500 for a TPMS that I could never get to work correctly and I now have a total of 3 different TPMS systems between on my car, caravan and air bag suspension valves !

you can get tee pieces to fit on your wheels, so you don’t have to remove the pressure sensor to put your tire pressure up or down

Hi thanks for your insightful report. I’m just about to get a tpms system and am considering this system. Did you find the tyre pressures reported were accurate? I’m also thinking about hooking two of the monitors up to the valves on my AirbagMan airbags. And are you still happy with this system or should I look at another product.

Thanks for a good update on this. Wish it was out before I bought mine. I have the same issue, of a twin axle van and dropping out. That combined with the airing down and up issue you mentioned, means mine is currently sitting on the bench at home. Not sure how you can sell a system for a twin axle van without alerting people to the fact that it might not work, without buying other components.

Hi Paul, I have the same on the van and car i brought Tee pieces that fits the tyre monitor on then you can deflate and inflate the tyre with out having to remove the tyre monitor, Stephen Aroundtuit Australia

Id be surprised if there isnt 12v dc power on one of the plugs on your drawbar between car and caravan for charging the van, id assume that booster is meant to wire in somewhere there, and mount to your drawbar

Thanks for that, we have another brand that has no booster and the van is good for a while then it drops out and beeps all the time. While a good concept I gave up on it.

We have the iCheck TPMS system on our car and van, and have not set up different modes for off-road and on-road. Instead we're relying on the automatic adjustment of the alarms to new readings once we've either aired down or up. Is this the correct way to go? BTW, we use the water/dust covers, but the lock nuts are being kept in reserve and may be used if we're in an area where we feel the sensors may be at risk of being stolen.

I just finished a lap of oz and tried increasing my pressures with really good results. I noticed you had your car tyres set at around 40psi. That may be the reason you blew two tyres. Try 55psi in the rear and 45 in front. The van can handle 50psi with no probs. Give it a try you may notice better fuel economy and better handling. Travel safe

you don't need the locking nuts and dust caps. the instructions say they are optional and yea if i cant kill them you really wont. just get rid of the dust caps and locking nuts. Also not everyone runs vans, I don't need the signal booster so why should I pay for something I don't need just because you do need it? You will find the price of them is VERY fair. As for the offroad mode, there version 2 fixes that issue which was an issue, but yea version 2 is amazing and solves that problem.

Should have purchased the Saftey Dave TPMS which comes with a booster ( which i dont neex on my dual axle van)spare batteries and 2 year replacement warranty. There no substitute for quality. Also not really to sit the monitor on thd dash as once its set up and if theres and issue with with pressure/temp an alsrm sounds I keep my S D TPMS monitor in the console.

TPMS has saved my butt twice on my motorcycles. Over the years have followed various vehicles with rubber smoke billowing from under mudguards. Two big issues in my industry. Installers not fitting equipment properly and DIY’ers not fitting equipment properly 😂

While I was watching the clip there was an advertisement for that same item on the right hand side of the screen in the feed. I have never noticed that before. Is it normal or coincidence?

The TPMS will when warning you of a drop in type pressure save you from have a van roll over. This will well and truely pay for itself.

Thanks for the review. Think we'll just continue to kick the tyres periodically 😂😂😂

Yes could’ve saved me a heap of money. Needed to replace a tyre at Warburton Roadhouse. It cost me $750. Ripped off. 😡

Another example of a user not reading a product manual. Everything is in the documentation in easy to read format. You assume it’s for caravans only. It’s for any vehicle with X wheels. Plenty of trailers with duel axles are shorter. Look at tradies trailers as an example. Then to complain about the price etc. really? Don’t buy it then. So many people blame others for their lack of basic investigating

Howd you go with getting your booster to connect? I cant get mine to connect for some reason. Booster has power/red light but head unit not picking it up.

Just wondering if you had success with your booster mate? Ours has done nothing to help.

$470, cheaper than a new tyre? Especially 1/2 way up the Gibb When I looked at their website I quickly came to the conclusion that I would need a booster

It's a TP Monitor S not a TP Management S and am with others in that iCheck don't know what your trailer/caravan size is, so they can't be held responsible for you not seeing the Booster on there. Also if you researched it many others on YT have said to leave off the dust cap and lock nut, just as you learnt to for changing the pressures. Oh and you only have to take off 8 caps, not 10.

I’ve had my TPMS for about 2 years. When I bought mine iCheck had it written on their website that I may need a booster. I notice the same notice is still on their website, written in red so as to be noticed. As it turned out i didn’t need the booster but you can’t blame iCheck because you didn’t read the website properly

Ive had this system for 20 months. Been in use for about 18 months and the monitor internal battery has died. Contacted Sam at icheck and of course batteries are not included in their 2 year warranty. His arrogance shone through and offered to sell another monitor for $99... He also said that he believed it was fine for the battery to last this long yet he sells an extended warranty for another year knowing that the batteries are likely to fail well before then. After multiple emails and sam stating its not covered under warranty, i opened my monitor up to find a swelled up cheap Chinese lithium polymer battery in which can be purchased for a couple of dollars. Very disappointed in his attitude with this whole situation. May as well buy a cheaper setup if this thing is going to die so easily

So if your doing 4x4 and airing down that clearly not a option...