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Too much for me at £195!

http://www.tyrepal.co.uk/tyre-pressure-monitoring-system-applications/tpms-for-caravans

you might consider it too much, but just think of the piece of mind it gives you, the idea is that it pre-warns you if you are losing pressure or your tyre is overheating which normally indicates you have a puncture, your next indication is when your tyre disintegrates and causes all sorts of problems, believe me you will wish you had fitted this piece of kit, my van cost me a lot of money and as an ex tyre man i've seen the damage a disintegrating tyre can do to body work, so for me £195 is money well spent.

Reply to Andy M

You have just reminded me to sort out a new tyre gauge for myself. In July before setting off to France, went to check caravan tyre pressure (62psi) with my trusty pen type car gauge - big shock it only went up to about 50psi !!! like you I want a replacement for £10

thinking of getting myself artc.  have twin wheels on rear axle of van, and therefore with 6 wheels, would be even more expensive.  However, I have to remove a central 'hub'cap' with an allen key, and before I had extensions fitted, would have had to remove the one wheel, to test the pressure on the innermost wheel.....try doing that before every journey.

Had Ultraseal put in tyres of previous van, which only had 4 wheels, and also 'rated' pressure caps, so could see at a glance if they were still on 'green' or were losing air.......they never did lose any air!

Had a form of Ultraseal put in the tyres on this different van, for a degreee of peace of mind, though know full well, punctures or issues with sidewalls are not solved.

However..............will the tyrepal thingee work with 'Ultrseal', think maybe not?

Also they don't work with extensions, as have to be within the peramater of the tyre, so would have to abandon extensions, meaning the outer wheel would have to come off to pump up the inner wheel tyre.

.......................brain overload.............don't know the answer