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Originally Posted by blw2

the thing is, checking before the trip and monitoring during the trip are two very different things.
One is not really a replacement for the other.
As I understand it, most blow-outs occur not as a sudden even without warning, but instead happen because of slow leaks or increases in temperature.

So let's say you check your tires and they are all good. Then, pulling out of the parking lot, you pick up a nail resulting in a slow leak. An hour down the road, your pressure in that tire has now dropped to a danger point with a pressure too low for the load. temperatures are on the rise, and at some point.... bam!

I have also read where folks have improperly installed the brake system in their TOAD, while hooking up, so that the brakes are on and dragging. Their 300HP diesel doesn't even notice the dragging tire.... but their temperature alarm let them know right away.

I don't have an interest in any TPTMS company, and have never had an event where one saved me.... but the theory behind them make sense to me, enough for me to have invested in one for safety sake for my family and those on the road around me. I just wish they came integrated and standard, because I hate putzing around with these after market "bolt-on" things....

Absolutely!