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Old 29th November 2014, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Professor Peach View Post
That looks good moltuae, but what does the display that plugs into the cigarette lighter look like.
There's actually a photo of it on the product page, under the main picture on the left. At least for me there is anyway.

This is the fag lighter plug: http://i.imgur.com/eAruqT0.jpg

And these are the dust cap sensors: http://i.imgur.com/jm5EXD9.jpg

The plug works regardless of whether you've connected to it using the smartphone app. When all is well, and it can see all 4 sensors, the tyre symbol illuminates in green. If there's a problem, it changes colour and bleeps, so you can just plug it in and forget about it. I've plugged mine into the rear fag lighter socket.

The plug will warn you if your tyre pressures or temperatures go out of the desired range (or if it detects a slow/fast leak too, I believe), but you can check your tyre pressures and temperatures any time too just by opening the app (within bluetooth range of course).

There's a few minor quirks, like the 'Engrish' way in which the app ask you "Whether out of program" when you try to exit it, but generally the hardware is of very good quality. I've been using the system now for about 3 months, without any problems.

Having to remove the dustcap sensors to inflate the tyres is a slight inconvenience, since you need to loosen a locking nut on the back before unscrewing them. You could install them without the locking nuts I guess, but the nuts make them more difficult to lose/steal. The thing is though, with the sensors fitted, you'll rarely need to remove them. Before I fitted the system, I used to unscrew my dustcaps every few days to check my tyre pressures, now I no longer need to.

I did look at a few other systems before I bought the SteelMate one, including the one you linked to, but I didn't want to spoil my dash with an ugly aftermarket display unit.
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