thereverend
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I already ordered the rechargeable so I'll see
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FOBO-Bike TPMS system on a Spyder
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finless
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Where did you order them and I assume you got a charger?
A cheap price I found is from China via Ebay.... Locally the price seems to be triple that of ebay
Bob
pitzerwm
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I too have been thru batteries in 6 months or less. I have them on my van as well as the bike. Hopefully the rechargeable ones will work, but I suppose you would need to look out for cheap China ones of those too. All of HF's batteries are junk.
You are right they broadcast every couple of seconds.
You are right they broadcast every couple of seconds.
finless
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With the new APP version (for Apple at least) there is now a last time and date on each sensor that shows you the last time the sensor was read by the APP. If you watch it, the sensors update every minute. This leads me to believe they transmit once every minute.
I tell you the history of these "watch batteries" has always been way off. I call them watch batteries because that was the first thing I think button style Lion batteries were used (except on PC motherboards). Anyway if you recall when watches first came out using these they advertised 5 year life! Of course none of us got that amount of life. Then they said 2 years. We still did not get that. Heck some watches you maybe got 1 year.
So anytime I have bought a device using these and it says 2 years or something, forget it. You always get half that and sometimes worse.
Right now after a little over six months, 2 sensors have 2 green bars for battery and 1 sensor has 1 red bar. The 4th sensor on my rear shock air bag is a later add-on so it is showing 3 green bars after about 3 months.
Bob
I tell you the history of these "watch batteries" has always been way off. I call them watch batteries because that was the first thing I think button style Lion batteries were used (except on PC motherboards). Anyway if you recall when watches first came out using these they advertised 5 year life! Of course none of us got that amount of life. Then they said 2 years. We still did not get that. Heck some watches you maybe got 1 year.
So anytime I have bought a device using these and it says 2 years or something, forget it. You always get half that and sometimes worse.
Right now after a little over six months, 2 sensors have 2 green bars for battery and 1 sensor has 1 red bar. The 4th sensor on my rear shock air bag is a later add-on so it is showing 3 green bars after about 3 months.
Bob
thereverend
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Place, batterymart.comWhere did you order them and I assume you got a charger?
A cheap price I found is from China via Ebay.... Locally the price seems to be triple that of ebay
Bob
ipod upgrade?
It appears in your video that you've upgraded your trunk ipod from the cracked screen generation 4 to a newer lightning connector model. So, is it safe to assume that you've given up ipod control for FOBO'S bluetooth requirements? Did you find a way to do both?
So check this out! Super cool...
I have a dedicated iPod in my trunk. I used FOBO share and shared it with another account I made on my iPod touch in my trunk.
Now I don't need my phone if I do not want to it's all setup on my iPod in the trunk!
So get this! If music is playing from the iPod and I get a tire sensor warning, in interrupts the music and plays the warning siren through the Spyder's speakers! FREAKIN COOL!
Then top this off. I bound my Sena headset to the iPod in the trunk as a media player (not a phone). Same thing! It sends a warning to my headsets interrupting music!
I am liking this setup more and more!
Bob
It appears in your video that you've upgraded your trunk ipod from the cracked screen generation 4 to a newer lightning connector model. So, is it safe to assume that you've given up ipod control for FOBO'S bluetooth requirements? Did you find a way to do both?
pegasus1300
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I just ordered a set of these for Charlotte. In skimming thru this thread I did not notice if any of you changed to metal valve stems or if our stock stems work just fine.What is the experience so far.
I stayed with the stock rubber stems based on previous advice from others on SL and they have worked fine. The FOBO devices are very light, and they are big enough that if there were enough centrifugal forces to bend the rubber stem, they would hit the wheel rim before the rubber stems bent far enough to get damaged...maybe (I'm no centrifugal force expert).
I've had them on for about 4000 miles with no rubber valve issues.
CoolSpyder2014
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As far as I know, and I applogize for the late answer. Only the Rt's come with the option. But if you check out Air Wave Suspensions, they have an aftermarket add-on. Pricey$$
Killer Bee
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Air Shock FOBO Alarms
Does anybody know if there is a way to disable the high/low pressure alarms on just the air shock sensor? It appears that the normal shock operating pressure range is too great for the maximum/minimum pressure alarm setpoint range. I really only want the current pressure display for the shock anyway, as it's really just for information purposes. I do, of course, want to retain the tire pressure alarms.
Does anybody know if there is a way to disable the high/low pressure alarms on just the air shock sensor? It appears that the normal shock operating pressure range is too great for the maximum/minimum pressure alarm setpoint range. I really only want the current pressure display for the shock anyway, as it's really just for information purposes. I do, of course, want to retain the tire pressure alarms.
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