FOBO Bike 2 Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (Silver)

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Been looking at these for a while. Really happy with how easy to fit and set up. No more fear of getting a puncture and having an accident because a tyre has been deflating on a trip.Good work.

es fácil de instalar y de usar con la app; en color negro pasa desapercibido, pero son muy fáciles de robar, la calibración de los sensores están unos PSI abajo de lo que marca un medidor mecánico, pero nada que no se pueda entender, son muy prácticos y se ahorra uno revisando la calibración. en resumen están bien y son muy prácticos, solo existe el riesgo que se los roben.

I haven't had the Fobo Bike 2 for long but I am so surprised by how well it works that I had to write this now. However, I will update this review if I have any problems with it in the future, especially if it leaks air, which is a concern I have with it's design.I debated whether to buy one of these for weeks. The reviews were good but I had purchased a similar TPMS but it was one that read out on a separate device, not through a phone app. It was horribly inaccurate and I returned it.Another reason for my hesitation to buy this was that very few reviewers check the accuracy of it's readouts with a separate air pressure gauge known (or thought to be) accurate. Many reviewers just assume that the Fobo is accurate but, as anyone who works on vehicles knows, air pressure gauges can produce wildly different and inconsistent readings. The only way you will know if an air pressure gauge is truly accurate would be to check it with a calibrated standard - probably at a government standards location but who has access to that? I have six air pressure gauges - three simple stick types and three gauge types. Two of the gauge types read far different pressures from the stick gauges. So which one is correct? Are any of them correct? Who knows? However, the third gauge type pressure gauge I have agrees with my stick gauges so my best guess is they and the gauge that agrees with them are closest to being accurate but, of course, they could all be wrong. But the point is, air pressure gauges (including stick types) are notorious for giving different and inconsistent readings. But all we can do is try to find out which gauge is most accurate and consistent and use it. Surprisingly, it appears that my cheap stick gauges are accurate but the two of my gauge type (round) gauges are inaccurate. But we have to make our best guess.Anyway, I decided to order a Fobo but I was very skeptical that it would be accurate. Before installing the sensors, I took readings of my tires with what I think is my most accurate tire gauge. I expected the to see that the Jobo read completely different pressures. Then, since I run my front tire at 38 pounds (cold) and 44 in my rear tire and I've always had good results if, say, the Fobo gave me pressures several pounds off from what my gauge said, I would just think of the the Fobo readings as really being what my gauge said. In other words, I would compensate but I really didn't like the idea of that.To my surprise and almost amazement, the Fobo read .1 pound off on the rear tire and .3 pounds off on my front tire readings compared to my separate gauge. That's phenomenal! And even that tiny difference might change if I simply took a second reading with my separate gauge. In short, the Fobo was reading almost exactly what my separate gauge was reading. Not only was I surprised but I was so happy. It also indicated that my separate gauge is probably accurate.As of now, I am so happy I bought the Fobo. As anyone who owns a bagger knows, to check air pressure, you have to get flat on the ground, check to see where the air valve is, get up, move the bike a bit and try again until you can access the valve. It helps to remove the saddlebag but it's still a pain. And that means that you probably aren't checking air pressure very often which can be dangerous. Several weeks ago, my bike seemed to slip in corners - almost as if I was on ice. Sure enough! It turned out the air pressure was off by about 5 pounds in the rear tire. But now I can check the air pressure without all the hassle before every ride.There is one thing I don't like about the Fobo. That is that the app says it needs to track your location ALL THE TIME. That makes no sense to me and the explanation in the manual does not make it clear why that is the case. Nor do the explanations in the Q&A section here. But the solution is simple. First, set your permissions so the location is tracked ONLY when the app is being used. (If you deny location tracking completely, the app won't work.) When you do that, the app will complain that you must set it to ALWAYS track your location. But if you just hit the cancel button, the app works fine despite what the notice said. Also, the app can't be on when bluetooth is turned off so if you don't need bluetooth on when you're not using the app, just turn it off and no location tracking can take place. In fact, if you don't want real-time TPMS while riding, you can just check the air pressure before you ride and then turn off bluetooth which turns off the app. That's up to you.Again, I will update this review if I run into any issues. The one thing I will watch carefully for is leakage at the sensors. After all, they are pressing down on the core of the air valve so it's very important that the seal on the sensor is good. And since you have to remove the sensor to add air, the seal could wear over time. A solution to that would be to get one of those double air valves so you don't have to remove the sensor to add air. I may do that but only when I change tires and re-balance them. I do that myself. From reviews, the sensors themselves don't seem to affect wheel balance noticeably but that double air valve probably would throw off balanc.

The sensors are fairly easy to put on, but getting them to sync up with the App on our Android phone was a bit tricky. Once set up the app picked up the sensor signals well and was easy to keep track of tire pressure. Already moved them to a different bike and so far working out.The only better option was getting the more expensive ones you have to install INSIDE the rim (whadda pain) and really didn't want to go that route. Worked out better since they had to be removed from the first bike (wrecked!) and installed on the replacement. Would have been a nightmare to get that done with internal units.