wjbertrand
Ventura Highway
Less than 6 months or so?? Try emailing him. I had trouble with the website too.How long ago? I did the add to cart and it said no longer available.
Less than 6 months or so?? Try emailing him. I had trouble with the website too.How long ago? I did the add to cart and it said no longer available.
Adam, do you have a new Orange model or old? Did you purchase from Gordon originally or a retail store somewhere??I just shot him an email. I'll report back.
I just looked back through my emails. I purchased the older M203T from Gordon in 2016. I'm assuming I registered the unit and got the extra year of warranty. Hopefully the sensors are covered. Just waiting to hear back from him.Adam, do you have a new Orange model or old? Did you purchase from Gordon originally or a retail store somewhere??
Does it? Have you tested? I was surprised when I found the FOBO units do not. They didn't want the units tripping the low pressure alarm if you unscrewed the sensor to add air to a tire. If you unscrew one of the caps, same as quickly drop pressure on the tire, it will not alert to low pressure.definitely lets you know of sudden or slow deflates.
Yes and Yes. I too have the HawksHead TPMS system. When airing my tires, I unscrew the sensor from the tire. Within a few secs of removing the sensor, my readout lets me know, both audibly and visually... a red light flashes.Does it? Have you tested?
Oh yes, and it wasn't a 'test' but a road trip - a previous plug started leaking bad! I've seen it send out an alarm when you run into a fairly deep pool of water on a real hot day and the temps and/or pressure change a little bit from the cooling effect.Does it? Have you tested? I was surprised when I found the FOBO units do not. They didn't want the units tripping the low pressure alarm if you unscrewed the sensor to add air to a tire. If you unscrew one of the caps, same as quickly drop pressure on the tire, it will not alert to low pressure. ?
So my unit was purchased over 2 years ago so the factory warranty has expire. Gordon offers an extra year if you register your purchase, but batteries are not covered. This being said, Gordon offered me replacement sensors at a discount. Glad I'll be able to continue using my TPMS!Here's the link to the sensors on Gordon's site:
https://www.mcssl.com/store/rrr-tool-solutions/catalog/product/69b1301a3fbb4a8a83acd9557f5fbd9e
$37.50/each.
I'm waiting to hear back if the units are covered under the warranty. I'm thinking battery failure is probably not covered??
I like that I can turn on the bike and don't have to move the tires to get a reading... I think a good compromise would be for the unit to send a 'wake up' call to the sensors when power was supplied... which would effectively cause them to last maybe twice as long.. or longer.I think the best improvement for the Orange system would be longer lasting batteries or a centrifugal switch like the SmarTire system that shuts off the sensors after a few hours of the bike becoming stationary. The Orange sensors are always on. You would lose the ability to know the tire pressures before getting underway, but my experience with the SmarTire system is that they come on line fast enough that I don't even make it out of my cul-de-sac at home or the parking lot at work before they begin reporting.