Originally Posted by MoneyFor

I have no problem with batteries running out quickly in the Fobo's but I also never leave the app on. I only use it just before I'm going for a ride and sometimes when I think about it to check all the bikes in the garage and then I put the pressure on all the tires at once.
I then do my rounds with the Makita air pump on a battery, that's easy. Maybe the cause of the fast draining of the batteries is that you leave the app on all the time, even when you're not driving, I'm not an expert, but maybe those sensors are always in contact with the app and they don't go to rest.

Originally Posted by T^2

Location services is needed to get barometric pressure from your phone. You'll need that to get gauge pressure.

Originally Posted by jj14x

I made it a point to close out the app on the phone once I checked the pressure (even before I start riding). Yes, I know, I am losing out the benefit of having the app tell me if I have low pressure due to a nail or some damage to the tire, but I keep my phone in my jacket pocket (not on the handlebar. So, I am not going to see the notification soon enough. If I leave the app/service running on the phone, it will actually cause my phone to drain battery too soon too


Perhaps - but precise location is not required.

Originally Posted by jj14x

Perhaps - but precise location is not required.

Originally Posted by JINKSTER

LOL! Don't worry about location services for barometric pressure cause some of these folks have lost their marbles. The most valuable thing about a TPMS is it teaches people just how much tire pressure varies from cold out of the garage too hot on the roads and if anyone needs a TPMS to immediately report in real time that their tire pressure is getting low they shouldn't even own a motorcycle! LOL!

Originally Posted by T^2

It's called knowledge of some basic physics. You don't need to buy a TPMS for that.

Also... See the previous reply.

Originally Posted by MoneyFor

I have no problem with batteries running out quickly in the Fobo's but I also never leave the app on. I only use it just before I'm going for a ride and sometimes when I think about it to check all the bikes in the garage and then I put the pressure on all the tires at once.
I then do my rounds with the Makita air pump on a battery, that's easy. Maybe the cause of the fast draining of the batteries is that you leave the app on all the time, even when you're not driving, I'm not an expert, but maybe those sensors are always in contact with the app and they don't go to rest.

Originally Posted by JINKSTER

Ever notice how no matter how knowledgeable the professor seemed that they all still remained stuck on Gilligan's Island?

I'd rather know my bike than physics and I don't need to be a physics major to know when one of my tires are getting low on air. It's called riding experience. It happens when you spend more time on the road than in a classroom or trolling the net.

Originally Posted by adm

Fobo batteries last me a year. And I ride a lot. I change them at the start of every riding season.

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