Techstream cable

hprice1099 · May 31

Any recommendations for a decent Techstream cable please?

thanks

Linas.P · June 1

There are realistically only 2 options - official one which is £600 (or something like that, maybe be £380, but the point is - it will be hundreds), or the chinese one which you can find on eBay for ~£30.

Apart of that there is literally no difference between chinese cables, they may have cosmetic differences, some come in clear plastic, some in clear blue plastic, some are black etc. but they are all the same design running of xhorse.

hprice1099 · June 1

41 minutes ago, Linas.P said:

There are realistically only 2 options - official one which is £600 (or something like that, maybe be £380, but the point is - it will be hundreds), or the chinese one which you can find on ebay for ~£30.

Apart of that there is literally no difference between chinese cables, they may have cosmetic differences, some come in clear plastic, some in clear blue plastic, some are black etc. but they are all the same design running of xhorse.

Thanks bud, don’t suppose you know a decent brand of TPMS sensors? Not OEM. Thanks

Linas.P · June 1

Funny you ask, just got myself set of sensors from eBay, that are not branded and seems like none of them work. I have a theory that they may require some minimum pressure to report at all, but I have just programmed them as second set and they report no pressure, rather than expected 0. They I was able to program them all without issues is kind of already positive, because I know some cheapo supposedly compatible TMPS sensors don't work at all. So I have dilemma now - should I get them fitted and try again, but that means I can't return them and it will cost me like £80 to do 4 tyres, or should I just return them.

Short answer - I don't know decent non-OEM brand yet.

I may fit them next week and if they work, then for £27 per set, they would be great value... even if they only last 2 years. But until then can't say I could recommend them.

hprice1099 · June 1

2 hours ago, Linas.P said:

Funny you ask, just got myself set of sensors from ebay, that are not branded and seems like none of them work. I have a theory that they may require some minimum pressure to report at all, but I have just programmed them as second set and they report no pressure, rather than expected 0. They I was able to program them all without issues is kind of already positive, because I know some cheapo supposedly compatible TMPS sensors don't work at all. So I have dilemma now - should I get them fitted and try again, but that means I can't return them and it will cost me like £80 to do 4 tyres, or should I just return them.

Short answer - I don't know decent non-OEM brand yet.

I may fit them next week and if they work, then for £27 per set, they would be great value... even if they only last 2 years. But until then can't say I could recommend them.

Yes that’s what I was worried about, I’m looking at the below. They seem decent