Driven Mantis Infrared Tire Temperature Sensor

1. Useful piece of kit

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Posted by Unknown on 27th Jul 2015

The Mantis is no doubt a very handy thing to have, not only for tire life but safety as well. I did however run some testing of the unit by comparing its displayed temp with my handheld. Temps where reading roughly 30° lower then my handheld. So i reverted back to pressure gains to confirm which was more accurate. It was my handheld. Now, the fact that the Mantis isn't more accurate does disappoint, but by simply adding 30° to its read out, I get relatively accurate temps providing me with data that I normally wouldn't have

2. Another useful piece of data.

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Posted by Dan on 30th Apr 2015

When I first saw this I got pretty excited. Now you're able to see what tire temperatures REALLY are versus guessing based off of pressure increases.
I will say that the displayed temperature may vary from the ACTUAL temperature of the tire, but it still provides a reference you can work off of.
For example, my race tires were tearing up pretty badly. Indicated temps were in the 120 degree range on the rear. I opted to try less pressure, which increased contact patch, and therefor heat, which was verified by the Mantis showing me a temp in the 140 degree range. The rear tire looked considerably better as well.
On another occasion the weather was cooler and I was able to determine the tires were not getting hot enough. You can only drop the pressure so much, but being able to see the tires weren't quite hot enough let me know not to push it as hard.
It's handy, no doubt about it.