PSA: make sure the 'SET' indication is showing when you inflate each tire using onboard compressor

[shandel]

I exploded a bike tire from this. I expected the setpoint to stick rather than having to be re-entered every time. Not sure who thought this was a good design idea.

I almost exploded a bike tire because of this too. I meant to inflate it to 20psi, and it just kept going for a while so I stopped it and measure 49psi. Definitely didn't read the manual first, but it's not very intuitive either.

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[Bunker Hill]

Could be that no one else made this mistake. I'm posting here in case someone else didn't read the manual before using the onboard compressor for inflating their tires.

First time I used the onboard compressor, when I moved from the first tire to the second tire, I just moved the hose and pressed play on the control panel again. I thought if it was the same pressure, why would I set it again? I didn't realize the setpoint had been erased. The compressor just kept pumping until I stopped it manually.

Now, I didn't trust the automatic pressure mechanism. Next time, I set the pressure, and started inflating the tire. Just like an old fashioned compressor, I detached the hose and manually checked the pressure when I thought it might be getting close. However, the act of detaching the hose erases the setpoint. Now the compressor works just like a manual compressor with an upper limit of 150 pounds. I thought my unit was faulty, and it was on my list when I visited the service center. They told me it worked as designed and showed me what I was doing wrong.

Moral of the story, make sure the 'Set' indication is showing when you inflate. If you disconnect, set the pressure again. Sort of embarrasing on my part, but maybe reading this will save someone some frustration.

Thanks for the information. I'm bad about not reading the instructions for things I think I already know too. But with my Rivian R1T it's a new world and what I think I know I find out I'm wrong.

 

[raucous]

I've mostly been impressed by the UX design decisions Rivian made in the R1T. But this one... Don't they expect people to use it to top up tires on their truck? Why make it so unnecessarily complicated for that use case?

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