Cheap-As-Shit Reversing sensors

[Raffles]

I'm considering fitting reversing sensors to some of my vans and was wondering whether or not the cheap kits that are available are any good. Some of the kits being offered are below £10.00.
Has anyone fitted any of these cheap kits? Are they worth buying and fitting or are they a waste of money and time?
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[Ariel Badger]

I had a wireless set on my old van, cost me about £25. Great bit of kit IMHO.
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[andyscooter]

depends on make model ect ect

would you trust a 10 quid bit of kit as whoever is driving the van will rely on them rather then common sense

valeo do some good ones but they are 80 odd quid
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[robs321]

got a scorpion set (factory fitted) on my vivaro, they get right on my tits! I used to have a reversing camera on the ducato, It was mounted up high above the rear doors, a fantastic bit of kit as you could scare the shit out of people backing within an inch of their bumpers

[Cunnington]

The kits work fine - if they are set up right.

Mrs C drives an old 406 estate, and I put a set on the back of that, setting them so that the face of them is vertical, which required a bit of building up at the back of them due to the curve of the bumper. You also need to make sure there is space behind the bumper to accommodate the depth - the ideal position was obscured by the steel bar that fits behind the plastic to give the bumper strength.

Having spend ages getting them set, filling and painting them, with the amount of crap she lugs about in the boot, they beep at the slightest bump in the road - the 25mm upstand between the road and the footway when reversing into the drive is enough to set them off.

The set that I put on my Avensis were fine - it is down the the installation. Both sets were £15 off fleabay.

If you can stretch to a camera - I'd go that route.
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[The Artist]

Cheapest one I have seen is a bumper. When you hear it hit something, you stop. Hence the name.

[wizzzard]

Please don't put an annoying beepy thing in my van
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