Do the inclinometers really work?
If so what is a good brand to get or does it matter?

 

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The last thing you are looking at when things get hairy is an inclinometer. Experience and getting a feel for your rig is what will keep you up on all four wheels.

 

so what your saying is

"Use the Force Luke"

 

Smittybilt has a pretty cool app for this I loaded on my iphone. My iphone mounts to the dash and it does it all plus gives your current heading etc. It has two tones, one for the pushing the envelope and a more urgent sounding tone for the red zone so you never have to look at the screen. I think it cost a buck. Can't beat that.

 

Unless you don't have an iphone

 

Inclinometers work, but as stated when things get hairy it's not what your going to be looking at. I have an app loaded on my droid that actually works better and gives more info. But the really coolest thing about the incliometers, when someone new gets in the Jeep they usually start asking questions about it. I tell them its never moved past 25 when I go off camber, the look on there face and the commits they make when going down a trail and it is leaning around 35 is Priceless.

 

What was your droid app called? That might be nice to have if anything just for fun.

 

are they all the same or is there special ones out there?

Any one have pictures of one installed in there JK?

 

Another thing that makes an inclinometers kind of pointless is the fact that the owner doesn't even know at what angle his Jeep will roll over. And if he did know, it would change on every wheeling trip due to differences in loading, number of people on board, amount of gas in the tank, etc, etc.