Suggest me a tyre inflator pls

[notbike]

Old tyre inflator is unfortunately potato'd.

I need a new one but I don't want to end up with a lump of shit like the old one, what can you suggest BCF?

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[barrkel]

I have this one:

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-css-1-cordless-compressor-with-spotligh-2

Works well enough, isn't terribly quick, I wouldn't rely on it for seating the bead on a tubeless tyre, not that I've ever tried to do that.

Also have a Michelin foot pump, but don't bother using it now we have the compressor. Actually, we bought the compressor for my GF's bike, as it needed inflation to over 100 psi, and didn't want to bother with a hand pump for that kind of pressure.

The other features - battery booster, spotlight, USB power output, are just bonus if you pack it in a car boot. I don't think I'd bring it on tour with me on a bike, it's a tad bulky.
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[notbike]

Awesome, thanks. Not fussed about portability or how long it takes, just need it for doing my tyres now and then. I haven't checked them in ages I'm sure they've lost a few PSI.

[Just_James]

If portability isn't an issue and if you've got room for it, why not spend a little more on a small compressor like this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mohegan-Litre-7-4CFM-116psi-Compressor/dp/B00CDRCKEM/ref=pd_sim_sbs_diy_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=12PF928BM5Y9Y1YT8P52

Gives you the option of using it for much more than just inflating tyres and a compressor (even a small one like that) is a very handy thing to have around
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[G]

Do you need it to have it's own battery (as per above), or to run off 12v, mains?
Does it need to be portable (take on bike)?

Personally, I prefer a digital one that can be set to a specific pressure, so you can leave to do it's stuff.

This one has done me fine so far.

[Beehive Bedlam]

I use the nearest garage usually every week 50P.

[RhynoCZ]

Do your tyres lose the pressure that often?

I use the air compressor at the local fuel station + I've got my good old emergency manual air pump. I think there's no need to go mental about owning your own air compressor, if you just need to blow some air into your tyres. Well, pneumatic tools are quite a different story.

[notbike]

Doesn't need to be able to be taken on the bike, but not having to plug it in is necessary actually because I live on the 1st floor of an estate and that'd be a pain in the arse.

I actually didn't realize the petrol stations let you fill up for free?

[Beehive Bedlam]

[G]

Bit of a trip to Czechoslovakia just to get some free compressed air .

Most UK ones charge for using their compressor.

If you don't have a jump starter pack, I'd be tempted to get one that has a pump included.

(Or, were it me, I'd get a digital pump and a lithium battery to power it/jump start stuff.)

[kawakid]

I have this one.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000W08QZY?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00


It's f...ing excellent. I use for both the car and the bikes, it's of a very high quality and literally takes seconds to pump tyres up, even from flat.
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[bamt]

I use a Michelin digital one with auto cut-off. It was bought a few years ago when a car we had had porous rims, so needed to be pumped every few days. It only takes a couple of minutes from flat.

On both bikes I've put a 12v socket under the seat for connecting the battery charger for the bike or other auxiliary stuff (phone chargers, radios, whatever) and have an adapter cable so I can just plug the pump into that, which is useful for quick checks in the garage. That's simpler than messing with external LiIon packs for running the pump.

[Skudd]

Bog standard and works

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/garage-equipment/tyre-inflators-pressure-gauges/halfords-essential-twin-barrel-foot-pump-gauge

I also have electric/digital pumps for ease, but a good old fashioned foot pump is best.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SKS-FLOOR-TRACK-PUMP-AIRKOMPRESSOR-12-0-Extra-Long-Tube-for-High-Pressure-/131377945953?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_Cycling_BikeLocks_SR&hash=item1e96bc5d61

Got something a bit like this - emphasis on long tube. After having a few of the cheap 12v jobs I thought uh, maybe a bike pump would be better. And it is. By several furlongs. Gauge is reasonably accurate, it's more convenient (isn't reliant on car), but best of all, it's literally about ten times faster. I double check psi w/ a draper dial gauge.
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[lynnnsr]

In the last two years I have been through at least 3x footpumps, and 2x 12v compressors, after the £16 12v compressor I bought in 1998 finally broke. In each case the cheap manufacture was evident at first use.

The second 12v compressor wasn't a cheap one, either. There is clearly a lot of rubbish out there.

At the moment I have one of those vertical long tube bicycle pumps, which is pretty good for motorbike and bicycle tyres (though hard work for car tyres) and seems to be lasting.

When I feel I can spare the cash I will be getting one of those large barrel-type compressors for the garage at about £80, and will expect it to last me for ever.
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[talkToTheHat]

I have a 6 quid footpump from motor world. It has survived all kinds of crap. Never out of batteries. By the time I have messed around with getting a compressor plugged in, I can be done with the footpump. The gauge on it is kinda vague, but I've never been impressed with those on domestic compressors either. I forked out for a decent pressure gauge. You can get by with a good pencil style one, but I forked for a Venhill one with a short hose as its easier to get into position, and has a built in valve to adjust pressure. I had a digital motogp branded one. It ate batteries and broke, lasted less than a year. Same for a hafords digital one. Cheap digital gauges are utter shit. My AA freebie pencil with plastic pop-out scale has been reasonable though, kinda fiddly but survives living in my on bike toolkit and still agrees with my Venhill gauge.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

I still can't suss out why someone doesn't make one of those small 12v style compressors, except instead of plugging into a car fag lighter socket they're just mains powered.

In fact, you *can* buy one off eBay. However, it's still a 12v socket, and the same shitty quality £5 compressor, but the seller provides a power converter adaptor affair that looks very similar to a laptop power supply, but has a female 12v socket on one side, into which the compressor's lead is inserted.

But what happens in practice is that the compressor pumps for a few seconds and then turns off, waits for a short while, then starts again. Or, in the case of the one I bought, fails to.

So what seemed like a sound and very convenient solution turned out to utter shite. I did get my money back, but the seller insisted that this was the first time blah blah blah, etc. etc.
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[G]

Suspect there's not a big market for it - most people who need a pump to pump up motorised vehicle tyres have a 12v cigarette lighter socket available close.

Anyway, this looks to be a native AC pump: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ring-Automotive-RAC750-Compressor-Mains-Powered/dp/B00133VDCM .

[weasley]

I have a compressor out of an old fridge. It is near-silent, will easily handle the pressures needed for a tyre and is hugely over-engineered for the task. A bit of tubing with a tyre valve connector on the end, a dial pressure gauge inline, mounted on a board with castors on. Runs off 240v and has inflated tyres from cars, bikes, MTBs, wheelbarrow etc and also air beds.
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