Pumps & Inflators

I actually took my bike to the wheel builder who made my custom rims to have my first set of tubeless tires mounted on my bike. Two weeks after that I picked up a nail about 25 yards from my private road after riding a 50 mile loop. It penetrated the tire and the rim, so the tire went flat. I walked the remaining distance to my house. When I got inside I tried to pump the tire up, but the hole in tape and rim made that impossible. I had to do what I most dreaded, take the tire off the rim and tape over the hole. I did that with my heart in my thoat thinking I was going to have to drive to the wheel builder and have him do the repair. Before I re-added the sealant I decided to inflate the tire first to insure all was done correctly and that the tire would hold the air. I pumped up the reservoir, attached the pump to the tire, and dropped the release lever. The tire inflated, the bead set with a series of pops that sounded like an car tire inflating in a tire shop, and the air stayed. I knew it would leak without sealant around the bead, but I waited for about an hour to be sure it could hold air, that the hole was properly covered by the added rim tape. Once I was sure, I let the air out, broke the seal and added sealant to the tire. Then I, once again, recharged the reservoir, and heard that lovely sound of the bead resealing on the rim. I haven't been out since then, so the bike has sat on my workstand for three days. There was the normal amount of air loss that one expects with tubeless tires, but nothing beyond that. My confidence in being able to maintain my tires myself from now on has been built. The pump is amazing. Worth every penny. It was easy, pumping the reservoir up to 130 PSI was also easy. I love this pump and consider it an absolute essential if you run tubeless tires. I plan to buy one for my son.

I've had a JoeBlow before and really liked it until it finally wore out, so I thought this one would be great. What I do like about it is that it is sturdy, appears to be made well, the guage is easy to read and can fill tires to 160psi. What I don't like is the difficulty using the pump. NO, the hose IS NOT extra long! It is the shortest hose I've ever used! The head has to be placed on the tire valve very quickly and definitively or air will come out of the opposite side of the head. Securing the pump head to the tire valve requires quite a bit of effort, infinitely more than any other pump I've ever used. For the price (bought on sale) the pump is OK but I'll probably try another brand the next time I need a pump.

I purchased this as I was the benefactor of another rider using their Eflator for me after a flat and 2 Co2 inflator failures. It is fast, easy to use and a lot easier than pumping. My only issue is the size and weight to carry in my jersey for "just in case" flats. I'm glad I bought it.

I bought this item to travel with my bike. I did not want to bring my floor pump with me. The e-flator fits easily in my luggage. Relatively easy to use, read the directions for best results when inflating road tire. The adapter piece isn't intuitive to use, you need to screw it on to the tire valve first. Then attach it to the e-flator and hold it on with pressure to the valve stem as there is no locking mechanism like a floor pump has. Just an FYI the little pump is noisy.