Portable tyre inflator - should have bought ages ago

[stuthemongoose]

PSA - just get one !

https://www.diy.com/departments/stanley-cordless-d...

Just grabbed one of these as petrol stations seem to be charging up to £2/go in some places and I’ve a few cars / bikes to keep on top of.

Can’t believe I didn’t get one before now. Cheap, simple, portable & an emergency phone charger too!

[SkinnyPete]

This is something I’d have naively assumed everyone owns, as I check and adjust tyre pressures frequently depending on journey/purpose/load.

[Mr.Chips]

If you get one, make sure you buy one with the push on valve as opposed to a screw on one. I was given a screw on one and it chewed/damaged the valves on a couple of my tyres. I have replaced it with one with a push on valve and it is brilliant. The one quoted in the OP appears to have the push on valve!

[valiant]

Always keep a Ring inflator in the boot (alongside a tyre depth gauge and a decent pressure gauge).

Has come in handy numerous times and is less a flap when doing routine checks as they’re always close at hand.

Have the screw in version and it’s fine, just take your time screwing it in. Rush and you can easily damage the valve.

I also keep a Noco in the boot just because.

[bigdom]

I have a screw on one, never damaged a thread. The tyre threads benefit from a light bit of lube.

[miniman]

bigdom said:

I have a screw on one, never damaged a thread. The tyre threads benefit from a light bit of lube.

Don’t we all.

Nonetheless, these are a useful addition.

[Matt_T]

I have a NOCO AL5 which is great as it is wireless, however it does lack grunt compared to my Honda cigarette lighter one. It also only has enough juice for about 10 minutes of use.

[Disco You]

I bought a ring RTC2000 because it gets reviewed so highly everywhere.

It’s fine, I guess, but takes bloody ages to inflate a tyre. Longer than the robi cordless one it replaced, the advantage though is that you can set the pressure and leave it, and the gauge is more accurate.

Next time I’d buy a cigarette lighter one.

[Mr Tidy]

I have a Ring cigarette lighter one but wish I had bought a wireless one.

It's a PITA trailing the wire from one side to the other and on my 3 Series (E90) the lighter socket is only live when the engine is running.

[Alex_225]

We have a couple of these, albeit ones off Amazon that had good reviews but they're great to have.

The other bits of kit that impressed me is car jump starter packs that are basically power bank that are capable of jump starting a big old diesel.

[Dave _]

Under a tenner from AliExpress, I have this one which works well




https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007681667556.h...

[sherman]

I have one of these
Michelin 230V Superfast 4x4/SUV Digital Tyre Inflator | Halfords UK https://share.google/NpUw4hh9P19GsEWHi
Good for up to 90 psi.
Takes less than a minute to get my tyres to 45 psi.
Its also on sale just now.
It is powered by a plug though.

[vikingaero]

The sad fact is that most motorists don't have these and rely on getting to a petrol station when the tyre looks dangerously low or the TPMS warning has pinged.

I have a Sealey one and have added the adaptor as posted above. A quick check every Thursday or before a long trip and Bobs yer wotsit.

[NDA]

Dave _ said:

Under a tenner from AliExpress, I have this one which works well




https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007681667556.h...

I've just ordered one - thanks for the link... it will be useful to have in one of my cars that has fairly limited storage.

I already have a Ryobi portable (battery powered) air compressor which I don't carry in the car - but it's incredibly useful to have a compressor that doesn't need hooking up to 12V socket.

[heisthegaffer]

Ive had a few of the 12v inflators but find them slow and irritatingly noisy plus the cable was a faff so sometimes used my cordless Bosch one I got for my bike.

However that struggled so ended up getti g one of these as already had the charger and battery.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/einhell-pressito-18-21-...

I was lucky to get it bare bones for 35 quid. Really quick a d not too noisy.

Actually have that one plus the next model up which is good for deflating my SUP so the smaller one lives in my boot.

[vikingaero]

The great thing about these is that they have lithium ion batteries which will last a while whilst bumping about in the boot of the car, and you can charge them from USB. The old Ni-cad batteries would have discharged within a week and left you stranded.

[Nothingtoseehere]

miniman said:

bigdom said:

I have a screw on one, never damaged a thread. The tyre threads benefit from a light bit of lube.

Don t we all.

Nonetheless, these are a useful addition.

I've ordered these, thanks!

[spreadsheet monkey]

The cigarette lighter socket powered ones are OK, but a cordless inflator with its own battery pack is even better.

Assuming you already have other cordless power tools, you can use the same battery packs that you already have. I have a Makita inflator and its great.

Much more convenient for doing bike tyres, beach inflatables etc.

[J4CKO]

Yeah, bought one a few months back and keep it in the car, if I ever get a TPMS warning its easy to just sort it without having to find a garage.

Got a traditional footpump at home and a garage compressor which is the best method but I hate winding the air line back up.

[magic Monkey Dust]

most people I know now think that tyres are inflated for life. You might find piston head readers are aware they can be reflated but bases on my observation of cycling down the bus lane to work a lot of car tyres range from pancake flat to single digits.

I actually believe that a great new idea is tyre pressure warning systems where a pinging is hard to ignore.

Im sure this intrusive system has actually saved lives.