Electric Pumps Rechargable

[cyclop]

Too late. I bought one anyway...it weighs less than two small oranges!

what sort of orange?I never minded pumping,especally with a zefal ...nice ....keeps you warm as well...

[axel_knutt]

So much better than a mini pump which are pretty micturate poor in my experience.

But that's not a very high bar.

For 35 out of the ~55 years I've been using pumps, I used just one: the traditional aluminium pump that came with my Carlton in ~1972, which fits on pegs and has the hose stowed in the handle. It's difficult to know what to say about it, it was just a pump, it did what it says on the tin, easily, effectively, and faultlessly for 35 years. It finally expired when the handle developed a fatigue fracture so that the end of the piston rod was digging into the palm of my hand.

The reason it was so trouble-free and effective was that it was the result of decades of development, it didn't need 'improvement' until the marketing men came along and started reinventing the wheel in order to push more product.

For a few years I used the plastic versions of the same thing because that was all I could get, but what finally made me abandon them was that it was no longer possible to buy good quality hoses instead of rubbish that only lasted a few weeks.

[Caver_Paul]

Always pack an electric pump these days but on longer rides I have a manual mini pump as back-up. It's far quicker and less effort to re-inflate a tube with an electric pump but I wouldn't rely on one 100% if there was the chance of being stuck out in the wilds.

Same with me. Electric pump for speedy re-inflate after a roadside puncture with mini pump as backup.

[AndyB1]

What is wrong with a manual pump?
A battery pump will last about 4 years until the battery dies…..just as you want to use it….seems a waste of resources

There have been plenty of comments on here about manual pumps failing - usually due to lack of use and then when they get dug out of a bag, unclipped from a frame etc for use, the owner discovers that the seal has perished or the hose has split or it's full of road grime.

Nothing is particularly wrong with a manual pump, it's just another option.

IMHO an electric pump is an unnecessary option……if you can ride a bike you can use a hand pump.

Of course manual pumps fail, they are mechanical things and are used and abused. But I doubt if a lithium powered pump would ever last more than about 4 years as the battery would fail.
Are there any electric pumps with replaceable batteries?

If you store a manual pump properly it will last for many years. Sure, seals will eventually age. You mention hoses failing, not seen a manual pump like that for many years. It shows how long the hoses must have lasted!

Ironically the seals (and hoses) on electric pumps probably won’t fail as they will outlast the battery and get thrown away after around 4 years.

[ChrisF]

I bought one because I found I couldn't get the tyres on my gravel bike to seat to the rim correctly without one. I couldn't get enough pressure in the hand pump to make the tyre 'pop' with these new-fangled 'tubeless-ready' tyres and rims. I can get 40psi into them (the recommended running pressure) but they seem to need 45-50 psi to seat themselves.

[toontra]

I bought one because I found I couldn't get the tyres on my gravel bike to seat to the rim correctly without one. I couldn't get enough pressure in the hand pump to make the tyre 'pop' with these new-fangled 'tubeless-ready' tyres and rims. I can get 40psi into them (the recommended running pressure) but they seem to need 45-50 psi to seat themselves.

Indeed. I've found the same. I can get enough pressure with a track pump at home but not with the mini pump I've had in my saddlebag and used for years with regular clincher road tyres on the road.

[ANTONISH]

I bought one because I found I couldn't get the tyres on my gravel bike to seat to the rim correctly without one. I couldn't get enough pressure in the hand pump to make the tyre 'pop' with these new-fangled 'tubeless-ready' tyres and rims. I can get 40psi into them (the recommended running pressure) but they seem to need 45-50 psi to seat themselves.

Indeed. I've found the same. I can get enough pressure with a track pump at home but not with the mini pump I've had in my saddlebag and used for years with regular clincher road tyres on the road.

I can't speak for the mini pump but my HPX frame pump will give pressures up to 130PSI - I've never needed a pressure that high.
Around 20 yrs ago I had a puncture whilst riding an Audax- I got to the control and the controller kindly offered to top up the tyre pressure with her track pump - "oh you've already got over 100psi" - so the top up wasn't necessary.

[AndyB1]

I have never had a hand pump that could not give 50psi.
Could the problem be not enough air flow rather than pressure?

[puffin]

Its arrived! Yea!
I can't get it to work properly! Boo!

The problem is probably that I've never quite mastered pumping up with a presta valve, after all its only been 16 years.

So, I'm taking the wheel off the bike, bringing it inside and trying again.

[Jdsk]

What make and model is it?

Thanks

Jonathan

[puffin]

Hi Jonathan
Its a Gputek pump.

Last night, I undid the valve all the way, tapped the end to see if it was working, then simply held the hose on by han, it worked! Yea.

[Jdsk]

Thankyou

Jonathan

[rjb]

A picture paints a thousand words.
Gputek pump
A review after you've used it a few times would be well received.

[Oxoman]

Looks identical to the truflo offering

[rareposter]

IMHO an electric pump is an unnecessary option……if you can ride a bike you can use a hand pump.

That rather fails to account for anyone with wrist or hand issues - arthritis, disability etc.

A friend of mine (in his late-60's now, a former very good road racer in his day) has finger strength and mobility problems caused by a break years ago but which is now subject to arthritis as well.

For that reason, he now has an electric mini pump because a manual one was getting too tricky to use effectively.