The original inflator package I received was badly damaged, and looked like it’d been chewed open multiple times, then re-taped. I took pictures before I opened it, just in case the contents were damaged or missing components.
The inflator, itself, was undamaged, and seemed to work fine, but the instructions were missing. I still managed to figure it out though – it’s operation is pretty simple and straight forward.
After posing the question of something like: “..is this supposed to have instructions?, my package was damaged and didn’t have any..”. The company contacted me and offered a replacement. I thought they were just sending replacement instructions. A couple days later, I received a completely new inflator – which was a surprise to me, and amazing customer service.
So… The inflator works impressively well, and inflates rather quickly, given its small size. I charged it to “full”, then inflated a kickball and topped off all 4 car tires (5-8 lbs each) – and it didn’t make a dent in its charge level. It did get fairly warm, but not alarmingly so.. and to be expected given the nature of its job.
The gauge seems accurate – based on comparison with my manual tire gauge.
The “set it and forget it” is awesome. You don’t have to hold the inflator nozzle on the valve stem, as it clamps on, rather like a bike tire pump does. Set the PSI, push “go”, then wait til it’s done. Easy peasy…
Being so small, it doesn’t take up much space in the car – which is nice, given I drive a Mini, and storage is at a premium. The storage bag is nice, but I’ll probably look for something more like a case for long term storage.
This little thing will save me so much work and aggravation in not having to drag out and set up my compressor every time I need to inflate a pool toy, ball, or top off a tire.
I’m still rather impressed that such a small thing can do what my compressor usually does…
Now… if they’d just make one to run a nail gun… :)~
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