tyre compressor/inflator.

ash_scotland88

ash_scotland88

ash_scotland88

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Anybody bought their own?

I've got a couple of slow leaks and a minimum 50p a time to check up on them grows weary, there for the most economical thing to do is spend £25 on my own one! :P

I also know my family will make use of it as well.

I'm looking at the RAC640, any thoughts or recommendations?
 
ash_scotland88 said:
Anybody bought their own?

I've got a couple of slow leaks and a minimum 50p a time to check up on them grows weary, there for the most economical thing to do is spend £25 on my own one! :P
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Surely the best (and probably most economical) thing to do is get them fixed?

That said 50p per time is hard to swallow I'm also looking at one to put in the boot/garage for when the local free one is broken which is most of the time :)
 
I've had one practically for ever, handy thing to have, got a lot of use out of it but my god it's slow.
A proper compressor will be able to inflate tyres much faster, and be able to run a multitude of air tools. I'd say if you are a keen DIY mechanic then go down that route.
 
I've got a very cheap halfords one, the first one I had, the plug started to melt in the lighter socket when I used it, they were happy to replace that one even though the box was knackered. The second, the PSI meter says 99 at all times.

But, whatever, it works in a pinch. My local Sainsbos compressor is still free.
 
If it's simply to inflate tyres I'd suggest getting a good quality digital tyre pressure gauge and a twin chamber footpump or el cheapo tyre inflator from somewhere ( petrol stations usually sell them every so often for under a tenner ). Gauges on the majority of ( not all though ) powered tyre inflators / compressors are notoriously inaccurate. Think on the method of actually getting air into the tyre as just that and nothing more and then couple it up with a decent stand alone digital pressure gauge so you can actually see what pressure your tyres are sitting at.

I have a cheap tyre inflator which plugs into a 12v aux socket in the car and a Draper digital pressure gauge, one of the more accurate ones on the market. Primarily I went down this route for inflating the tyres on my RSV as accuracy is paramount when it comes to superbike tyre pressures - 1 or 2 psi either way can affect a high performance bikes handling by a massive degree. Whether this also applies to cars to the same degree, I don't know.
 
I've got a hand pump with a gauge. Works great- who needs gym:D No, to be honest it only takes about 10 pumps to get from 25psi to recommended 32, and is much quicker than cig lighter powered compressors. 20 seconds and you're done.
 
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