"83LowRider" wrote in news:j1s261$fb3$1@dont-
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Red Green wrote:
Those things are a f'n joke. It can only fill until the pressure in
the tank & tire are equalized. So, you load up the gas station unit
with quarters and see IF it can pump up the tank with 135 PSI. Ooops!
timed out. More quarters. Later you try to inflate any normal size
tire (not bicycle, wheelbarrow, handtruck, 30 series pothole disaster
tires). Transfer tank volume runs out when equalized at maybe 20 PSI.
Good enough, go to gas station, load up machine with quarters, finish
pumping up tire, hurry to fill transfer tank too, ****-timed out and
only at 70 PSI, more quarters. There! Done!! That was easy.

Who the **** would pay for air? The OP said he used it to air his
scooter tires. A 10 gal tank at 100psi will hold enough air to
pump his tires for a year. Nice rant tho.

"... really handy when you want to air up a tire in a place where you
can't easily get electrical power or stretch a hose."

errr...you pump up a compressor, disconnect and take it anywhere
needed. It doesn't need to be plugged in to discharge ya know.

And if the sole use is his scooter tires, how does that apply?
Do you think he intends to strap it to his bike?

The one on my work truck is prolly 8 years old, used regularly,
exposed to the elements (durable), and very cheap. If you buy a
'good' compressor you've paid too much to air up scooter tires. If
you get a cheap one, they usually fail within a year. Fill it at
your local station, it'll hold enough air
for your tires for a year. If not, you need new tubes/tires. If too
heavy, move down to a 5 gal.

WTF is a prolly?

WTF is a RedGreen or 'ofeeeeeended'?




PepBoys and Harbor Freight sell nice little 12V compressors that plug into
your cig lighter or clip onto the battery posts. NOT the yellow plastic
$7 POS,but the metal ones,they go for around $20,PepBoys had their
MasterFlow MF-1040 on sale for $14 after rebate,I have one,and it's
good.150PSI.
It does tires fine.

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