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Which 12v tyre inflator ?
- Thread starter Devonboy
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We have a Von Haus. Make sure whatever you buy will give you the bar you need for your caravan. I've had the Von Haus for 2 years and it's just started playing up, so I may try something else.
I have a new Michelin which works just fine and goes well above caravan tyre pressures. But to be honest for years I’ve mainly used a cycle track pump as I’m only adjusting a few psi. But family come around to show me their TPMS light is working, so they use the Michelin one more than me. A powered one (older Michelin ) was useful on site when I had cars whose solo and towing pressures were quite different.
I use this one. Happily does 65psi but will go higher. https://www.toolstation.com/ring-di...QVZuDXgTnzcU-npWNNcbotF1mKYWPKFhoCpDIQAvD_BwE
I have three😱
Old standard VAG blue one ✅
AA branded one ✅
Battery powered cheap one similar to This
All work for top ups, the battery one is not good at pumping caravan tyres up from flat. However day to day I tend to use the battery one unless the tyre is flat.
Old standard VAG blue one ✅
AA branded one ✅
Battery powered cheap one similar to This
All work for top ups, the battery one is not good at pumping caravan tyres up from flat. However day to day I tend to use the battery one unless the tyre is flat.
I just bought a ring type with digital display, its the ultrainflate 20 , and is very good with a clear display and preset pressure setting and good cable and hose storage, however it takes about 12A and it took out my cars' atc fuse for the cigar lighter socket so I had to uprate it to 15A and changed the socket/plug for the DIN ISO 4165 type, a bit naughty but given the infrequent use it will get it will be fine . I have also fitted the same type outlet socket rated at 20A on the caravan's side to power various 12V devices in awning .As I use the pump a lot when working on caravans I have fitted the 20A connector to it and run it off my 280 A.hr battery /inverter system which I use to run caravan 240V systems. and also test the road lights I found the standard 12V connectors poor quality and get very hot when running at about 5-10A.
My VW-supplied inflator uses crocodile clips on the "battery" posts in the engine compartment - seems a better arrangement for higher-powered inflators rather than the limited current of a cigarette-lighter socket type.
Use the one Ford supply with car. Previously the one supplied with Hyundai
I have two Chinese Nonamee from Amazon.
One looks like a hairdryer and has an integral Li-Ion battery. Simple to use
Set the pressure and squeeze the trigger twice. Auto shut off and it remembers the setting when powered off. Has a light on it that shines towards the valve.
The other is like a brick. In built battery but also can run from a 12v aux power connector. Has too many modes and doesn't remember your setting when powered off. Goes back to default which is not the pressure I need when switched on.
Display hard to see in bright daylight. I only kept it because of the 12v power option.
One looks like a hairdryer and has an integral Li-Ion battery. Simple to use
Set the pressure and squeeze the trigger twice. Auto shut off and it remembers the setting when powered off. Has a light on it that shines towards the valve.
The other is like a brick. In built battery but also can run from a 12v aux power connector. Has too many modes and doesn't remember your setting when powered off. Goes back to default which is not the pressure I need when switched on.
Display hard to see in bright daylight. I only kept it because of the 12v power option.
Junked a number over the years as I suspect the caravan's 65 psi has been more demanding then they could take. All in early life managed but with wear lost the ability, at least in the time scale I could tolerate waiting for them to lift from say 62 to 65 psi. Most I suspect are aimed at the normal domestic motorist market, where tyre pressures rarely exceed 40 psi.
After those failures, and we are going back many years I found for that odd few psi correcting back to 65 psi, my quality cycle track pump worked a treat. That I carried anyway for the even higher pressures of the road bikes we rarely travelled without, so an ideal solution, bikes, vehicle and van all covered. Bigger inflation issues like with roadside fitting a new tyre to a rim, is for me a job I pay my roadside assistance service to undertake.
At home where I have had way more serious high air volume inflating tasks than the few psi correction encountered away from home I purchased a Ring 900. This is a significant lump of a thing, not what I want to be carrying in the boot, just in case. Plus its not low powered so able to use a automotive 12 VDC outlet with that's 10 Amp limit; this can pull up to 30Amps so is connected normally by clipping directly on the the battery posts.
I was motivated to get this as it was what one of the recovery service vehicles that came to us carried, and the mechanic had recommended.
After those failures, and we are going back many years I found for that odd few psi correcting back to 65 psi, my quality cycle track pump worked a treat. That I carried anyway for the even higher pressures of the road bikes we rarely travelled without, so an ideal solution, bikes, vehicle and van all covered. Bigger inflation issues like with roadside fitting a new tyre to a rim, is for me a job I pay my roadside assistance service to undertake.
At home where I have had way more serious high air volume inflating tasks than the few psi correction encountered away from home I purchased a Ring 900. This is a significant lump of a thing, not what I want to be carrying in the boot, just in case. Plus its not low powered so able to use a automotive 12 VDC outlet with that's 10 Amp limit; this can pull up to 30Amps so is connected normally by clipping directly on the the battery posts.
I was motivated to get this as it was what one of the recovery service vehicles that came to us carried, and the mechanic had recommended.
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I can't help you. I have had this one for years and works well. You appear to be asking fir recommendations for one that doesn't work.
Looks to be what I have and was back then sold as a RING RAC900.
I have found it does all I ask even many years on. It was what the roadside assistance van had, I seem to recall it was an AA service van, and I assumed was part of their outfit back then.
Importantly, its unsuitable for use from a standard car 12 volt socket as it can pull up to three time the current these are wired to provide.
I have one of these.
www.powertoolworld.co.uk
120psi, no worrying about finding a suitable power outlet or clipping to a car battery. Excellent for making use of drill batteries. It works very well well. There are two models, mine is the older one from an eBay supplier, great value.
Other battery tool manufacturers will make similar.
The inflated that came with my Mazda is useless.
John
Makita DMP180Z 18v LXT Cordless Inflator Body Only
Makita DMP180Z 18v LXT Cordless Inflator Body Only The Makita DMP180Z 18v LXT cordless inflator has a built-in motor that delivers up to 120psi, easily inflating car tyres, sporting equipment and used for many more applications. This Makita inflator features a digital screen with backlight...
www.powertoolworld.co.uk
120psi, no worrying about finding a suitable power outlet or clipping to a car battery. Excellent for making use of drill batteries. It works very well well. There are two models, mine is the older one from an eBay supplier, great value.
Other battery tool manufacturers will make similar.
The inflated that came with my Mazda is useless.
John
LOL ! Usually if I ask a question that's the answer i get back " 1 that works".
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Agree re VAG. We have a Skoda Karoq 2L TDI which came with a foam kit and compressor. Not a lot of good if you get a flat when towing! Our model has a half depth spare wheel well so I bought a skinny spare with new Conti tyre off eBay for £60 as a safer solution and left the compressor in the car. This unit will do IMSMC 6bar!
For the record any of the SE or SEL Karoq models which only come in turbo petrol have a near full sized spare wheel well. A full spare can be carried but (again IMSMC) the boot floor has to be lifted by about an inch so that it will sit properly.
For the record any of the SE or SEL Karoq models which only come in turbo petrol have a near full sized spare wheel well. A full spare can be carried but (again IMSMC) the boot floor has to be lifted by about an inch so that it will sit properly.
This is the one I use. Rated to 150psi but the most I've used it for is 60psi.
My Subaru Forester would take a full sized spare but like the Karoq did not allow the boot floor to sit flat. The Australian Foresters had to have a full sized spare by law and Subaru provided a neat kit that lifted the floor to become level. But rather than shell out £350😛lus shipping and import taxes I used expanded polystyrene to level the floor. The whole modification paid for itself when I had a non repairable puncture. Instead of replacing all four tyres I got away with only buying one new tyre.
