Portable Air Compressor Car Tyre Pump, 100W Tyre Inflator
Portable Air Compressor Car Tyre Pump, 100W Tyre Inflator for Car Motorcycle Bike Ball, 12V DC Car Tyre Pump, Digital Tyre Inflator for Car Tires and Other Inflatables
| Weight: | 470 g |
| Dimensions: | 20 x 12.4 x 7.1 cm; 470 g |
| Brand: | Wansimoo |
| Manufacture: | Wansimoo |
| Dimensions: | 20 x 12.4 x 7.1 cm; 470 g |
| Reference: | WA02 |
When I opened this portable for the first time, I had doubts about whether it could inflate a car’s tyre, and that was because of its size. This is a very compact unit so won’t take up much room in the boot of the car — you could possibly get it into the glove compartment if there isn’t too much else in there.
The pump came with a few adaptors for inflating bicycle tyre, footballs etc, but for myself I mainly view it for the car.
The length of the power cord is enough to reach all four tyres but the pump needs to be located very closely to the tyre as the air cable is extremely short.
Like any previous air pump I’ve used on the car tyres, you certainly know when it is on and when it has finished as it is loud, especially if you don’t use it in the open air but in an enclosed space. The pump inflated the tyres with a top-up of about 4-5 PSI quickly, and the car’s own tyre pressure monitoring system confirmed that it was accurate.
For such a small and lightweight pump, this is a welcome addition in the boot of my car and gives some piece of mind in an emergency.
This pump is very easy to use to pump up car tyres. Open the driver’s window, pass the cable through to plug into the cigarette lighter, and there is enough length to do both offside tyres. Unplug, pass through the front passenger window and repeat for the two nearside tyres.
The operation is easy – set the pressure you want, press go, and let it do its thing. It will stop at the pressure you’ve chosen (and, yes, it was checked with a reliable tyre gauge to make sure this new pump was accurate, and it definitely seems to be the case).
The instructions leave a lot to be desired!
* The safety paragraph made me laugh (see blue arrow on my photo), although I have to agree that it’s definitely something that you should never do!
* The pink arrows say there should be a battery in the unit, but as far as we can tell, this is just not true. The unit will ONLY work when plugged into the cigarette lighter in the car. This doesn’t matter for pumping up the car tyres, but if you wanted to pump up something like a paddling pool that’s nowhere near the car, then you couldn’t do it. (Maybe there are two models of the pump and one has an internal battery and the other doesn’t? )
It mentions being suitable for motorbikes, which is true — but only if you have some means of plugging the power in (and motorbikes don’t usually have a cigarette lighter socket!)
So, at the current price of 15.99, this is a good pump for car tyres that definitely makes life easier. For other uses, it’s likely to be far less convenient. I’ve rated it at 5 stars on the car tyre basis!
The build quality isn’t the best but so what if it pumps up my tyres I’m happy and that’s how I felt opening the box, having a first look at it, and trying it out.
Really easy to use and comes with all the add on adapters for even using with motorbikes, balls, inflatable boats or whatever else you need to inflate or pump up.
It’s really lightweight and compact and surprisingly powerful. Just plug into your cigarette lighter and away you go
Set the tyre level you need and then start and just leave it to inflate to your desired tyre pressure before automatically switching off (ensuring it doesn’t inflate too much and pop your tyre!)
It’s a cheap feeling tyre pump but at a fraction of the cost of others with better build so ask yourself what’s important to you: saving money and pumping your tyres up easily or paying loads more and having a slightly better build quality.
This should last – I’ve no fears that it’s poor quality and I look forward to many years of travel with the peace of mind that I have an easy to use tyre inflator in my car boot!