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What can you say about a product that gives up the ghost after such little use. Then, like another reviewer's experience, after a couple of minutes it overheated and I could smell the distinct odor of melting electrical components. It was dead. I purchased the identical item but under the Sears Craftsman name about 1 year ago. "Look for another that can do the job AND holds up to the use." It did a great job and I was very satisfied with how well it worked for such a small pump. I used it no more than a dozen times during the year to inflate bicycle and car tires and my kids' basketballs. That is, until I needed to inflate an almost flat car tire.
We are a mere 20 days beyond Amazon's return window. I'd say we got four or five good uses out of this before it went kablooey. Beware if you decide to pick this one. The product worked fine for us for one year and two months. Yesterday while filling our bicycle tires it began wheezing and wouldn't pump any more air.
i would also probably use this to inflate swimming pool accessories but not for car tires since i feel more comfortable taking care of that chore at the gas station anyway. yes it's loud but it's also compact and the accessories tuck away nicely in the snap-on compartment. i purchased this product specifically to inflate exercise balls since the hand pumps they come with are useless. i can definitely say the Bon-Aire 120V can achieve what the hand pumps could not, which is inflate a 65cm ball to 65cm.
The accessories do NOT include an adapter for road bike "presta" valves, but that's inexpensive to pick up at a bike or hardware store.The unit is pretty noisy, and doesn't appear much different from other small inflaters powered by 12V cigarette lighter adapters. It's able to achieve the high pressure needed by road bikes (100+ PSI). I was hoping that it would be more beefy, but it looks like it is the same type of unit with a different power source. The unit does its job as advertised. I've used it to inflate bicycle and car tires.
I am still trying several release techniques to mitigate this problem. The noise it makes is bearable, the only negative is that the piece that clamps on the valve stem is difficult to un-couple without releasing much of the air that you have pumped. I recently purchased two compresors, one for car tires and this one for bike tires. Features that I like on this unit are the long hose and the built-in quage.
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