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Subject Topic: Pumps - but which one? Post Reply Post New Topic
28/6/2007 at 9:13pm
 Location: Scotland
 Outfit: Outwell Vermont XL
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Inflating two double air beds by hand is getting too much for my old body. So I want to get an electric pump. We have EHU but would like to be able to pump fromthe car battery if needed.

Just tried Tesco's one for £15. Its rubbish: after 10 minutes running it from the mains one airbed still not useable and the back pressure was too much - no better after 30 minutes.

Anyone know of a good pump for airbeds?

 



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28/6/2007 at 9:14pm
 Location: aberdeen
 Outfit: 2 Gelert tents
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the little yellow one from Argos is terrific had my one 10 years

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28/6/2007 at 9:58pm
 Location: West Sussex
 Outfit: Vango 600 DLX 2006
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I bought a Coleman from Towsure and it seems pretty good. I wish I'd bought the Argos one now (as it only costs a tenner), but the Coleman one was not that much more.


28/6/2007 at 10:00pm
 Location: Holyhead Anglesey
 Outfit: Coleman Cedar Creek
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Quote: Originally posted by big b on 28/6/2007
the little yellow one from Argos is terrific had my one 10 years


I've got one too.....wouldn't be without it!

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28/6/2007 at 10:15pm
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Hi,

just bought the Aldi yellow one for a fiver. Only mains, not battery, and it sounds like a jet engine, but it also pumps up the air bed like one. Rock hard in a few minutes.

Mike



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28/6/2007 at 10:16pm
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 Outfit: trigano chantilly
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we have a camping gaz rechargeable pump (quickpump2),great bit of kit recharges from mains or 12v and is powerful too.will easily inflate 2 double air beds and more


28/6/2007 at 11:27pm
 Location: South Devon
 Outfit:  Khyam XXL Classic
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We use this one, it's brill.



29/6/2007 at 7:06am
 Location: Warrington Cheshire
 Outfit: Vango Escape 500
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We bought the Tesco one for £7 and they can inflate an airbed in about 2 minutes (just take the large stopper out and connect to biggest adapter)

Mike J



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29/6/2007 at 9:54am
 Location: Dorset
 Outfit: Khyam Windsor and kitchen sink
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Coleman do one for about £12.99

Had ours for just over a year, belts out a lot of air very quickly and doesn't suffer from back pressure (as most battery one do).

Our version is 12v only, but I'm pretty sure that they do one with a mains connector too.



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29/6/2007 at 9:56am
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We bought one from ebay for a fiver - Its brilliant, inflates the Coleman comforts in a fraction over a minute. We use it to deflate the beds too!

 

Suz



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29/6/2007 at 10:28am
 Location: Staffordshire
 Outfit: Sterling Eccles Jewel 2004
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I got the aldi yellow one too and would vote for that!

They also do a little red one that runs off the cigarette lighters in cars



29/6/2007 at 11:18am
 Location: Oxfordshire
 Outfit: Outwell Nevada M & Coleman Columbus 8
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I got a 4xD cell battery one from Woolworths for £7 - works a treat for airbeds.


29/6/2007 at 11:23am
 Location: Wantage
 Outfit: Vango Diablo 600
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i got the Gelert Hurricane 4 and it inflates a double airbed in about 60 sec


30/6/2007 at 7:37pm
 Location: Scotland
 Outfit: Outwell Vermont XL
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Tried the tesco one after it had been charged - works fine.

But thanks for al the help and advice

Wife says RTFM. I say why?

She's right, I'm wrong... sound familiar?



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