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11/2/2011 at 9:37pm
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Those Beds that you buy from go outdoors, the ones that will never fit back into the box after using and end up taking 3 times the storage.

I thinking about investing in an electric deflator - are these things effective?

 



11/2/2011 at 9:51pm
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Not sure about deflating, but we used an inflator fronm go outdoors that connects to ciggy lighter in car, cost around £5 at the time and it is miles faster than using a foot pump, took about 1 minute to inflate a double.

have since gone to folding camp beds, they take up less space and seem more comfy for me and OH.



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11/2/2011 at 10:01pm
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our inflator also deflates.  You put the adaptor on the bit that sucks in the air for inflating and it sucks out the air.

Does make a difference for getting them back in the bag.  Check you pump as it may do both.  Ours also goes in the ciggy lighter.



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11/2/2011 at 10:12pm
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Ooh it does suck too, dont think will use it now we have camp beds, plus my 7 year old loves deflating them by rolling on them lol

do you think it will be strong enough to use on them vaccuum bags for duvets etc?

 



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11/2/2011 at 10:15pm
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yep :)

We get out girls to roll on their beds and then just suck out a bit of air. 

That said, have just ordered some sim's as the eldest is growing out of the airbed she has :)



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12/2/2011 at 2:31pm
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Shirley

In answer to your question about electric pumps and removing air out of vacuum bags - yes it will work, provided the hole in the vacuum bag fits size-wise with your air pump nozzle. They tend to make them to fit hoover nozzles, but I managed to get some in Aldi last week which work with our electric pump - am now dead chuffed as it means we should be able to take duvets when we camp - happy days :-)

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12/2/2011 at 2:53pm
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The reason why you can't get the air bed back in the box it came in is because there is still trapped air inside the airbed. I understand what you are saying because I've encontered this myself before and admit it's quite frustrating. I purchased an air pump that inflates and also deflates when you reverse the pump so basically it sucks the outside air in to inflate then sucks the internal air out to deflate. The answer to you question is yes they do work quite well but do shop around as these twin operating pumps can vary in price. I bought mine from Tesco's about 18 months ago for around £8.



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