12v dinghy inflator recommendations?

[Kelpie]

+1 best value in the long run. Mine is 30 years old and unlike cheep ones, does not require a manual pump to finish in order to get the right pressure.

Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

I find my LVM can certainly get my Avon to nearly full pressure, but it still benefits from a few strokes of the foot pump to get it rigid enough to row well.

 

[Cactus Sailing]

I've lost my old Rule air pump (cost about £75}. They no longer seem to make them. Can anyone recommend something similar?

i use a 12v camping air bed pump thing from Tesco for a £5 , i then use the foot pump for the last bit, takes about 4-5 mins to fully inflate a seago 260

something along the lines of this

it also has a vacuum side on it for helping get the last bits out of the dinghy if packing away

that's £70 you can then spend on other boating paraphernalia or 14 more pumps should you desire a hoard of pumps

 

[stevd]

These in decathlon look pretty good. I was considering one as a spare / use at home pump.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/0-15-psi-12v-electric-pump-id_8387582.html

 

[Bouba]

I’ve got two BTV 12, one on board and one I keep at home for trips to the beach.
They are expensive, about two hundred, and come in a bag with its own rechargeable battery. They fill a sup or tender very quickly and are especially good for the high pressure floor or board. There is a dial pressure gauge with an outer rim that rotates to set the pressure point. I mark in pencil all around the gauge all the different pressures I need for the various inflatable toys we have, saves a lot of memory work

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

Taking the description as gospel, but with the expectation that it's actually rubbish and that Amazon will be taking it back, I've ordered one of these. Not only claims to do beds and bikes (copes with decent flow and pressure) but also an auto off at predetermined pressure. Reading the description makes it sound like the image is wrong and must have a digital display, but we'll see and I'll report back.

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Compressor...0&sr=8-2&keywords=12v+airbed+and+bicycle+pump

It's to replace one of these, which did the initial blow up well, needed a footpump to finish, but burned out under mysterious circumstances when borrowed by an offspring.

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I have the refund.

 

[BlueChip]

This Bravo - https://www.force4.co.uk/bravo-btp12-12v-pump-manometer.html - is pretty good. The cheap ones are only fans and cannot achieve a decent pressure - that Bravo is a two stage pump - it uses a fan to get the initial charge in quickly, then switches to a piston pump to get up to the required pressure. It is able to get my wife's inflatable paddle board up to 1 bar in a couple of minutes which is pretty good.

I've got two of similar 'dial up' high pressure Bravo pumps, one for my tender on the boat here and one I keep in Spain.
They are one of my best ever purchases and I think essential if you have an airdeck dinghy which requires high volume and pressure.
Just dial up the required pressure, press the button and wait for the pump to cut out, repeat for each chamber.
Quick and absolutely no effort.

 

[jackho]

agree with Mybe ... the others wouldnt open the valves on my dinghy so had to spend the money on same.

 

[davidpbo]

I have the refund.

That good eh?

I used tho have a rechargeable Halfords aurbed pump. Which brought the tender up to pressure where not too much was required with the footpump.

I had very limited ability to recharge the boat battery (Outboard coil and 10w solar panel) so did not what any undue draw on it.

Unfortunately it died.

I keep looking at a Coleman equivalent.

 

[davidpbo]

The thing with even the cheap electric pumps is you can get on with something else whilst it is doing a lot of the work.

 

[Muddy32]

stuff a big tube up your cars exhaust and run the engine. Works on Avons.