Ridiculous inflatable instructions

[pessimist]

Bought a new inflatable yesterday. Instruction manual gives precise figures for tube/keep/floor pressures with dire warnings if they are not adhered to. The supplied pump has no guage and I rather doubt it is man enough to reach the the specified floor pressure. Grrr!

 

[vyv_cox]

I have a gauge on my double acting pump. I cannot get anywhere near the required pressure of 0.8 bar in airdeck or inflatable hull. They feel pretty hard even at about 0.25 bar which is the most I can push.

 

[johnalison]

Don't buy a ridiculous inflatable.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Don't buy a ridiculous inflatable.

That’s ?

 

[jordanbasset]

I blow mine up earlier in the day, by the time the day warms up it is plenty hard enough. Have never tested the pressure but not had any problems

 

[knuterikt]

Bought a new inflatable yesterday. Instruction manual gives precise figures for tube/keep/floor pressures with dire warnings if they are not adhered to. The supplied pump has no guage and I rather doubt it is man enough to reach the the specified floor pressure. Grrr!

Some people use 12v compressor to inflate their boats. Maybe a safeguard against those?

 

[Malish]

Our 12v compressor has a pressure controller on the side - just set the pressure you require and it cuts out when it is attained; just dont ask me about it accuracy !

 

[sailaboutvic]

I blow mine up earlier in the day, by the time the day warms up it is plenty hard enough. Have never tested the pressure but not had any problems

Same as you mate , but we are both in a very hot country

 

[RichardS]

I inflate my dinghy so that it is very soft and your backside sinks into the tube. I've never seen any other dinghies which are inflated so low but it just seems to me that it will last longer. As long as it stays on top of the water, I'm happy.

Richard

 

[Stemar]

I inflate my dinghy so that it is very soft and your backside sinks into the tube. I've never seen any other dinghies which are inflated so low but it just seems to me that it will last longer. As long as it stays on top of the water, I'm happy.

Richard

I guess that's OK as long as you aren't trying to row against a strong breeze and/or tide. OTOH, most inflatables, no matter how inflated, seem to be OK as long as you aren't trying to row against a strong breeze and/or tide

 

[pessimist]

Don't buy a ridiculous inflatable.

 

[vyv_cox]

Our 12v compressor has a pressure controller on the side - just set the pressure you require and it cuts out when it is attained; just dont ask me about it accuracy !

What type is that please? My widely recommended centrifugal compressor gives up a long way before either tubes or floor are hard and the manual pump is needed to top off.

 

[AuntyRinum]

I blow mine up with a Wetvac bought from Screwix, set on blow, and deflate it with the normal suction setting.

 

[Kukri]

And I thought this was a thread about Donald Trump!

I think nobody gets those pressures.

 

[Iliade]

I just destroyed a £1000 paddle board by inflating it to half (10psi) it's working pressure (22psi) in the evening to check that I had successfully fixed a leak. I left it overnight and, unfortunately, for the next rather warm day too. When we came home it was cylindrical, but the leak was confirmed fixed...

If Mr Boyle is to be believed then the temperature inside must have hit something like 50 degrees. That is actually plausible given that the local TV news showed someone cooking eggs on their car bonnet as per the LRDG.

At which juncture the author eats shoots and leaves...