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Review on Portable Rechargeable Electric Air Pump for Pool Inflatables - 5000mAh, 3 Nozzle Inflator/Deflator, Airbeds, Mattresses, Pool Rafts & Floaties by Richard Carroll

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works great when used properly

First off, this is not a blower so don't expect the power of a mechanic's airgun. Now I charged this for 2 days last week and just tried it. Good news, it lasted a week on a full charge so that's it. Now I fill tubes designed for flow by Intex, Ozark Trail and Body Glove. I have completed 5 Intex River Trails, 1 Body Glove Easy Rider and an Ozark Trail the same size as the others with mesh and the base model of the Ozark Trail is just a tube with no mesh or headrest. Also a raft Intex Explorer 300 and 200. Large tubes with Boston valves, screw-on check valves are what I use mostly when sailing. When filling through the check valve, these tubes take about 2 minutes and 45 seconds. So if you fill a lot of them, it will take a long time. But with a little practice you can completely remove the Boston valve and fill it without an adapter and without a check valve, it only takes 45 seconds. Pushing the valve back takes practice before losing too much air. Then a second or two with the pump to complete it. The base model hose requires a smaller adapter to fit the valve on it. This limitation means you'll spend about 2 minutes completing each one. The Explorer 300 has a larger valve that uses the largest main camera adapter so it was quick at around 4 minutes. The 200 has the small air valve you'd expect from baby water slides, so it's the smallest adapter left right now and takes around 11 minutes to fill the large chamber. I only filled the swimmers headrest because I rarely take the time to fill it before running in the water with the snorkels, but it takes about 30 seconds to fill. Now that you have an idea of how these pumps can work with different inflatables, the pump worked for about 20 minutes, filling 7 chambers and both rafts. The 6 Boston valves and Intex 300 bulbs caused the battery indicator to go out on one out of four bulbs. The other tube and the Intex 200, which took longer than the rest combined, didn't turn off the second light. So apparently it should be able to fill at least twice as much as I can. When I fill up the other tubes tomorrow I might update more but thought this information should help others decide if this pump would be useful. I bought 2 of these and already had another battery powered pump. For the price I couldn't have asked for better as long as they last a few years with occasional use. The photo shows all the floats I filled at once with the valve removed for quick filling. A total of 9 river slides, 3 body gloves, 3 main Ozark trails and a larger Ozark trail, 1 towable and 2 rafts. The charge indicator still has a light on and the airflow shows no signs of slowing down.

Pros
  • Certified
Cons
  • Cord is shorter than other picks