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Review on 🚲 Tubeless Tire Inflator 1.15l - Advanced Airshot by Robert Espinoza

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Information not found prior to my purchase

I am writing this to provide some information that I wanted but could not find prior to purchasing the Airshot. Here's what I did: I mounted Schwalbe ProOne 700X28 tires on HUNT RaceAero wheels (tubeless road bike tires on tubeless wheels). This was the first time I've reinstalled tires since getting them new in late summer. At first I just tried it with a floor pump and soapy water, but to no avail. I chose Airshot as my next solution. I received the airshot, read and followed the instructions on my front and rear tires with success on both on the first try. Here are the steps I followed (NOTE: I chose to wear goggles): 1. Remove the stem from the first tire; 2. Apply soapy water (Dawn Dishwashing Liquid) from a spray bottle; 3. Using the adapter provided, insert the end of the Airshot hose into the stem threads with your fingers until it stops; 4. Make sure the airshot valve where the hose connects to the main tank is closed (turned perpendicular to the hose, not in line with the hose); 5. Remove the cap from the schrader valve on top of the airshot canister; 6. Make sure the valve stem is open at the top of the canister; 7. Attach my floor pump (note: my pump gauge goes up to 160psi); 8. Pump until the floor pump gauge reads 140psi (the instructions say to use 120-160psi, so I chose the mid range for the first try); 9. Open the airshot valve on the hose-canister connection by rotating it from a vertical position into line with the hose. 10. Pay attention to what is happening (e.g. do you hear air hissing somewhere? Do you hear popping noises related to tire landing here? Do you see soap bubbles somewhere around the circumference of the tire on both sides? etc.) . In both cases, the tires were seated for me on the first try. The basic information I wanted to know before purchasing was this: If I blow the high pressure air from the Airshot into my particular tires what would the resulting pressure be (assuming the tire is mounted) - my result was 55 to 60 lbs square inches . One thing I did differently on the second tire was start inflating my floor pump after I had deflated the tire to seat it as I wanted the final pressure to be between 85-90psi, and my theory was that having more air pumped into the tire should improve the chances of an efficient tire seat. The basis of my Airshot ratings are the following: 4 out of 5 for ease of use because the bottom of the air tank is quite small which makes it not want to stand up very well and because I didn't see any markings on it either Airshot build or in the instructions what was the open or closed position for the valve (I just had to 'open' this info; 4 out of 5 for value for money because compared to all the options I've seen As solutions for my needs, it was one of the most economical, but $59.99 is still not a pittance - I'd give it a 4.5 here (if possible, I don't know how to do that.) There are quite a few many components involved in the Airshot assembly and found the overall quality to be very good.As for the durability rating, I've used it once and can't justify the rating for it, but I'm confident in my impression of quality Obviously there won't be any problems here.

Pros
  • Absolutely amazing!
Cons
  • Not bad, but...