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First one went down about two months in. Leaking at the pump also pressure regulator went out and needed to be replaced. Warranty came to my house and fixed the problem so I thought buy another one. Dumb move. Second one went out after 4 months. Was told no warranty because it’s not part of the pump I would have to contact Honda. Replaced the part myself then the air control valve went out giving me inconsistent air flow and not enough CFM’s to run my tools. Buy another brand “not made like they used to be” for sure.

I got this tire inflator mainly to use at autocross events where being able to quickly adjust tire pressures between runs is a huge advantage over your typical tire inflators that need to be plugged into a 12v outlet in the car to work. Having to plug the inflator in and then deal with feeding the power wire through the door on each side as you move around the car is a bit of a pain, especially if you don’t have a lot of time.This inflator resembles a cordless drill but instead of the drill chuck on the tip it has a flexible air hose. The hose has a quick attachment lever so you can push it down over your car tire’s valve stem, flip the lever, and begin filling. No need to screw on the hose like many other inflators.The inflator comes with a nice fabric storage case that holds the inflator itself (with 20V battery attached), the AC charger for the battery, a “fake” battery that stores a 12v plug and cable so you can power the inflator from your car if the battery has run out, and the instructions.The battery has a button to display the charge level when not installed in the inflator and also has a USB-A port that you can use to charge things like your cell phone right from the battery.In addition to car tires you can also use the inflator to add air to sports balls that use a pin, air mattresses or other inflatables, and bike tires. Adapters for each of these things are included and there is even a little storage area on the top of the inflator itself so you can keep the adapters with it. I hate sportsball, air mattresses, and bikes, so I just leave those adapters in the case with the instructions since I’ll never use them.To use the unit you first charge up the battery using the included AC adapter, then snap the battery onto the bottom of the main handle. The rear of the unit has a small display with buttons to turn it on and off, change the units of measure, and to raise and lower the pressure setting. Simply press the on/off button, then press it again if you need to switch between the various measurement units (PSI, BAR, KPA, and KG/CM are available). If you connect the unit to your tire at this point it will display the current pressure of the tire. If you need to add air you press the up and down buttons until the pressure you want is shown in the display. Then squeeze the trigger once and the compressor will turn on (there’s also a little light on the bottom of the unit to give you a little illumination if it’s dark outside. It will fill the tire to the selected pressure and then automatically turn off. Very convenient. The pressure setting is retained after use so you can quickly move around your car and inflate all your tires to the same pressure without having to manually watch the display and turn off the unit when it reaches the pressure you want.I did notice that my particular unit tends to fill the tire to be about 2 PSI higher than the display setting. So when I want to fill my tires to 30 PSI I set the unit to 28.5. It then will end up filling them to about 30.5 PSI. Removing the hose tends to release a little pressure and then I use a separate dial pressure gauge with a bleeder valve to bleed off the remaining overage until I’m right at 30.The case is large enough that I can also toss my dial pressure gauge (not included) in to the bag and have everything I need together.So far this inflator is working very well. I can typically add a few PSI to each tire and the battery will still show a full charge. So much so that the wall charger won’t even charge it until I run it down some more. So I suspect this would have plenty of charge to refill a flat tire if needed.I typically carry a Viair inflator in my cars as that brand has been very reliable for me over the years. It remains to be seen if this particular unit will be reliable long-term, so for now I may carry both inflators on any longer trips, just in case. For speed and ease of use though this Avid Power model is much better than any corded inflators.

Just got this today.Think it took about two or three minutes to pressurize the tank to 150 psi and it shut off as it’s supposed to.It added 10 pounds to several tires as if I were at an old gas station with real air pumps.Then I went ahead and charged it back to 15 and carried it out to my truck in the yard and added 10 pounds to a tire without being plugged in, then I added five pounds to four camper tires. No waiting. Pumped them all right up fast.Then I dug an old air ratchet out and plugged it in. Seemed to work, but I didn’t put in under a load. I would guess if I used it much that I would listen to the pump run all the time and have to wait for it to catch up sometimes because it uses a lot of air.It wasn’t as loud as I feared. Makes some pretty good noise, but the tone is low and deep which makes it less annoing than other devices that make same decibles.Felt pretty high quality to me for what I would use it for. Tires, occassional transmission pan removal with an air wrench etc.

Great machine to use. Just plug and play basically. It’s relatively quiet and pumps air with great ease. It’s convenient to use and very portable. I have this in a backpack with a 100 cu.in. portable tank and it all fits with space to spare. I’d HIGHLY recommend buying this unit not just for its quality and portability but the pricing is excellent for what you get. Units with the features that you see here go for hundreds more. This us an excellent deal. You get quality and value and I’m so very satisfied..I bet you would too.

Hope I never have to use it hate flats but looks like it will get the job done