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[Closed] anyone using a Bontrager TLR Flash Charger floor pump?

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I was looking at this instead of a compressor for tubeless tyres inflation.
I'm guessing that you pre-charge the second chamber with the floor pump, then release the pressure into the tyre in go......

Anyone got one?

Interesting, but would like to see if it works before i buy one.

[url= http://www.bontrager.com/model/11881 ]this thing[/url]

(ps, not looking for ghetto inflator, or 'pump harder' kind of advice thanks)

 
Posted : 09/10/2014 4:58 pm
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I'm not sure they're actually available yet over here. There are few videos on YouTube showing it working I think and some website reviews. Have you found one on sale in the UK?

 
Posted : 09/10/2014 5:02 pm
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I saw one of these being demo'd a few weeks ago, did the job very nicely and should be a fair whack cheaper than the Bontrager (should they release it in the UK).

www.airshotltd.com

 
Posted : 09/10/2014 5:40 pm
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That just looks like a productised ghetto tubeless inflator.

 
Posted : 09/10/2014 5:43 pm
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The Bontrager is the same as a ghetto in principle also, they're both just an accumulator for pressure. The airshot appealed to me as its a solid unit taking away the risk of deafening/soiling yourself when the ghetto goes 'pop'! The Bonty looks like a great idea but pretty expensive and most people who run tubeless have a track pump already.

 
Posted : 09/10/2014 6:14 pm
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That airshot looks like a good solution too. If either were available, id probably get one.
I might try the Bontrager, as I can get one sent from the States via a relative.

unless there's anything similar i'm missing?

 
Posted : 09/10/2014 6:30 pm
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The Bontrager one has made it over here - £100. Not horrific when you say it comes with a top quality track pump anyway. I'm very tempted by one.

 
Posted : 09/10/2014 7:16 pm
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Count me in too for the pump, njee where have you seen them In the UK?

Genius idea, just hope when I do get one it works on my problematic sram rail wheels and I won't have just spunked 100 sheets

 
Posted : 09/10/2014 7:26 pm
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It's listed on Bontrager.co.uk, so any dealer will be able to get one when they're released.

 
Posted : 09/10/2014 8:01 pm
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cheers guys, defo on my buying list this, it does look a good quality pump too

out of interest it says a whopping 160psi, how does that compare to a lbs compressor? is it literally giving out the same sort of burst of speed as a workshop compressor?

 
Posted : 10/10/2014 8:58 am
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Interested in this too, looks exactly like what Ive been looking for. Anyone actually used one yet?

 
Posted : 17/10/2014 6:55 am
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Don't think they've actually been released over here.

out of interest it says a whopping 160psi, how does that compare to a lbs compressor?

I think the pertinent thing for seating tyres isn't so much the pressure as the flow rate. I imagine a compressor is lower pressure, but obviously it's a constant flow. I don't know what the flow rate is for the Flash Charger, but I'd have thought it'll work better than a compressor if anything.

 
Posted : 17/10/2014 8:13 am
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Airshot is just an expensive rip-off of this: [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/ghetto-tubeless-inflator-mk-vii ]http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/ghetto-tubeless-inflator-mk-vii[/url]

 
Posted : 17/10/2014 8:17 am

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