[Closed] CO2 inflator - anyone use?

Innovations microflate nano is the best. Tiny, single use with screw cartridges. I have several and they have never failed. Forget the press to activate and bulkier affairs. This one is excellent. And tiny.

Cheers Ti - Go Outdoors do that with a canister for £10 down from £15 at the mo. Can I use ant brand I’d screw in canister with it?

I have a few, all screw in from various places lezyne, couple of chepo ones and a bontrager pump and CO2 combined that is frame mounted. All seem to do the job though use is very infrequent for me

I just got a cheap one off eBay, used it a number of times over the yearand it works fine. A small and simple one so takes up no room in your saddle bag and very light. No need to spend more than a few quid in one. Canisters are cheap as chips off eBay too, never had an issue with them and not something I use a lot, maybe a couple a year.

Don’t kid yourself you’re getting a better product just by spending a few more quid or going for a big brand.

They're all "the best" if they do the job properly!

Only (possibly) useful thing I can add is that they are a temporary fix. When you get back to base expel the gas from tyre and pump up with air again. They'll go down on you otherwise...

Lezyne for me, same as their pumps, very well made.

I’ve a Lezyne with an on/off knob that works well, I’ve had a previous one - I forget the make but it broke.

Sometime Aldi do packs of cartridges or just buy in multi packs.

Wobbli - you reckon something like this is as good as a branded one for £15 that doesn’t include canisters?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CO2-Bicycle-pump-With-15xCO2-tyre-inflator-Presta-Schrader-bike-gas-cylinder-16g/291755325918?epid=1089182782&hash=item43edf8f9de:g:PLwAAOSwn9lXKdFj

My Decathlon one gets the job done with plenty of control.

Just remember that all the metal gets cold enough to freeze and stick

Genuine question here @TiRed What's so "best" and "excellent" about the genuine innovations microflate nano?
Specialized do a cheaper smaller one.
And none of the sprung press to inflate ones I have at half the price of either have ever failed. One was even run over and still works.

Make sure you get the correct threaded/non-threaded cartridges, if your adapter only accepts one type

I bought a cheap one from Aldi a wee while back. Thought I would try it and upgrade it to another if I liked it in use. It has a dial on the top to control the speed of the co2 and is really small. Have only used it a few times but it seems to work really well so just kept it and didn't upgrade.

What is best is that it works and never fails. Will not rip the valve off (hello Lezyne) and has never let me down. Any cheap generic screw on cartridge is fine.

Basicall screw the co2 right in to puncture. Press onto valve. Unscrew gently to inflate tyre. Leave on until all discharged. Remove. Tyre will be at about 70 psi and off you go. Simples

Practice before you need it. But I have tried others and this is easily the best mix of size, ease and reliability.

What is best is that it works and never fails. Will not rip the valve off (hello Lezyne) and has never let me down. Any cheap generic screw on cartridge is fine.

As are the cheap(er) generic sprung valve type

Basically screw the co2 right in to puncture. Press onto valve. Unscrew gently to inflate tyre. Leave on until all discharged. Remove. Tyre will be at about 70 psi and off you go. Simples

That might be simple. But it's certainly not better than the controllable inflation rate of the sprung type Co2 inflators. Many tyres need more than one cart (but less than two) to reach appropriate pressures so controlability is far more useful than you seem to think. Also; What do you think might happen if someone uses your "simples" method with their last new tube but in refitting their tyre in the cold and wet has not quite seated the tyre bead properly then stands back waiting for the cartridge to inflate the new tube to 70psi?

Practice before you need it. But I have tried others and this is easily the best mix of size, ease and reliability.

It's pretty much the same size as the designs I'm on about (Decathlon uses them).

I get that you like it but personally I far prefer the controlability of the type I choose to use.

Some of my lady friends found the spring ones too hard to press effectively. They now all use the genuine innovations bevause it separates pressure on the valve and activation. That’s why I like it. And I have a non generic Giant one too which I don’t use anywhere near as much as the GI.

I buy the co2 in bulk from a catering supplier online. MUCH cheaper!

ive got a Genuine innovations one that i bought in an emergency at an event.

i still use my Truflow with the knob on top as i find it much easier to get my desired pressure without wasting gas pulling it on and off the valve.

especially in todays world with tubeless tires that often just need topped up rather than a full cylinder or need some air to find the leak then a bit of tubeless dance to get it to seal then a proper inflate.

I get why people like them but im not a lover of them as its a one shot attempt,oh yeah and don’t burn your hand using it (they get very cold 🙂

With a pump you’ve got a few more options.
(You can get combis thou which may be worst best of both worlds 😉

The main difference for me now that means I usually only carry CO2 is tubeless and better tyres, punctures are not the common thing they used to be, spend a lot less time faffing about so a CO2 covers the emergency situation, just think before you use the 2nd cart!!

Actually the thing to remember is replace the used cartridges when you get home! I mean, who would be so silly as to be stuck out in the cold at 11pm in south London with a tubeless tyre that failed to seal, an inner tube and a errrrr used CO2 cartridge and no pump. I was saved by a passer by who fetched a track pump. My back up now is a Mini morph on the frame. The only time CO2 has ever let me down.

I’ve never used the Mini Morph in anger though.