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Exmoor ride Thursday, one of of our group had a hole in a sidewall . After plugging it I offered my Topeak manual pump . Same old story been sat in my backpack so long it really struggled. I've had this a few times, one of the " joys" of tubeless, hardly ever need a pump then when you do 🙄
So I've started looking at electric versions, one called a Cycplus AS2 Pro seems to get good reviews. But I just wonder if the same thing will happen only quicker , over time will it lose it's charge sat in a pack so that when you go to use it 🙄
I've got an as2 pro and it works well, it'll inflate a 50mm gravel tyre to 40psi 4 times before it needs a recharge.
They are all very loud!
I did a couple of videos using 4 different e-inflators
Here's one where I try to seat a tubeless tyre using the rock bros version
Had one since Christmas. It seems to hold charge really well. I've had to use several times since I got it due to a slow leak in my back wheel (should really re-tape that wheel). Only charged it once in that time last week when it got down to one bar charge. Very much recommended.
I'm agnostic about most electrical powered things on a bike, but to be honest, these really do seem a step too far in the quest to needlessly fill the world with needlessly electrical items. They make an absolute racket.
Convince me I'm wrong, what am I missing? Other than the form factor.
I too dismissed these too for all the same reasons as submarined but this week I have been caught out with a slow leak from a tubeless tyre while on holiday and a long way from a bike shop.Typically I forgot to bring the track pump so every morning I have had to pump up the tyre with a hand pump which is a pain. Perhaps this is the niche for an electric pump
Typically I forgot to bring the track pump
Obvious solution is obvious....
Interesting food for thought thanks folks
Plenty folk moan about the thought of charging axs batteries, but few seem to moan the same about a device that'll get less use...
They aren't for me but I'm sure plenty will think they are the best thing since the track pump was put on sale.
Feels like another electronic solution to a problem that doesn't exist. 😉
i bought the one you're looking at recently as I was flying with the bike and didn't want to lug a track pump with me. Worked fine. Not used it in the field as it were, but I can't remember having to fix a puncture in a couple of years and probably 10k miles. Seems quick to charge. If I'm honest I reckon when I went to grab a mini pump off the bike that hadn't been used in a couple of years there's every chance that'd let me down.
Another “must have” gadget, wasting the Earth’s precious resources for a problem that I don’t have!
I only ever seem to get a puncture when it's pissing it down and I'm knackered. For those situations I'm happy to carry an electric pump if it gets me going even a tiny bit quicker. I'll keep a mini pump on hand as well...
Got one for the KTM, mind you a 150/70 18 needs a touch more air than my 2.3” 🤪
it’s proved useful for charging phones and garmins so far and one puncture on Salisbury plains.
I have the big Cycplus one, which is a tad bulky, but it's brill.
Anyone that's used it and hasn't had to use an 'analogue' pump 😜 has loved it
I just bought the smaller Silca electric pump; mainly for the very small form-factor that will make my in-frame storage much easier. Tested in the garage it inflated two 700c x 50mm gravel tyres from flat (but seated) to about 40psi each, and two 32mm road tyres to a reasonable pressure (again from flat but seated). Noisy as hell and got very hot! Lovely little device though with well designed metal casing... and it's tiny.
I'd been thinking they were an expensive solution that maybe weren't really needed... but so is the bike really.
Also, I'd bought a rechargeable mini-pump for the Thermarests year's ago (Flextail) and it has become a regularly used and very handy little tool that exceeded my expectations for such a small gadget. Hopefully the Silca will become as valued.
I have the Cycplus AS2 Pro as well, it's the smallest one (with decent reviews) I could find that also had a pressure gauge. Not had to use it out on the road yet but it holds it's charge well (after a couple of months it was still reading 3/3 bars charge). Silca posted a video recently saying they've left one of there's for 6 months so far and it's not lost any charge (according to the battery indicator anyway, so could potentially have lost up to 30% I guess).
I only take mine on road rides (along with a CO2 cartridge as backup), mostly as I wanted something that stowed away neatly but still worked well (previously I'd carry either a Topeak Road Morph or Lezyne Micro Floor Drive (and still do on the winter bike), clipped to the bottle cage (but they look a bit ugly on a best bike...), as I find tiny manual pumps take a crazy amount of effort to get to 60+psi).
On the MTB I still just carry a Topeak Mountain Morph in my pack
I got the cycplus one after another broken mini pump. Its great. I use it out and about and at home.
I have no interest in trying to convince any naysayers or people who think it's destroying the world's resources, carry on as you are!
I've got the Cycplus AS2 Pro, had it since November last year
I wouldnt go back to a mini pump. This is lighter, smaller and so much simpler to use.
I use it on road bikes and mtb and carry it on most rides. Its really good for topping tubeless pressures up, and no guessing if you have the right pressure.
Another “must have” gadget, wasting the Earth’s precious resources for a problem that I don’t have!
Thats fine if you dont carry a pump or ever need to top up your tyres, but you must be 1 in a million
Based on @rocketdog's video, I'll stick with CO2 for road, and my mountain Morph for travel. Too noisy for me! Also I need a 90 degree bend for tight access to disc and trispokes on TTs. The CO2 adaptor of my innovations microflate nano will do that but the accessories for the electric pumps won't. Nice tech. but LOUD.
I carry a tiny 55g carbon Topeak pump https://www.topeak.com/global/en/product/230-MICRO-ROCKET-CARBON in my large Rapha pouch too, which I have used and it works fine. On the Enigma, I use a small aluminium pump https://www.topeak.com/global/en/product/1296-ROADIE-TT-Mini that matches the frame. I know...
To be fair, I've never had a CO2 failure with the innovations microflate nano, but they are one shot, so you need two CO2 for a double puncture, or one plus a pump
I was given a Fumpa pump as a present ages ago. It worked well at first but the battery is now shot and doesn’t hold charge.
I am generally in the ‘not another gadget camp’ but as I had one… I did use it, and it was good in certain situations such as quick puncture repairs when late for work and meetings, fixing a fat bike tyre when bikepacking and you only have a little pump, pumping a tyre up after a repair in wet and cold and dark when you are demoralised!
Now that I don’t commute much, use a different bike for bikepacking and have gone tubeless it would be less useful. The flow rate is so low that it wouldn’t have been much good for getting a tubless bead to seal. It may well help get it seated though if you need to over-inflate to get it to ‘pop’.
I would have to send the pump back to Australia to get the battery replaced… I’m not sure I will get round to it.
Cyplus Pro owner, very happy with it so far, used mainly for inflating tyres after a flight (29” need deflating to get in the bike bag) and also a quick top ups on the trail, I’d have thought Co2 canisters have a bigger carbon footprint print, especially when often you only need 1/2 a canister to top up a tyre, and I don’t get the noise complaint, you are using it for a few seconds, minutes at most.
I have some Co2 canisters. The one time I've used one it managed about 13psi in my 2.8 tubed Eddy Current tyre.
I embrace technology and gadgets whilst quietly s****ing at the luddites 😉
*STW doesn't like my word for quietly chuckling 🙄
I have the wee cycplus one with the gague. It has the form factor of CO2 (in that it fits in saddlebag or pocket) but with the versatility of a hand pump. I love being able to top up tyres after a minor tubeless puncture but for me the best part is not having to do the pumpy-squeezy guesswork part of inflating the tyre. Just let it go til it reches desired pressure and you're good to go.
I've got the Craft Cadence one, not used in anger as such but have done several test inflations.
About 2 and a half 32mm road tyres before it dies.
As others have said it's a bit of an extravagance but anything to get me on the move quicker when the inevitable happens.
Also running tubeless and carry DynaPlugs
Happy with my choice!
I bought a GPUTEK from Amazon while it was about 20% off as it was only about £30 so I thought at that price it doesn't matter too much if it's a POS. When I first got it I used it to pump a couple of tyres up in the shed to make sure it worked alright, and despite being deafening it worked great and inflated a 29x2.5 tyre from 0 to 25psi in around 40 seconds.
I've now used it a few times on the trail to top up after burping or needing a plug in the tyre and twice when needing to stick a tube in from when a broken spoke pierced the tape and when a mate slashed his sidewall.
I still carry a co2 with me just in case it dies, but it really is a great little addition for those local rides when I'm not using a backpack. If I'm going further and using a backpack then I'll take my normal pump in the bag.