Any comments on these battery-powered tire pumps?

I ordered the Fanttik X8 Ace Tire Pump, 150psi, Presta/Schrader valve, USB-C recharge. I got tired of having to pump 50-200 times with my old Topeak Mountain Morph mini pump to add air or pump up an empty tube. It is powerful enough to use on my vehicles to adjust tire pressure as needed. I love having the option to use on all types of tires, small size, quick recharge, and ease of use.

I would check out YouTube to see the reviews for these particular portable pumps. Seems like a lot of portable air pumps are similar with differences in a few features and price. I usually lean towards products like these that have a website to view a range of similar models if like/want a particular feature. I'm hesitant ordering Amazon products that I can't find non-Amazon reviews or websites anywhere else.


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I have your second option and have used it several times. A bit heavy and carry it in my backpack. No complaints here.
 
I have been using these two for some time. One is a cheaper version of the other. Both have an XL-sized battery inside - thats what you have to watch out for when buying these things. A lot of them have small battery capacity.
Here's the thing I have found over a few years of use: The A8, if left sitting in a tool bag for a few months and not 'exercised' or otherwise used, goes dead and when it does, its battery capacity is significantly compromised. My A7's that I use for all routine airing-up duties - once every week pretty much across several bikes - have stayed good as new, capacitywise.

But will they stay that way? I have gone back to these pumps, which never have a battery issue because they use my ebike's battery. I wrote this article in 2020 and I had been using them for awhile before that. The ones I have are all still working reliably.

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A Lightweight Electric Emergency Bike Pump

Got an ebike? Use the big battery you are already lugging around to power a small portable pump.
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General opinion: a good electric pump is great but I'm kind of nervous about relying on it 100 percent when out in the wilds. Although they do impress other folks you are riding with. I'd feel best about using them if I was part of a group and someone was carrying a decent human powered pump as backup.

I have a habit of airing down my tires when I get to sandy or muddy sections for more traction, so a little electric pump is often handy for airing them back up when the traction-challenging part of the ride is over.

Fumpa is really the pioneer here and they make an excellent electric pump. They cost more but the build quality is very high. Also not made in China if that matters to you.


The Cycplus is also well thought of in some circles:

 
myself co-2 and a backup hand pump is practical then you dont worry about batteries and the co-2 is much faster. I use a makita pump at home.
 
Wes Turner said:
Does anyone have any comments, positive or negative, on these tire pumps? They are battery powered and have settable cut off pressure limits.

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Yes, very good pump — the 2nd one. I don’t own the 1st.
Per the Woowind, it works great. I carry it always because invariably someone in our riding group will need air.
I can pump several tires and have never had a problem. I use it regularly to top off my wife’s or my tires. And will pump a full flat back quickly — assuming the liquid sealer has covered the leak.
 
I carried a backup manual pump for a few years, but after enough time using the electric mini and it never let me down, I eventually cut the cord and it became my sole pump. Its worth mentioning the Cyc A8 and A7 pumps started out their lives riding along with a fat bike, where a pair of 4.8" tires were pumped up to 15+ psi for the paved ride to the deep-sand beach segment of my ride. Then I aired down to 4-6 psi and rode for a few miles, came back to the trail again and the pump's job was to get two fat tires up to pavement pressure for the several miles of paved trail ride home. So quite a lot of use, and the reason I wanted lots of battery. I found the A8 was good for two full rounds of 2-tires-per-round reinflation, with it still having capacity left over. The only dark spot was when I let one sit in a bag for a year or so and came back to it. But as noted, my A7's which are effectively the same pump in a different, cheaper plastic shell, have stayed fully functional with semi-regular use.

But still, you just can't beat having your whole ebike battery as a power source. So I am putting my original pumps back into play.

Also worth mentioning: I used to carry co2 cartridges out the wazoo, and I've used them for roadside flats plenty of times. The electric pump eliminated them from my kit and good riddance to them and their single-use. I've experienced a few too many instances where tire sealant takes a few refills to fully fix a tire as you limp home, and I've sweated bullets praying I have enough cartridges to barely reinflate during that fill/ride/refill process; ending up with me working the hand pump. Thanks but no thanks.
 
I use this. It's cheap and great. It also works for car tires.i don't carry a pump with me on rides. I like to live dangerously :)

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M12™ Compact Inflator | Milwaukee Tool

MILWAUKEE® M12™ Compact Inflator is the fastest cordless tire inflator. elivers fast, accurate, easy inflation with the portability to take anywhere
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The reason I bought this one is because my wife and I were already invested in the Milwaukee M12 eco-system. Buying a device that uses batteries we already owned was an easy decision.
 
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Some people (not I) carry a CO2 inflator for the field repair of the wheel. A small, lightweight thing which does not require any recharging.

For me, it is a big upright bike pump at home (it literally takes some 5-6 movements to restore the pressure, once a week). I'm not getting particularly tired when I reinflate the wheel after a tyre change, which is a rare thing to me :)

For long rides, I carry this with me:
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Topeak Mountain TT-G Twin Turbo manual pump. 227 g or 8 oz. Good for Presta or Schrader valves, and it has a gauge. Every movement of the piston (forward or backward) delivers a huge amount of air to the inner tube. This model is limited to 4 bar (58 psi), which is enough for any of my e-bikes.

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The more and more I'm riding the less and less I'm interested in gizmoism :) Every single thing you need to carry makes your e-bike even heavier. Every electronic gadget is one more you need to recharge.

mfgrep said:
i don't carry a pump with me on rides. I like to live dangerously :)
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It's your choice, haha! I only do not take tools or the pump on grocery shopping rides but these never exceed 10 miles :) Otherwise... Once I set off for a simple ride to Warsaw, bike paths only. Already on the 5th mile, I got a flat :) Necessary to mention, flats occur to other people (I can recollect exactly four* tyre flats in four years). In that specific situations, I gave my friendly cab driver a phone call to avoid a long Walk Of Shame :)
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*) The only tyre flats I have had:
  • Lovelec. The puncture got sealed by the tube sealant. I only needed a pump to reinflate the tyre
  • Giant Trance E+ (tubeless). A piece of quartzite punctured the tyre. The sealant fixed the hole (I only needed the pump to reinflate the wheel).
  • Vado SL. A pinch flat because of wrongly installed inner tube. A 1-km Walk Of Shame.
  • Vado SL. A flat as described above. I took no tools with me on that ride.
I hav never had a single flat on my big Vado!
 
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Stefan Mikes said:
Some people (not I) carry a CO2 inflator for the field repair of the wheel. A small, lightweight thing which does not require any recharging.
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The argument I'd make is that the very small pumps (like the Fumpa Nano/Mini and the Cycplus) are of comparable weight and size to a CO2 inflator and cartridge(s) -- and comparable inflation ability. And given reasonable expectations on the number of charge/recharge cycles you could get out of the lithium battery you'd save money over the equivalent number of CO2 cartridges. And you are inflating with air and not CO2 so the tire will hold air better and the sealant can still activate (most tubeless sealants need oxygen).

I always carry a good sized portable pump, gizmos for repairing flats, and basic tools on any ride of any distance (well, perhaps if I was riding a 0.5km loop in a city park I might not bother). I consider that tool kit to be part of the bike so its always there and always available when I need it. And different bikes need necessarily different toolkits.

The place where the Fumpa really shines is that I have a tool bag for trailheads that I keep in the truck. A fully charged Fumpa really rocks at airing up tires before a ride on a cold morning with numb fingers before the coffee really kicks in. And a Fumpa takes up a lot less room than a floor pump.

Like I said in a previous post, I'd carry the (full sized) Fumpa on a ride with others where they had a regular portable pump.
 
Mr. Coffee said:
A fully charged Fumpa really rocks at airing up tires before a ride on a cold morning with numb fingers before the coffee really kicks in.
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The argument here is using a manual pump warms you up :) How many things would you charge on a camping site?
Come on, how lazy one can be? :D
 
I purchased a Fumpa pump in August. I haven't had to use it on a ride yet, but it sure scared the heck out of the riders sitting around our table (and others close by) during a coffee break, when I turned it on. That sucker is loud.
 
Deacon Blues said:
I purchased a Fumpa pump in August. I haven't had to use it on a ride yet, but it sure scared the heck out of the riders sitting around our table (and others close by) during a coffee break, when I turned it on. That sucker is loud.
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Yup, first time for me was a "surprise" indeed. 🤣
 
Stefan Mikes said:
The argument here is using a manual pump warms you up :) How many things would you charge on a camping site?
Come on, how lazy one can be? :D
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It isn't about laziness as much as it is about available volume in a vehicle with three other riders and four bikes on the rear rack. And an electric pump airs 'em up faster than even a monster floor pump.
 
Mr. Coffee said:
It isn't about laziness as much as it is about available volume in a vehicle with three other riders and four bikes on the rear rack. And an electric pump airs 'em up faster than even a monster floor pump.
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I meanr a small manual pump you need on a ride anyway.
 
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