Tire inflator

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Anyone have any of these portable tire inflator? Looking at buying one to have around for emergency use. Reviews, good ones bad ones?
 


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These are decent, you can get them for other batteries also, you can see the different colors at the bottom. I liked the first one enough that I bought 2 more for both my kids to carry in their vehicles.
 


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The m12 is more than plenty for occassional use/emergency. Would go m18 if using much more often on heavier duty equipment.
 

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Yes I landed on the bullseye as it has a longer hose compared to the others I looked at,finally shit canned my bicycle hand/floor pump after 30+ years,sweet convenience for bike and truck tires,nice and compact not as heavy duty as Milwaukee which looks like a dandy unit.
 

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They all work, I carry one in each vehicle , all different brands and they all do the job but some are slower than others. I carry an old twin cylinder 12 volt plug in one in my tool kit that I use, the rest are for my wife. The old 12 volt twin cylinder blows the others away.
 

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I have a jncair 1700 booster air compressor, i did have just a dewalt air compressor one that runs off of a 20v battery or a cigarette lighter gave that one away.
But i chose the booster air compressor combo because then i didn't need to have 2 separate units
 

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I have bought 5 M12 Milwaukee. 3 daughters, 1 wifey and me. Had them since they first came out. They work for us. Since that time I think there maybe some better but we are happy.
The granddaughter even has one and uses it. Her friends are impressed.
 


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M18 milwaukee here. You will not be disappointed. The m12's work great, BUT if you have a completely flat 17 inch regular pickup tire it takes a while and plenty battery. I almost bought an M12 but waited hoping the 18 came out. Very glad I did.
 

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12v plug in for me. Has long enough cord that I was able to pump up camper tire while attached to vehicle. Don't want to have to worry about worn down,dead frozen battery if needed. Probably not a big deal if parking in a heated garage all the time.
 

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I've got the milwaukee m18, I've been very happy with it. I've been surprised how many tires one battery will air up.
Did use it in an emergency to air up a tire on semi's grain trailer out in the field. From completely flat to 105lbs of air in a semi tire did take two batteries and a long time but it got it aired up. I wouldn't recommend using it for semi tires but it will do it.
 

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I've got the milwaukee m18, I've been very happy with it. I've been surprised how many tires one battery will air up.
Did use it in an emergency to air up a tire on semi's grain trailer out in the field. From completely flat to 105lbs of air in a semi tire did take two batteries and a long time but it got it aired up. I wouldn't recommend using it for semi tires but it will do it.
I can attest to this and multiple batteries while unit getting pretty hawt but very impressive nonetheless!
 


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I got the Dewalt. Has never let me down. Im not meck a nick...if I was id be all red tools. The yellow ones suit me fine for tinkering
 

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Depending what your inflating/price/what batteries you may currently have. Maddox makes an inflator thats pretty impressive that uses vehicle juice. Bauer also has an inflator thats pretty good if you have their batteries. Dewalt and mill are all made in China/mexico/vietnam. My as well save some coin if you can. Hate to spend top dollar for chinese stuff(yes i know everything is made there).

https://www.harborfreight.com/12v-125-psi-high-performance-inflator-59624.html

https://www.harborfreight.com/20v-c...with-12v-dc-power-option-tool-only-64533.html
 

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Amazon or tiktock. Portable Battery starter made in China. Wife going on 5 yrs started her dead battery last fall

My vexilar 12 hours still runnning china lithium 10ah weighs less than any lithium i have picked up in my hand that size. cheap cheap

Boat.........12 hrs live scope 30ah lithium china cheap amazon

My jump starter / compressor portable Sits in heat or cold vehicle. Tictock purchase 3yrs old no charge for a year fills mu tires the other cold night bately needs a charge China!!!!!

Brand name milwaukee impact used very lightly. The one fkn time i need to work and some wire was loose. Yes lifetime warranty actually not five yr anyway got a new one. Oh boy Drunk sconni made.



 

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I have a Dewalt 20v I got on sale. Works good, and I like that I can plug it into 12v if battery goes dead.
 


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