Thirty bucks for the ability to bring your car’s neglected spare up to its operational pressure is a hell of a bargain by comparison to sitting by the side of the road for several hours waiting for AAA (or whoever) to show up. Of course, it you’re the type of driver who loudly disclaims the willingness to attempt swapping out to the spare tire, you might think that this is useless to you. You could also be wrong. Someone who stops to render aid might have the willingness and skill, but if your spare is flat, their efforts will still come to nothing without a compressor. Likewise, if you discover the flat in your own driveway, and have a neighbor who can assist, you are still likely to find out that your spare has lost too much pressure to be safely driveable. And if you have a bike, note the presence of the lever-lock chuck on the end of the hose. That feature is really useful when pumping up a bike tire, because it allows unhooking the hose with little or no pressure loss.
@werehatrack Alternatively, a spare that’s so old that it’s unsafe to drive on. Ones that are mounted underneath the vehicle are susceptible to age degradation as they’re exposed to the elements with the added bonus of being located right next to the exhaust.
@narfcake@werehatrack I’ve heard those East Germans made really good tires.
But I bought a different brand inflator from an AMZN sale and it’s nice to keep all 5 tires on my Corolla at peak inflation thru changing temperatures from the comfort of home, in my garage.
I don’t know anything about this one, but I’m a fan of the concept.
Sure, there are pumps at many has stations, and some of them work, and some of those have functional credit card readers, or sometimes the line to get change isn’t too long, and sometimes you can park in a way that let’s you get to all four tires without moving your car.
But you should fill your tires when they are cold, and you should check and top off your tires at least once a month, since they lose air over time.
My TPMS shows actual, relatively accurate pressure, instead of just letting me know when it is too low in one of them. It’s handy to be able to quickly top them off.
@craigthom there is a local convenience store in my area that has free air pumps. There’s always a line of people waiting to use them when the season changes and everyone’s tire pressure drops. My car indicates I have a low tire but unfortunately is not smart enough to tell me which one.
I bought one for myself and one for brother in law. It goes with the battery jump pack thing I also got from meh that I have used quite often.
@ironcheftoni The jump starter is a great thing to have. My current car doesn’t have a traditional battery (Hyundai decided to go with a lithium ion battery attached to the traction battery for this model only), but it’s still worth carrying for giving other people jump starts.
I too, just ordered one. My $14.99 special just has a 7,500mAh battery, compared to 20,000mAh on this one! Plus mine has a screw-on hose, not the quick connector that @werehatrack helpfully pointed out. That and the cigarette lighter power port cord seals the deal for me!
@haydesigner I tried to find the length of the cord, but the AMZN version of this device apparently doesn’t come with that accessory. Since my car isn’t that big, I’m hoping it will reach, but with a 20,000 mAh battery, I may never need to plug it in, but it would be nice to have that option ICOE.
I don’t understand the Haul thing. I looked at it a couple of times but it was confusing to me. I’ve bought plenty of warehouse things but I guess I’m perceptionally limited Narf.
@therealjrn Amazon Haul started in late 2024 as Amazon’s “answer” to the newer low-cost shopping platforms. Originally, many items shipped directly from overseas, but with changes in the import process that increased the costs for everything, a sizeable portion was shifted to lower cost items that are fulfilled by the local warehouses which Amazon has a huge advantage on. To continue drumming up business in the past year, they would discount various items to major money losing levels.
Just as those other platforms, though, not everything is truly a good deal. But will I take full advantage when they have a 25%, 40%, 50%, or even 70% off everything sale? $1 or less sales? The 11 cents sale on Veterans Day (11/11)? The one-cent sale during Prime day?
Meow.
The $44 $1 torsion spring was the same spec as the one on my garage door. Still felt a bit cheated on a catshirt, though, as what arrived was just heat transferred on a Gildan blank. That 64-cents could have been wasted on something else, y’know!
My Zuzee Z1 arrived today! I waz zuper exzited to try it out! Out of zee box it haz 4 out of 4 charge barz lit zo I juzt went the garaze and ztarted filling my car tirez.
It doez work fazt. It did drop down to 3 barz rather fazt. But my tirez were kind of low and it droped another bar about halfway thru. Now I’m going to put it on zee charger.
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Thirty bucks for the ability to bring your car’s neglected spare up to its operational pressure is a hell of a bargain by comparison to sitting by the side of the road for several hours waiting for AAA (or whoever) to show up. Of course, it you’re the type of driver who loudly disclaims the willingness to attempt swapping out to the spare tire, you might think that this is useless to you. You could also be wrong. Someone who stops to render aid might have the willingness and skill, but if your spare is flat, their efforts will still come to nothing without a compressor. Likewise, if you discover the flat in your own driveway, and have a neighbor who can assist, you are still likely to find out that your spare has lost too much pressure to be safely driveable. And if you have a bike, note the presence of the lever-lock chuck on the end of the hose. That feature is really useful when pumping up a bike tire, because it allows unhooking the hose with little or no pressure loss.
@werehatrack Alternatively, a spare that’s so old that it’s unsafe to drive on. Ones that are mounted underneath the vehicle are susceptible to age degradation as they’re exposed to the elements with the added bonus of being located right next to the exhaust.
@narfcake @werehatrack I’ve heard those East Germans made really good tires.
But I bought a different brand inflator from an AMZN sale and it’s nice to keep all 5 tires on my Corolla at peak inflation thru changing temperatures from the comfort of home, in my garage.
@therealjrn FWIW, the brand still exists! Pneumant was purchased by Goodyear after unification and last year, the brand was sold to Dunlop.
@narfcake
I don’t know anything about this one, but I’m a fan of the concept.
Sure, there are pumps at many has stations, and some of them work, and some of those have functional credit card readers, or sometimes the line to get change isn’t too long, and sometimes you can park in a way that let’s you get to all four tires without moving your car.
But you should fill your tires when they are cold, and you should check and top off your tires at least once a month, since they lose air over time.
My TPMS shows actual, relatively accurate pressure, instead of just letting me know when it is too low in one of them. It’s handy to be able to quickly top them off.
@craigthom there is a local convenience store in my area that has free air pumps. There’s always a line of people waiting to use them when the season changes and everyone’s tire pressure drops. My car indicates I have a low tire but unfortunately is not smart enough to tell me which one.
I bought one for myself and one for brother in law. It goes with the battery jump pack thing I also got from meh that I have used quite often.
@ironcheftoni The jump starter is a great thing to have. My current car doesn’t have a traditional battery (Hyundai decided to go with a lithium ion battery attached to the traction battery for this model only), but it’s still worth carrying for giving other people jump starts.
I too, just ordered one. My $14.99 special just has a 7,500mAh battery, compared to 20,000mAh on this one! Plus mine has a screw-on hose, not the quick connector that @werehatrack helpfully pointed out. That and the cigarette lighter power port cord seals the deal for me!
@therealjrn is the cigarette lighter cord long enough to reach all 4 tires?
@haydesigner I tried to find the length of the cord, but the AMZN version of this device apparently doesn’t come with that accessory. Since my car isn’t that big, I’m hoping it will reach, but with a 20,000 mAh battery, I may never need to plug it in, but it would be nice to have that option ICOE.
@therealjrn I’ve bought some quick-connect adapters before that are along the likes of this:
https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Locking-Inflator-Inflation-Compressor/dp/B0DPFV3P8J/
(Didn’t look to see if there are others at better prices right meow, however. I purchased mine from Haul during one of their $1 sales.)
I don’t understand the Haul thing. I looked at it a couple of times but it was confusing to me. I’ve bought plenty of warehouse things but I guess I’m perceptionally limited Narf.
@therealjrn Amazon Haul started in late 2024 as Amazon’s “answer” to the newer low-cost shopping platforms. Originally, many items shipped directly from overseas, but with changes in the import process that increased the costs for everything, a sizeable portion was shifted to lower cost items that are fulfilled by the local warehouses which Amazon has a huge advantage on. To continue drumming up business in the past year, they would discount various items to major money losing levels.
Just as those other platforms, though, not everything is truly a good deal. But will I take full advantage when they have a 25%, 40%, 50%, or even 70% off everything sale? $1 or less sales? The 11 cents sale on Veterans Day (11/11)? The one-cent sale during Prime day?
Meow.
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$44$1 torsion spring was the same spec as the one on my garage door. Still felt a bit cheated on a catshirt, though, as what arrived was just heat transferred on a Gildan blank. That 64-cents could have been wasted on something else, y’know!My Zuzee Z1 arrived today! I waz zuper exzited to try it out! Out of zee box it haz 4 out of 4 charge barz lit zo I juzt went the garaze and ztarted filling my car tirez.
It doez work fazt. It did drop down to 3 barz rather fazt. But my tirez were kind of low and it droped another bar about halfway thru. Now I’m going to put it on zee charger.
Thankz meh!