Anyone used 12v tyre inflator on Air awning?

[Speedytriple]

I have been considering a 12v tyre inflator (twin cylinder jobbie like this)

For inflating my awning (and tyres/Motorbike/pedal etc) i was wondering if anyone has used anything like this and was it a waste of time or did it work?

These ones are allegedly 150psi with duty cycle of about 12 mins and 40L per min.

Cheers

 

[DavidG58]

We use a Ryobi which has tyre outlet on one side and low pressure air bed on other, you don’t need much pressure and think you could easily damage the awning with too much pressure

Our hand stirrup pump is also more than adequate and doesn’t need many pumps

 

[fishplug]

Yes, it will work for tyres. Don't expect it to be quick or quiet though!

I've no experience with awnings but DavidG58's comments re: pressure ring true with me.

 

[Brains]

Waaaaay over the top for an Awning!
That is what may be needed for a Tour de France road bike or a Velodrome track bike.

The air pressure in an inflatable Tent/Awning is about 7-10 PSI.
A pump such as the one above will burst the tent.

If you can't be bothered with manual pumps, then you need a pump suitable for SUP's and other inflatable boats which typically only inflate to about 15 PSI maximum.

 

[tonyidle]

It will do the job - eventually. It is designed as high pressure / low flow rate. For inflating awnings / airbeds / boats you need the exact opposite.

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[Jon Stewart]

We use a Ryobi which has tyre outlet on one side and low pressure air bed on other, you don’t need much pressure and think you could easily damage the awning with too much pressure

Our hand stirrup pump is also more than adequate and doesn’t need many pumps

I second the motion.

Here's the older one. They split the newer ones to high pressure and low pressure variants.

Ryobi R18I-0 ONE+ Inflator, 18 V (Body Only) - Hyper Green https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00B3FRB9Y?tag=mhf04-21

 

[gpat]

I think t would take hours to inflate an awning. As tonyidle says you need a lower pressure/higher volume pump. That's why the Dometic ones are so expensive

 

[Mikeco]

I used one of the small ones you get with cars nowadays and it only took a few minutes to pump a friends caravan air awning up.

 

[Norfolk Nige]

You only need to pump to 9psi for an air awning

 

[Speedytriple]

Cheers guys, I was only thinking of using it for initial inflation to get most of the work done and then finishing it off with the supplied pump.
I have a bit of a bad back and using the supplied pump is a bit of a killer.

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[Guigsy]

My Vango inflates the beams in about 10 strokes with the included pump. A tyre inflator works take ages.

 

[Jev88]

That's high pressure low volume. It will do an air bladder but take a while.

 

[Widge]

You need a low capacity high pressure pump for tyres, a high capacity low pressure pump for inflatables, which usually means anything electric will either take forever or be large.
I would use a reversable pump like one of these.

That way you can also suck the last bit of air out when packing the awning away.

 

[altomos]

Top class super quiet and quick inflator

 

[ChrisL]

If you type electric awning pump into amazon you'll get quite a few to choose from, here's one example.

Vango Airbeam Digital Zephyr Pump - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07L5NTBHG?tag=mhf04-21

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[Widge]

You need a low capacity high pressure pump for tyres, a high capacity low pressure pump for inflatables, which usually means anything electric will either take forever or be large.
I would use a reversable pump like one of these.
View attachment 955190That way you can also suck the last bit of air out when packing the awning away.

Its all to do with airflow rate, a pump like above can shift about 3lts of air each cycle, about 1/2 -1ltr/second at a reasonable pace, it also keeps you fit, and is less annoying to your neighbours.