salem
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I've been seeing commercials for those handheld air compressors. Basically, they look like an electric drill. They're battery operated. If they work as the commercial says, they would be a heck of lot easier to carry than the normal air compressor/tank type unit. Have any of you Rv'ers tried these yet? Don't want to spend money and find out lots of folks on this forum say they're junk.
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Ive used one but not an expensive one for sure... worked great, on my bicycle tires....RV tires I think would be too much for these,,,
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hotjag1
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I have an 18v Ryobi from Home Depot. It has worked very well for topping off car tires. I had a completely flat tire on a car trailer and was able to inflate it to 45lbs in about 2 minutes. I think it would overheat trying to inflate large motorhome tires, but it could be done if allowed to cool down a few times. I never ran out of battery power with it but I have a couple extras if necessary.
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jimh406
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For RV or large truck use, you'd be better off with a Viair or similar. They make a lot of models including very portable ones that connect with clips to a battery.
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salem
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Thanks for your replies. Mainly, it would be used for bicycle tires but I would also want it to be capable of airing up car, truck, or 5th wheel tires if needed.
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Tom_M
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I have a couple of cordless tire inflators. They work amazingly well. It will pump up a car tire in about 15 minutes. I haven't tried it on my RV. Here's one like what I have that's available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/biueus-Tire-Infla........dless%2Btire%2B%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-27&th=1
![[image]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71fQ64Y6rEL._AC_UY327_QL65_.jpg)
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pbeverly
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I have been happy with this. Handles the higher PSI tires well. I have a small handheld that is good for bikes.
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JimK-NY
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I have no experience with handheld compressors but can make a recommendation for a small, low cost air compressor.
I have been using a Slime compressor for over 10 years. It has enough capacity to pump up 19.5 commercial tires to over 100psi. The model I have is no longer sold but Amazon has a similar model 42007 for $65. If you do get one it will take 15 minutes or more to pump up a larger tire to the 100psi range. I recommend stopping every 10 minutes or so and allow the unit to cool down for 5 minutes or so.
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wa8yxm
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Have one I use on my car... Worked well when i had a bolt in the tire (I kid you not a quarter inch lag bolt is what the tire store found)
on a 22.5 the thing would still be pumping tomorrow. But on the car it only took about half an hour.
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fj12ryder
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If you notice, they refer to those things as "inflaters", not "compressors". I got one, small enough to carry on a motorcycle, and it worked very well considering it's size. It took about 5 minutes to inflate a 15" car tire from 15 psi to 45 psi.
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