Thread: Tire deflator - which one to get

The quickest I've found so far is the .22

Originally Posted by Tombie

Probably not actually!!!!
And if caught coming in they are now confiscated.

Tombie,

Not as clear cut as you would imagine...

Opposite Lock

Branded for Opposite Lock and according to them not in breach of any patent.

Cheers,

Lou

Originally Posted by Gary S11

The quickest I've found so far is the .22

The quickest is to add a second valve stem with no valve in it. That is what the big boys do.

Great idea but illegal except offroad.
I can just see an old bloke like me at the fuel station "Now which one was it the left or right . More trouble if they are 180degrees apart"
Regards Philip A

I'm thinking of sticking with the 3'' nail after all this, after all how many times do you deflate in a day & what's the great rush.

Originally Posted by AndyG

I'm thinking of sticking with the 3'' nail after all this, after all how many times do you deflate in a day & what's the great rush.

Mate when it's 40+ degrees and your kneeling there in the dust the quicker you can get the job done the better.

Up here heading out west I can do this daily or even a couple of times a day.
Any time we do some prolonged dirt/gravel driving I always knock a quick 10psi out of the tyres, and then of course there is sand, full offroad etc.

Horses for courses but in our case the quicker the better.

Originally Posted by Loubrey

Tombie,

Not as clear cut as you would imagine...

Opposite Lock

Branded for Opposite Lock and according to them not in breach of any patent.

Cheers,

Lou

The deflator from ARB isn't the item in question, ARB just have a common supply and don't hold patent on that unit.

ARBs recent legal win was their LED lights vs LightFarce

Curry style deflator a are branded for all manner of sellers.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Probably not actually!!!!
And if caught coming in they are now confiscated.

Just saying, your answer to Harro's post about cheaper versions of the ARB type deflator yesterday did intone that buying it from any other supplier than ARB would be breaking the law in some way...