Thread: Unique tire inflator/deflator

One of my friends had a deflator like that on our last trip.

Personally I cant be bothered with any of those things.

when we all aired down before Googs a few weeks ago , I was the only one of seven vehicles that didn't use some brand of deflators.

My pressure guage has a little tit on the back of it that just pushes the valve in. A couple of checks and small adjustments, all good.

I think I finished my air-down before some of the others.


errr yes the said deflator was pretty nifty and worked well....

I’m the same for air down, just use a suitable stick, the bride uses a rock.

For airing up I don’t see the point in removing the valve, knowing my luck it would cross thread when going back in.

I have been using one of those fast deflators that remove the valve for a few years now and they are Far Far better and significantly faster than mucking about with a stick/key when airing down
I have NEVER removed the valves to speed up things when airing up as I cannot see the point of doing this as it doesn't make any difference at all if you are using a decent compressor.

Originally Posted by trout1105

I have been using one of those fast deflators that remove the valve for a few years now and they are Far Far better and significantly faster than mucking about with a stick/key when airing down
I have NEVER removed the valves to speed up things when airing up as I cannot see the point of doing this as it doesn't make any difference at all if you are using a decent compressor.

I agree with you that on 4 x 235/85/R16 tires the difference between valve in / valve out to 40psi is nominal at best. However on 4 x 395/85/R20 tires (from 20psi to 90) the difference in inflation time is more than 10 minutes even with an amazing compressor.