The big problem is obviously added weight. This depends on whether you can rig up your kite near your parking spot or you have a kilometre to walk to your setup zone.
Hell, if enough suckers are really *that* lazy, I'm willing to meet you at the beach with my own pump, pump up your kite and set up your lines for $10 between Freo and Mullaloo. Any takers? (It'll basically pay for my petrol and then I'll go inflate my own.)
Added weight, Hercules time limits to pump big kites, laziness...heard it all before mostay from those that have never owned and used an electric pump. I suppose it aligns with all the naive comments I read about certain kites and boards.
as my last post was deleted , due to the fact that I mentioned they kite pump was g*y, ill change my stance on this subject, so when you go home after a kite session after using your lazy arse kite pump and find your wife, partner, boyfriend pleasuring themselves with a toy , don't complain, its the same thing imho
I love my pump .Try pumping up 17m in Darwin heat - its a must have .I think its a Bravo. Have replaced the battery 3 times in 5 years . Puetz has resoldered bit and pieces on occasion .
Can have a beer while waiting or run out your lines even .
But would bother if on < 12m all the time
I use the Ryobi One series inflator/compressor. It does the job but it is a two stage process. Inflate the kite for about 2 min, (while you lay out the lines) then change over to the compressor and set the required pressure. takes about another 2 min (while you get your gear on). The pump is only about AU$89.00 if you already own the batteries. A new battery and charger will cost AU$100.
That looks Like a decent option Simon. Time to roll lines out, put gear on if car is close, grab board etc ...
well ive never pumped up inflatable boats or bouys, but I've been pumping up kites for 14 years (had foils only first year) and know which way I prefer for large kites if ya on them more than 80 percent of the time.
I use a cheap Coleman pump to inflate my kites. Costs $40 from BCF has lasted two seasons and still going strong. Pumping up big kites takes too long and tiring.
My pump only pumps the kite to to about 80% of the required pressure the rest I do by hand with the standard kite pump.
I have an even quicker way to pump up my kite.
Firstly I made a connecting piece that joins my tyre inflator to my kite valve.
Then what I do next is the clever bit, on the way to my local I stop at the petrol station and use the compressor to fill my spare tyre to around 120 psi.
At the beach I roll my kite out and connect the spare to my kite and in under 10 seconds my kite is inflated.
Only downside is there is no time to lay out the lines and I burst my 7m because I forgot to reduce the spare tyre pressure for my smaller kite.
I have an adapter I rig up to my car exhaust when I need to inflate my 12m. The only downfall is you need to be careful when you deflate the kite. I had a friend who suffered a bout of carbon monoxide poisoning because he inhaled too much of the fumes.
Yeah when i want to wax my board for a surf i velcro the wax onto my orbital sander and its done in no time and doesn't put any stress on my wrists and saves me time so i can insert my fins with my cordless driver,Harden the f*#k up princesses
I think ebay have Newport pumps for just over $200.. Same as island pump which last longer than those $2 one's from china that you pay at least $50 from any local kite shop that can't handle the heat or pressure especially when pumping up a big kite..
Dragging an electric pump down to the beach on top of all the other kit? What a bunch of slackers!!!!
Conventional hand pumps supplied with the kite are absolutely quicker than electric pumps and without the hassle.
My advise - if you think it's taking too long to set up it probably is and it's your own fault. Stop poosing around and you'll be on the water in less than 7 minutes.
Most guys I see arriving first look around (on the pretext of checking out the conditions) but actually they're looking to see who's there and who's watching them, then they fiddle around trying to figure out what size kite to put up. Then once they've rigged up (after running to and from the car a few times 'cos the electric pump won't work) they spend another 10 mins getting into their wetsuit / stinger suit and harness and then apply sunblock, check their phone, have another look around to see who's noticing them and then they think about hitting the water. Really you're only delaying yourself and whoever's watching you is actually thinking what a d..k. Some of you may be wondering how I know this. Take a day off kiting and head down as a spectator, you'll have a laugh!
On a earlier post, I stated that I had bought a Island pump and was very happy with it. I bought the pump because I had bought a inflatable SUP from Tower in the USA and absolutely love the SUP for surfing and general paddling. The great thing about this company is that they ship a SUP to Australia for only $29, which is very cheap. They have just released their own pump, which appears to be very similar to the Island pump, so for those looking for a low cost, two stage pump, this may be a good choice. No doubt that this pump would also pump up kites, too. By the way, I ordered my SUP over the phone, and received it 6 days later, which is pretty good service!
www.towerpaddleboards.com/electric-paddle-board-pump
I've got an island pump
the rechargeable $300 one
it will pump up about 6 kites between charges
good for those days when the wind is up and down and you end up changing kites 4 times
I give o f#cks what any poser down the beach thinks of it
I do what I want