09-02-2008, 02:06 PM
I've always used a bicycle tire hand pump. It is a relatively nice quality one with a guage I purchased in a bicycle store many years ago. I keep it in the car (changed cars several times since acuiring the pump) and top up the tires whenever I feel like it.
I don't know its brand name or model.
Being designed for bicycle tires and putting in a little air at a time with each pump, it can pressurize to 80 psi easily so the lower value needed for a car tire is no problem. It does take longer than a pump designed for automotive tires that tries to put in a larger volume of air more quickly.
Pumping with a bicycle tire pump is like going up a long hill in first gear. It will always work and can manage the steepest of hills but will take longer and require the least horsepower. The automotive tire pumps try to do it faster (a higher gear), require more horsepower, and are more likely to "burn out."
I don't know its brand name or model.
Being designed for bicycle tires and putting in a little air at a time with each pump, it can pressurize to 80 psi easily so the lower value needed for a car tire is no problem. It does take longer than a pump designed for automotive tires that tries to put in a larger volume of air more quickly.
Pumping with a bicycle tire pump is like going up a long hill in first gear. It will always work and can manage the steepest of hills but will take longer and require the least horsepower. The automotive tire pumps try to do it faster (a higher gear), require more horsepower, and are more likely to "burn out."