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Performance
Hurricane Max Floor Pump
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Submitted by
Babs
a Cross Country Rider
from South Riding, VA, USA
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Fountainhead, Watershed, Elizabeth Furnace | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Store | | Strengths: | When it works, it works well | | Weaknesses: | I wasn't sure if it was me, or if it was the pump, or the tubes. Sometimes it would leak a lot. Just now I busted off the end of a presta valve. Another tube just leaks air. I give up. I'm here looking at reviews as I consider getting a better pump. | | Bike Setup: | Titus Switchblade - UST Ignitors
Giant NRS - Mythos IRC | | Bottom Line: | I want a new pump. (Hi Gaz, I see you got one of these crappy pumps, too. Are you still reading mtbr? Miss you!) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris kernaghan
a Cross Country Rider
from San Francisco, CA
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Strawberry Peak, Pasadena | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Online | | Strengths: | cheap, looks good, pumps up road and mtn tires quickly | | Weaknesses: | snapped the thin plastic piece inside the head that closes the valve one way or the other | | Similar Products Used: | department store floor pumps | | Bike Setup: | custom dakar xlt, khs flite 700 | | Bottom Line: | Not worth it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Don
a Weekend Warrior
from Swansea, Ilinois, USA
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Madison county trails, Il. | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance bicycle | | Strengths: | Looks good, dial in easy to read spot. | | Weaknesses: | Head was installed backwards, presta was on schrader side & schrader was on presta side. When I went to use it to fill a presta tire the stem compressor broke off. Stem compressor should not have been on that side of head. As in other reviews pump leaks air faster than it puts it in. | | Similar Products Used: | JOE BLOW Much better pump at about the same price, and a whole lot better quality control. | | Bike Setup: | Road Bike & comfort bike | | Bottom Line: | Would like to get new head for pump if I could & I could make it work right, since the manufacturer can't. Will not buy another one because they are cheap products. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alberto
a Weekend Warrior
from Caifornia
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Sweetwater Reservoir | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | 27.00 | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Gauge never worked. Air leaks like the motha! | | Bike Setup: | Trek Fuel 80, Panaracer XC tires. | | Bottom Line: | Don't ever buy this Pump. Looks nice, but that's it! Worked for about 1 month. After that it started leaking air, when attempting to pump air into the tires. Had to hold the air from leaking with my thumb on one end. Pure garbage. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gaz Edmunds
a Weekend Warrior
from Washington, DC
Date Reviewed: November 1, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance, Baileys Xroads | | Strengths: | It's an inexpensive floor pump. | | Weaknesses: | Leaks air, pressure guage seems to be decoration only. | | Similar Products Used: | Pedros and Park | | Bike Setup: | Turner Burner with tires that occasionally need inflating | | Bottom Line: | It blows, and not in that good way. I let a friend have my old Pedros floor pump, and he managed to kill it (left it in his garage, and his wife felt it would be a good idea to park on it) so this was purchased as a replacement. Yuck. As others have noted, the valve head leaks air like nobody's business, and I have only once ever managed to get a reading from the pressure guage. The upshot of all of this is that when you inflate your tires prior to a ride, it takes five times longer than it should because you're messing with the valve, and it's based on guesswork since because of said valve and guage, you never know exactly how much air is in there (so you revert to the oul' "pinch the tire every couple of strokes to see how it feels" trick.) It's cheap, and I suppose you get what you pay for. Booo, Performace!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ori Shokek
a Weekend Warrior
from Elkton, MD
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Fair Hill NRMP | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Well, it lasted 7 years | | Weaknesses: | It broke after 7 years
Fighting to pump faster while air's always leaking out slowly | | Similar Products Used: | I've only been seriously biking 7 years | | Bottom Line: | Never totally satisfied with the pump. The dual head never worked well--you always were pumping faster to keep up with some air constantly escaping. But now it broke. Bottom line is I wouldn't buy it - there are enough products out there, and the average one is probably better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David Loes
a Racer
from Crystal Lake, IL USA
Date Reviewed: May 20, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Pump pressure seems to work greatm and it is smooth. Easy to read gauge. | | Weaknesses: | The presta and schrader valve is a nightmare. Constantly leaks and requires way to much effort to inflate a road bike tire. I am very disappointed in this product and am returning it to Performance. I would like the chance to find a replacement head. | | Similar Products Used: | Versair - excellent pump | | Bike Setup: | Road Bike | | Bottom Line: | Don't waste your time or money on this pump until they fix the valve problems. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Patrick
a Weekend Warrior
from Miami, FL, USA
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Perfomance Bicycle | | Strengths: | Company stands behind 100% satisfaction policy. Return is easy. Everything but the dual head (shrader on one side and presta on the other) seemed to be sturdy and funcional. | | Weaknesses: | The dual Presta/Schrader head with thumb lock lever leaked on arrival. The thumb lock lever should clamp down on to the tube stem (it does) and simultaneously seal the air off from the opposite side (it doesn't do). I had the same problem whether I used the shrader side or the presta side. The person I spoke with at Performance customer support said they had heard of this problem before. He recommended the Topeak JoeBlow Turbo which is on sale for about 15$ more than what the Performance Hurricane Max cost. | | Bottom Line: | Everything but the dual pump head seemed to compare to pumps that cost 10-20$ more. Obviously the pump is worthless when the head doesn't function. I have to give Performance Bicycle high marks for their return policy and customer service (I was able to talk with a knowledgeable service rep on my first call), but the product was a disappointment. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jonathon
a Weekend Warrior
from Indy IN USA
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Good value, AL tube, long hose, dual-use valve (no need to modify for Presta's), large clear gauge, stable base | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | no names | | Bike Setup: | Haro V3, Easton stem, RockShox seatpost | | Bottom Line: | For my 4 bikes, this pump just keeps working. No complaints. Good efficiency (for lots of PSI per pump stroke). What more could you ask for in a cheap home pump? | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kevin
a Racer
from chicago
Date Reviewed: December 9, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | performance | | Strengths: | price. | | Weaknesses: | you get waht you pay for. Presta valve leaks and hard to work with and gauge is busted. But got 2 years out of it but will spend more to get one more reliable next time. | | Bottom Line: | If your dedicated cyclist look elsewhere. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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