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Submitted by
Dominick
a Cross Country Rider
from Izegem, Belgium
Date Reviewed: July 29, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Izegem, fietsen Lesy | | Strengths: | i cannot think of one advantage. I bought this on a council of the sellor of which i just bought a mountainbike for the first time | | Weaknesses: | no strength, there is no air coming out in any position. it is certainly not worth that money even not 1 USD. give me a simple footpump. i never buy a product again of this producer. i just used it three times and it is allready stuck. Even first two times were not satisfying. | | Bottom Line: | think thrice before you buy a Topeak product ... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul Garrison
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbia, Missouri, USA
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Rock Bridge State Park | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | first three weeks | | Weaknesses: | grey seal where handle meets the shaft leaks after the first month | | Similar Products Used: | foot pumps | | Bike Setup: | mongoose pro wing comp, Alex SCE-17 Alloy Rims, Alloy QR Hubs, Kenda Komodo 1.95 Tires
| | Bottom Line: | not worth it, unless you want to pay thirty dllars for a disposable pump.
go cO2 | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marcel van Ommen
a
from Hobart
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | away from traffic | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | bike shop | | Strengths: | none, I returned it very quickly because it did't work very well, straight from the shop. I bought the cheaper version which is really good! | | Weaknesses: | doesn't pump your tyre up very well, doesn't measure the pressure very well | | Similar Products Used: | I've got a similar (simpler) Topeak pump now which is fine. | | Bike Setup: | Giant Yukon | | Bottom Line: | Avoid this pump. Buy a pump which works. Not this one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon
a Racer
from Montreal, Qc, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 25, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | 20$ | | Strengths: | Small & compact | | Weaknesses: | It is garbage with a poor excuse for a mount, and a wildly innacurate "gauge". | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Devinci Podium | | Bottom Line: | I bought the Topeak Master Blaster as an "on the road" pump...
1st use.... took around 10/15 minutes to get the tyre anywhere near a reasonable psi... The Topeak master blaster will pump your fore-arm and biceps way before it'll pump you're tyres...
2nd use... Same sh#t different day..... throw the "master blaster" in the garbage, or give it to a "friend".
I would not recommend this awful pump to anybody....Shame on you Topeak! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
CaptStu
a
from maine
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Strengths: | Simple to use. Puts air in when I need it (presta valve); Handle folds to ease the pressure on your hands. Cheap $. | | Weaknesses: | Mount is meant to be attached along side a water bottle. Which is fine unless you only carry a camelback. Then it just seems to bang into your leg with every stroke. Would have preffered a regualr mount. | | Bike Setup: | GF Cobia | | Bottom Line: | Overall, a great price. Simple and works. Also, has a cap to keep mud and other debris out. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sprocketeer
a Cross Country Rider
from Astoria, Queens, NYC
Date Reviewed: May 30, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Since moving back from Japan I have yet to find even a decent trail here. Flippin the bird to DOT | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Seo Cycle Pro Shop at Tokyo Bay LalaPort, Minami-Funabashi, Chiba, Japan | | Strengths: | This is my second Toppeak Mini Master Blaster. The first one was great. The second takes more tuning than my bike to get minimal performance. | | Weaknesses: | When I pump the tire up above 25psi it starts letting out short bursts of air pressure--so I can't inflate the tire as I want. Locking the pump to the valve is the surest bet on a futile pumping effort and it's hard to imagine why. | | Similar Products Used: | Mini Master Blaster, both the great original and this piece of crap. The first one was the AK-47 of pumps--indestructible, required no maintainence to perform. This one requires worshipping and even then doesn't get the job done. And ages ago I used a frame pump the length of the top tube which worked just fine. | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Trek 8000 with ZR9000 frame--tricked out. | | Bottom Line: | Did you see a guy changing a tire in a rainstorm cursing the piece of crap pump he was using? Yeah, that was me.
I got 20psi in the tire and rode to the nearest LBS to borrow their floor pump.
This is the third time I've had a similar experience with the 2003 version of this pump. I just took it apart completely, gave it loving maintainence, and put it back together better than the factory did. We'll see what happens next.
The other one--same make and model--2001 maybe-- worked great even covered with crud, rolled in sand, dried out on rides in the blazing sun. It was great, that's why I bought another one for the other bike. Bad idea. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mulle
a Cross Country Rider
from Denmark
Date Reviewed: January 22, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Everything with lots of hills <= not Denmark | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | dual-pumping: Pumps when you pull and when you push could be a nice feature.
Weight.
Good Frame-mount.
Reasonable price. (I just don't remember it) | | Weaknesses: | The Seals !
When pumping to fast it blows (because of heat perhaps?), and you have to take it apart and put it together again to make it work for a couple of seconds again.
The dual-pumping isn't that great either:
It takes far too long to pump (10 minutes?) and it's really hard work, so nothing for the roadbike and neither for the mountainbike! | | Similar Products Used: | Topeak Mountain Morph floor pump with fram-mount, SKS Air Mount Pro | | Bike Setup: | Principia MSLe, Manitou Skareb, XTR, Ritchey WCS, Hügi... | | Bottom Line: | I used it three times before I trashed it.
Yes I know how to take care of a pump, and the seal was oiled proberly too.
My problem: I want something light, but durable. Is that impossibel?
Well the floor pump worked o.k. but it's damn heavy.
And working with kartusches is a hazard of its own. But I'll proberly stick to those again if the latex-tubes won't hold up better than the old butyl-tubes:( | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Peter Kooiman
a Cross Country Rider
from Schiedam
Date Reviewed: November 9, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Rose Versand | | Strengths: | This pump is clamping which my former SKS pump didn't do, very tiresome with my kind of . | | Weaknesses: | Dirt ! It isn't resistant to it ! When you need it, it will be of no use to you. It needs cleaning again to funvtion again, just for a week. | | Similar Products Used: | SKS | | Bike Setup: | Red Bull Black Rock, with Deore XT stuff and Magura HS33 brakes. | | Bottom Line: | Do NOT buy this thing ! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Louis
a Weekend Warrior
from Quebec
Date Reviewed: July 23, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Light, Smarthead, Small, Price | | Weaknesses: | Gauge | | Bottom Line: | Like some of you mentioned, the gauge is not very accurate. But it's really for trail purposes so it's understandable given the price...
I like the feel of it, the pump seems durable and sturdy. It is a tight fit on schrader valves but it's not that bad.
If you're in the market for a mini pump, I certainly recommend it. It hasn't left me in the woods yet! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gregg
a Cross Country Rider
from Houston, TX
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Strengths: | Light and small. Double action | | Weaknesses: | one millon pumps to inflate tire. Handle is hard to grip. Overpriced. | | Similar Products Used: | zefal | | Bottom Line: | This is a good pump for emergency use. Fits in the Camelback rocket. Gauge is not accurate at all. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Q.
a Cross Country Rider
from Seekonk MA USA
Date Reviewed: October 26, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Light, gauge, seems strong, seals well | | Weaknesses: | handle not very good for grasping, gauge read a little low (at least on mine) | | Similar Products Used: | lots over 30 years | | Bike Setup: | two wheels | | Bottom Line: | Not a bad little pump, can pump up my tires up to 60 psi (takes forever), don't need more than that. Gauge is reading a little low ... checked pressure with two very good gauges afterwards ... but it's consistently low so I can deal with it. Don't know about dirt getting into it, I carry nothing on my bike itself. I have large hands and the handle is not well suited for them, but this is only for emergencies after all.
Decent pump, does the job it was intended for, but nothing that made me go "WOW". | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a
from Philadelphia, PA
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | won't say | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Strengths: | Seems light, nice and small, looks good, mounts to frame easily on bottle cage screws | | Weaknesses: | DIRT, DIRT, DIRT! no way of keeping dirt out - I love dirt and any product that doesn't is not for me. Unless you put this in a ziplock bag it will fail. If you're a roadie you might be happy with this pump but on trails the seals are far too weak to survive any dirt. | | Similar Products Used: | Zefal, Crank bros hammerhead. | | Bike Setup: | Giant NRS | | Bottom Line: | Dual action worked well out of the box and on the first two rides that I used it on, gage was nice and seemed fairly consistent and accurate. On my third ride it rained and it immediately became a single action pump (i.e. the reverse pump seal failed) - I have rebuilt it and lubricated it several times but could never get the seals to work again, even the single action became intermittent - have thrown it away now and I am much happier.
Replaced it with the Crank Bros hammerhead which is working well, once you get used to how to get it to seal on the valves and it comes with a nice frame mount that keeps dirt away from the seals. Have not taken it out in rain yet though. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Keysor
a Weekend Warrior
from Belleville, IL
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Any | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Purchased At: | Touring Cyclist | | Strengths: | Double pump, fairly light. | | Weaknesses: | Pumping Presto leaks air | | Similar Products Used: | n/a | | Bike Setup: | Fuji Finest | | Bottom Line: | Pumps up to 100+ in no time, but use a Schrader valve adapter on the Presto valve... It leaks air when trying to pump up a Presto valve by itself. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Cross Country Rider
from Belgium
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Nice design | | Weaknesses: | Doesnt pump when dirt gets in | | Bottom Line: | I bought this as an emergency pump for the trail. I use a floor pump normally.
After about 9 months I had a puncture and I found that dirt had got in and damaged the seals. I was able to get enough air in to get the rim off the ground and I was only half a mile from home.
The LBS changed it for a new one, and this time I mummified it in duct tape before putting it on the bike.
6 months later I had another slow puncture, so I unwrapped it but it still didnt work. I took it apart at home and found that dirt had still got in and jammed the seals.
The problem seems to be the seal in the handle. It doesnt move up and down the tube like a conventional pump, so any dirt doesnt get dislodged. It might be more reliable if it was used more often.
I have given up on it now and bought a CO2 pump | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
FireHawk
a Weekend Warrior
from Paradise, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: February 6, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Many in NorCal | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Short, fairly light, good gauge, works pretty easily | | Weaknesses: | Must really engage the Presta connection to be absolutely tight to the rim otherwises leaks air | | Similar Products Used: | Blackburn Mammoth | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Giant NRS-2 and 2003 Cannondale Jekyll 1000. Use Shimano 646 pedals, Shimano Speed Zone Comp and Cateye 2 computers, Velociraptor tires, heavy springs in Manitou Black Comp fork | | Bottom Line: | Originally purchased a MMB without the gauge. Could never get it to not leak air. Sent it back to Topeak who immediately worked very well with me and replaced the original MMB with a gauge MMB. Still could not get it to seal and not leak air. Finally, really shoved it onto the Presta connection and locked the clasp. Man, it worked and worked well! Took about 50 pumps to get 47 psi. I am now delighted with the MMB. Works fine and the gauge is pretty accurate when compared to a Topeak Digial gauge. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
len moses
a Cross Country Rider
from eagle bridge ny.
Date Reviewed: June 22, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | any steep muddy adirondack | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$13.00 | | Purchased At: | extream sport | | Strengths: | compact, fairly accurate guage, tough still after much abuse
with little care. | | Weaknesses: | after suffering with zephl double shot i can find no fault with this. | | Similar Products Used: | zephl(junk) blackburn | | Bike Setup: | fisher sugar 1 xtr grimeca disks
cannondale saco dura ace ultegra
| | Bottom Line: | great pump with built in guage reliable maybe not the fastest at inflation its peice of mind when your in the middle of nowhere. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aidan Robertson
a Cross Country Rider
from Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Date Reviewed: August 12, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Strengths: | Not too heavy and fairly easy to use. | | Weaknesses: | It doesn't fit overly well to the fitting that attaches your pump to the frame. Mine often vibrates out of one of the two 'clips' that hold it in. The velcro strap is sufficient enough to keep the pump from falling off, but having to push the pump back into the clips is a pain. | | Bottom Line: | After about four years of pumping air reasonably well, mine just broke, which is why I'm out looking for reviews on a different one (I probably won't buy another MMB). It leaks air when I use it now and makes my tires more flat than when they started, which is a problem.
There is nothing exciting about this pump. The bad frame attachment is a problem, and although four years might be an okay life out of a pump, my ideal one that gets you excited every time you have to use it, and just keeps on working forever! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kermit
a Weekend Warrior
from Germany
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Purchased At: | www.Bicycles.de | | Strengths: | nice design
good quality
strong and a powerful | | Weaknesses: | frameclip | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | old GT Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | I purchased the MASTER BLASTER DX pump, but it's nearly the same. It's very powerful - you have 50psi within 2-3 minutes. Also it looks quite good. But there is one weakness: the attachment. It takes place under the bottle owner and that looks ugly. Also you can't use the bottle owner at the saddle-frame, because the pump would touch the crankset. What a pity...
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Submitted by
stu
a Weekend Warrior
from New Orleans
Date Reviewed: December 30, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | The Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Compact, dual-stroke pump, comfortable handle | | Weaknesses: | Mine didn't come with a guage (But I use the Topeak digital guage which is far more accurate then most pump guages.) | | Similar Products Used: | Zefal junk | | Bike Setup: | 01' Schwinn Moab 3 | | Bottom Line: | My only choice for a pump at my LBS was this one or some plastic junk pump. This one has made me very happy. I like the locking mechanism (leak proof). The small compact design is amazing. It doesn't seems like it would put out that much air but, I can get get to 60PSI quickly without killing myself. I usually throw it in my backpack and it's so light I forget it's in there. I like the attention to detail on the handle which makes it very comfortable to pump. Overall an awesome pump that won't leave you passed out on the trail. Of course, I always bring the CO2's too. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Fulks
a Weekend Warrior
from McGuire AFB
Date Reviewed: October 15, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Mercer, Clayton etc. | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Local bike shop | | Strengths: | Nice pump! I like how the pump holder fits on the water bottle bosses and there is still plenty of room for a water bottle! | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Built in pump on my 92 Bonneville SSEi | | Bike Setup: | Y2K Trek 6000 | | Bottom Line: | Excellent pump. It's light, fits in its bracket nice and snug, doesn't rattle, and I don't even know it's there until I have a flat! Leaves plenty of room for the water bottle. Easy to pump and not hard on the palm or anything. Excellent buy. Five flamin poo's. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
HOE-C
a Cross Country Rider
from Milan - Italy
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Triangolo Lariano | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$14.00 | | Purchased At: | Longoni Sport - Milan | | Strengths: | Very powerful for its size
Built in pressure gauge
Comfortable padded handle
Quik conversion between Presta & Schrader valve | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized pumps | | Bike Setup: | Specizlized Stumpjumper M2 2000 | | Bottom Line: | Very powerful in 27cm lenght only. Thanks to its standard bracket you can fix the pump near the bottle carrier.
It also fits perfectly in my Camelbak Rocket proper housing.
If you buy the model with gouge (better for me) you'll be able to check tire pressure with good precision (very important when you are on the trail).
Buy it without any hesitation if you look for quality, reliability and lightness.
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Submitted by
Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from Leesburg,Virginia,USA
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Nicely designed, small, good quality | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking for a pump to put on your bike... than this is it! It has a "padded" handle for comfort. There is a gauge, It does'nt take long to inflate tires. I bought it from a local bike shop for $25. It has not failed yet, And I hope it won't! Buy this pump if you are looking for quality. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
DR.DRE
a Weekend Warrior
from BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | STEEP & TECHNICAL | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | POWERFUL 4 IT'Z SIZE. EASY TO USE. JUST REALLY STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED. | | Weaknesses: | THE ONLY WEAKNESS IZ WHEN U HAVE 2 CHANGE FROM PRESTA 2 SCHRADER. NO PSI GAUGE!!! | | Similar Products Used: | NONE | | Bike Setup: | FREEERIDE BABY!!!!! | | Bottom Line: | GREAT PUMP 4 THE MONEY. i PAIOD $25 FROM PERFORMANCE BIKES. CAN FILL UP TO 60 PSI IN ABOUT 150 PUMPS. EVERYTIME I LEND A RIDER MY PUMP THEY LIKE IT. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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