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Submitted by
fairlynewcyclist
a Weekend Warrior
from Kansas City
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Wal-Mart | | Strengths: | NOW it works | | Weaknesses: | Terrible (and wrong) instructions included in packaging | | Similar Products Used: | other peoples' | | Bottom Line: | I thought I was an idiot and just couldn't figure it out (air kept coming out as I pumped), but once I read Dave Runger's review that explained how to turn the thing inside out to make it work, it's great! Thanks! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tedzilla
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 23, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Crappy Tire | | Strengths: | Works well | | Weaknesses: | Very difficult to figure out | | Bottom Line: | This pump is very frustrating to use. I have no idea what all the other reviewers are talking about with the metal piece, the head cap and all that. All I know is when you want to switch from using Presta to Shrader or vice versa you have to hold your finger over the other hole and pump a bit to get the valve to switch over. It isn't all that difficult but I always forget and have to figure it out again when I go to use this thing. I don't pump a lot of tires. The difficulty of use and lack of instructions give this a poorer rating. When you figure it out it works quite nicely. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
thecraze
a Weekend Warrior
from DELAND, FLORIDA
Date Reviewed: August 22, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Strengths: | Nice looking. Multi valves. | | Weaknesses: | Bad instructions. Web site has slightly more instructions, but not enough. | | Similar Products Used: | Pretty much any other pump. | | Bottom Line: | This thing is a pain to figure out. After a few attempts to get it onto a Schrader valve, I realized the enagage/disengage handle is used backwards. On normal pumps, you disengage (attach to the valve) by flipping the handle out, parallel with the valve, and engage by flipping the handle towards the body to pump your tire/ball.
Out of habit, I had the handle flipped out to put the nozzle on the valve. Much to my surprise, and frustration (cursing why they didn't tell you they switched this), I realized you needed to have the handle flipped against the body of the nozzle to put it on the valve.
The web site switchbladenozzles.com just gives you a few troubleshooting tips, and that's it. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jpohio
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbus, Ohio
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Rails to Trails | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Target | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | It does not work | | Bottom Line: | I purchased a Schwinn AirDriver 1100 yesterday and returned it today. After trying to find directions on the company web site, I found this page. Tried to call Steve at TPI. They are now out of business, and the company that bought their remaining products was not able to provide any information. After reading of all the problems I returned my purchase to Target. I would not recommend this product to anyone. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jam
a Racer
from reading, pa
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | roads | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | target | | Strengths: | works, eventually | | Weaknesses: | no instructions | | Similar Products Used: | bell version | | Bike Setup: | fuji road bike | | Bottom Line: | product does work, only after reading the dave runger review
basically forget the metal, take off the plastic cap, and put the lil plastic piece in first, followed by the rubber, then screw on the cap, part of the 5-way nozzle to work is you may have to push air through the pump "very gently"!!and give a lil blow in the nozzle to switch the valve over, you'll know when it switches from the needle to the big valve, then push it all the way on the presta valve, and it should work, then just pull real hard to get it off(pull straight off so you don't kill the valve). Once you get it, it does work, but a pain to get it set up right. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Merrill Barrett
a Weekend Warrior
from Grand Rapids, MI
Date Reviewed: August 8, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Any/All decent city streets & trails | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Meijers | | Strengths: | Nice appearance to sell and looks great but otherwise NO redeeming virtues! Luckily, I couldn't find the 1500 floor pump, wasting even more money, so purchased the Schwinn Airdriver 1100 handpump and it didn't work at all-except to lose the little pressure I already had! The pump head would not stay on the valve-stem no matter what I tried! | | Weaknesses: | It doesn't work AT ALL all and the pumphead will not secure to the valve stem and keeps coming off and allows existing air pressure to escape! This is going back to the store after just 24 hours! | | Similar Products Used: | Various handpumps and footpumps over the past 59 years incl. a Bell Windstorm used just 48 hours($15 handpump purchased @ WalMart) works just enough to allow inflation to 40 lbs before air escapes from a hose fitting, but the pumphead works fine. Being returned also! Will try an Automotive store like PepBoys and, hopefully, will find a USA product that actually works! | | Bike Setup: | Schwinn Jaguar, Sun Drifter Tandem,
Landrider Autoshift; Kent 260 AL | | Bottom Line: | Nobody should buy ANY Schwinn footpump or handpump. I've found some other Schwinn products to be satisfactory, but NOT the pumps!It's frustrating and a waste of time and money. It might be a good idea to shop for pumps at an automotive store and, at least, try to get a heavy-duty product made in the USA. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tasha
a Weekend Warrior
from Pon., MI, USA
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Target | | Strengths: | LIghtweight (whoopdeedoo) | | Weaknesses: | EVERYTHING! | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Childs Bike | | Bottom Line: | AWFUL! I'm still looking for my silver lining to figuring this thing out. I feel hope now that some of you have figured it out but no luck for me yet. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason Townsend
a Weekend Warrior
from Halifax, NS, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Canadian Tire | | Strengths: | Inflated bicycle tires; seems adequate so far. | | Weaknesses: | Difficult to figure out initially | | Similar Products Used: | Slew of nameless bicycle pumps | | Bike Setup: | Presta front and rear tires, 120 psi | | Bottom Line: | I had a choice between 10 and 30 dollar gauged floor pumps and I may have miscalculated in picking up this, the more expensive one. I wound up here trying to figure out what to do with it, likely because they included two ways of interfacing with Presta valves. I tried Dave Runger's way and I couldn't get the nozzle to lock onto my valve, with a -lot- of trying. I was getting nervous. However I gave the metal presta adapter a try (screwing it onto the presta valve, then hooking the schrader-mode version of the nozzle up to it.) This did work; I'm not quite sure how it's pushing down the presta valve unless it's by air pressure, but then I'm no expert.
At any rate, with the metal adapter it worked, I was able to get my 120 PSI front and rear. The pump doesn't really like working with that pressure although it says 160 PSI somewhere on the packaging; I basically leaned on the pump with one hand to keep the pressure around 120 and then quickly de-coupled the nozzle with the other hand.
So long as it holds up over time I have no real gripe with the product; if it ends up going needle-only like some people have described I'll come back here and report it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JMAC
a Weekend Warrior
from Lumberton, NC, USA
Date Reviewed: July 8, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | Durability | | Weaknesses: | Instructions | | Bike Setup: | Presta valves | | Bottom Line: | "Schraeder (regular car-style tire valve): The pump should come set up for this type of valve as the default. Even if air is coming out of the sports needle valve, don't worry! Due to some clever technology in the pump head, once you hook the pump up to your tire and start pumping, the back pressure will switch the flow to the bike valve output. Have the lever on the pump head pushed down, flat against the pump head. Push the pump head FIRMLY onto the tire valve. While still pushing firmly, flip the pump head lever up to lock the pump head onto the tire valve. Inflate to desired pressure. When finished, push the pump head lever back down and pull the pump head off the tire valve.
Presta (longer, narrower, usually gold-colored valve): IGNORE THE METAL COMPONENT that is labelled "Presta/Dunlop" on your packaging. I just pumped up my Presta-valve tire without using this metal component at all! I have NO IDEA why it is included with the pump and labeled the way it is on the packaging. Anyway, you just need to make a simple switch to set up your pump for Presta valves. Unscrew the cap on the pump head. Inside of the head here there are two things you need to remove: first, a rubber piece, and then a plastic piece. (You might need to use a pen or something to leverage the lever gasket out.) You need to flip the orientation of both of these pieces around. That's how it works! Re-insert the plastic part into the pump head first (flipped around, remember!) and then re-insert the rubber part (flipped around!). Screw the plastic cap back onto the pump head. You will now notice that, as a reult of flipping the rubber gasket, the hole into which you will be putting the Presta valve is smaller than the hole that was exposed before for the Schraeder valve default setting. This is just the way you want it! Follow instruction from the Schraeder section on how to use the pump from here."
This is the meat of how to use the pump.........Thanks, Dave Runger !!
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Submitted by
Still upset
a Weekend Warrior
from USA
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Wal-MArt | | Strengths: | It really knows how to piss me off | | Weaknesses: | It makes me want to punch my buddy who let me use it in the face | | Similar Products Used: | Every other foot pump known to man | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Zebrano | | Bottom Line: | I really wish my buddy that let me use this pump lived closer,I've been pumping on this piece of crap for over an hour and my tires are still flat.I follwed the link posted http://www.switchbladenozzles.com/trouble_shooting.htm
And used it the way it is supposed to be for bike/car and nothing.
I would like to get a refund for it but I didnt even buy it.I really want to get out and ride my bike to work and run errands since we finally have our two weeks of summer here in washington state but thanks to this pump that wont be happening.
The only people who should buy this is the people at Schwinn because they sined their names to this piece of crap they should be made to use it.
Who shouldn't use it- the rest of the world!!!
Terrible product Schwinn should seriously shut the doors to their company if this is what they are using as a representation of their company!!
BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ADuncan2
a Weekend Warrior
from Charlottesville VA
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Target | | Strengths: | The brighr color makes it easy to see at the bottom of the lake | | Weaknesses: | It doesn't float | | Similar Products Used: | There is nothing as bad as this product out there | | Bike Setup: | Nomad GT | | Bottom Line: | I had the pump for 6 months and finally stumbled across this website. Thanks for the instructions!!!! I've been an aircraft mech for 25 years and have never found something so completely forign to operate. I finally did get it to work and only threw it into the lake once. I couldnn't let it get the best of me so I fished it out and kept trying to figure it out. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dleogallag
a Weekend Warrior
from Mendota Heights, MN
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Mendota Heights | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | walmart | | Strengths: | The piece of the pump that holds the needle to the ball inflator. Unfortunately, the needle itself is weak | | Weaknesses: | Needle. | | Bottom Line: | T the folks who've used this product, who could only blow up balls with it, I envy you. I bought it as a multi-tool, and it works great on my bike, but I can't get it to blow up a ball. One puff, then the "magical" valve switching takes over, and blows up out the shrader valve. Now that the needle is broken, and I cant' remove the base, I only hope it continues to blow up bike tires. I didn't buy this cuz it was cheap - in fact, I usually try to NOT buy the cheapest one available - now, I'm SOO CONFUSED. This thing is JUNK! With luck, I'm hoping kids will use it as a bellows to start fires in the fireplace. In fact, would anyone like to buy a bellows for a fireplace? Only bellows with a air pressure gauge I've ever seen! Value priced! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bordell
a Weekend Warrior
from New Orleans, LA usa
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Schwill air driver | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Academy | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | No instructions, pump does not connect to tires. No one at customer service to speak with. | | Similar Products Used: | any other bike pump | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale | | Bottom Line: | This is the worse piece of junk that I have ever bought. No one at PTI answers...they simply refer you to send an e-mail to which I have not received a reply. Several friends have tried to connect to a tire but no way will it work. Another example of an US company that went to China with poor directions except to make our company lots of money. I will return this junk and never buy any Schwinn product again. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Howard England
a
from Fort Lauderdale
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | SPORTS AUTHORITY | | Strengths: | Great for digging holes with. | | Weaknesses: | Piece of crap.
Doesn't work.
Takes a MIT graduate to even attempt
Frightens small children
Causes global warming
Makes Al Gore fat | | Similar Products Used: | None like it on the planet | | Bottom Line: | 1100, not 1500. Had it for six months. Couldn't figure the damn thing out. Shot it seven times, then buried it in the back yard. Dug it up again a month later and shot it again. Reburied it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christine S
a
from Columbus
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | TARGET | | Bottom Line: | Thanks for all your help everyone. I also was thoroughly frustrated and feeling like a dunce. I'm a mechanics daughter so I just couldn't let it go until I figured it out. I finally figured it out with your help, finally. Schwinn should at least address the issue on their website given the issues so many people are having. Now we can all turn our attention to more important things. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Barbara B
a
from Fort Myers
Date Reviewed: April 27, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Lakes Park & the ride to work | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Target | | Strengths: | Choices | | Weaknesses: | Same as everyone else has said, it comes with no directions. | | Bike Setup: | Townie | | Bottom Line: | I still haven't been able to connect the pump to my tire, even using Dave's directions. My brother-in-law tried, too. Too many bells and whistles. Just give us a pump that works. Simple. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
V Ames
a
from Saint Paul
Date Reviewed: April 27, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Walmart | | Strengths: | Multi-faceted product. | | Weaknesses: | Lack of instructions. | | Bottom Line: | Thanks to this website, I was able to figure out how to use this product after I was ready to take back for a refund.
When using the sportsball needle, it is important to wet prior to inserting as the first time I pulled it out the needle stuck in the ball! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Delano
a
from Fairport, NY, USA
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Target | | Strengths: | Quickly inflates tires, well built | | Weaknesses: | Lack of instructions | | Bottom Line: | Had difficulty figuring out how the pump works for bicycle tires. Found this web site, and once I followed the instructions posted, had no issues. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alejandro Rodriguez
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Academy Sports | | Strengths: | it looks fancy | | Weaknesses: | overly complicated usage and instructions that might as well be in hyroglyphics | | Bottom Line: | You'll have an easier time throwing the product away than ever using it.
If only it was recyclable. Then at least it wouldn't have been a total waste *sigh* | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rachel
a
from Wildomar, Ca
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Target | | Strengths: | Thank goodness for Dave Runger's review. I have had this pump for quite some time and have never been able to figure it out, I thought my husband threw the instructions in the trash, little did I know there weren't any. I am so glad I found this web site!!!! Now the kids can play in their blow up water toys. | | Bottom Line: | It is a great product now that I know how to use it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dale
a Weekend Warrior
from Yokosuka, Japan
Date Reviewed: February 1, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Strengths: | Extremely versatile. | | Weaknesses: | Lack of instructions. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bottom Line: | The reviewer below that said you have to unscrew the cap and flip two components around to inflate a presta valve is wrong on that account.
-Leave the pump in it's original configuration.
-Screw the "useless" Presta/Dunlop metal piece onto the presta valve. This makes the presta valve look like a schraeder valve.
-Attach the pump to the metal piece like you would a normal tire and inflate.
-Remove the pump.
-Unscrew and restow the metal piece. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Colby
a Weekend Warrior
from Orlando
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | N/A | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Target | | Strengths: | Good pump once you figure out how to use it. | | Weaknesses: | No instructions and parts that seem to have NO purpose. | | Similar Products Used: | Old bike/foot pump | | Bottom Line: | Follow Dave Runger's instructions on his post. It works even for someone like me who has a tough time screwing in light bulbs. There is a plastic cap that screws off on the main head of the pump. Once that cap is taken off, you'll see a rubber "O" gasket. Take that off. The last piece is another plastic piece that screws off as well. Once you have all "three" pieces taken off, put the rubber "O" gasket back on first, then the plastic piece and finally the plastic cap last. Fasten new orientated pump valve on to bike tire valve and make sure metal lever(like the old bike pumps) is DOWN flush against pump head.(not up/opposite of old style). Once pump head is securely fastened to tire valve...then flip the metal lever in to the up or straight position.(again, the exact opposite of the old bike pumps). Make sure new orientated pump valve is fastened correctly to tire valve in order for it to work correctly. Give it a shot. It works!!! Don't throw it away!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Indianapolis, IN, USA
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | K-Mart | | Strengths: | Integrated Gage. Ability to pump up sports balls. | | Weaknesses: | LACK OF INSTRUCTIONS!!! | | Similar Products Used: | Older Bike Pump | | Bottom Line: | Initially was going to take it back, since it seemed to not work at all. Then I found this web site and it worked better. The final piece is when I realized the leve needs to be UP to seal for bike tire and not down like my old pump. Time will tell how good it is, but after initially thinking, "what a piece junk!", I willing to give it a little longer to prove itself. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
William Trimborn
a Weekend Warrior
from Aurora, IL
Date Reviewed: September 29, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Wissahickon Valley Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Sports Authority.com | | Strengths: | The pump has an integrated pressure gauge, 5 different nozzles and is well constructed. | | Weaknesses: | I think the only weakness of this pump is its lack of instructions. Although the packaging is attractive and appears to be useful at first blush, after I started using the pump on a bike tire, I realized I couldn't figure it out even after scrutinizing the packaging. | | Similar Products Used: | I've used many different bike pumps in the past but none of them had an integrated gauge. | | Bottom Line: | I asked my wife to buy me this pump for my recent birthday because of its inexpensive price and integrated pressure gauge. I was tired of using the air pumps at service stations and noticed many tire tubes warn against using service station pumps. I admit I was frustrated with the lack of instructions provided with this pump and I sincerely hope the mfr wises up soon, because the pump is a fine product IF the consumer knows how to use it. Fortunately, I searched the web and found this list of reviews and found Dave Runger & Margaret's reviews. Thank you for taking the time to enter useful reviews! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robert Stribley
a Cross Country Rider
from Whitehall, Mi.
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | muskegon bike trail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Meijers | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | It is a piece of poorly designed junk. Worthless to anyone except the seller. | | Bottom Line: | This product is another example of ripping the public off, and selling them crap. It's a piece of junk, and it does not even work.What the hell has happened to this country? Our governments #1 job is supposed to be protecting us. This product is another fine example of the worthless government, and industries that are ripping us off every day.
Nobody should buy this product.
Shame on you Schwinn. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kat
a Cross Country Rider
from San Antonio
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | academy | | Weaknesses: | There's no directions! It seems obvious enough but then when you try it, it just deflates the tires completely because it won't lock on. I have the presta valves and the dumb metal ring just keeps popping off because it won't secure! I'm not an engineer and i need to get on the road, so this did not help! | | Bottom Line: | The review on this site that had "all the answers": You are a lifesaver! Now I can get going. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Weekend Warrior
from La Habra, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Walmart | | Strengths: | nice look, low price, seems well designed | | Weaknesses: | Need to include instructions for use with Presta valves | | Bike Setup: | GF Caked | | Bottom Line: | This pump is actually easy to use and works well once you figure it out. For Presta valves screw the large end (with the O-ring) of the metal part onto the Presta valve after you unscrew the core of the Presta to allow airflow. Then simply push the pump valve onto the metal fitting and raise the pump valve lever to lock in place. The automatic valve mechanism does cause the gauge to be inaccurate except for while you are actually pumping. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave Runger
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Clara, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Target | | Strengths: | Inexpensive
Nice Look
5-in-1 Utility | | Weaknesses: | Difficult to Figure Out/Horrible Instructions | | Bike Setup: | Schraeder front wheel, Presta rear wheel | | Bottom Line: | This product is not as bad as everyone says it is! The problem is actually that it is designed too fancily; it is too good. There are lots of features (automatic valve switching, 5-in-1 utility), but Schwinn does not explain how these work! I HAVE THE ANSWERS.
Schraeder (regular car-style tire valve): The pump should come set up for this type of valve as the default. Even if air is coming out of the sports needle valve, don't worry! Due to some clever technology in the pump head, once you hook the pump up to your tire and start pumping, the back pressure will switch the flow to the bike valve output. Have the lever on the pump head pushed down, flat against the pump head. Push the pump head FIRMLY onto the tire valve. While still pushing firmly, flip the pump head lever up to lock the pump head onto the tire valve. Inflate to desired pressure. When finished, push the pump head lever back down and pull the pump head off the tire valve.
Presta (longer, narrower, usually gold-colored valve): IGNORE THE METAL COMPONENT that is labelled "Presta/Dunlop" on your packaging. I just pumped up my Presta-valve tire without using this metal component at all! I have NO IDEA why it is included with the pump and labeled the way it is on the packaging. Anyway, you just need to make a simple switch to set up your pump for Presta valves. Unscrew the cap on the pump head. Inside of the head here there are two things you need to remove: first, a rubber piece, and then a plastic piece. (You might need to use a pen or something to leverage the lever gasket out.) You need to flip the orientation of both of these pieces around. That's how it works! Re-insert the plastic part into the pump head first (flipped around, remember!) and then re-insert the rubber part (flipped around!). Screw the plastic cap back onto the pump head. You will now notice that, as a reult of flipping the rubber gasket, the hole into which you will be putting the Presta valve is smaller than the hole that was exposed before for the Schraeder valve default setting. This is just the way you want it! Follow instruction from the Schraeder section on how to use the pump from here.
Sports ball: pull/push out the needle all the way
Inflatables: Haven't tried this yet, but it looks like you screw out the sports ball adapter and put in the inflatable adapter
Dunlop: No idea what this is about...
A good quality product that isn't getting the praise it deserves because it has practically no instructions, and the instructions it does have are flat-out misleading!
I am not sure how durable the pump is, though... today was my first day using it. Hope this helps! Post a reply if it did. Thanks, Dave. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stephen Farina
a Cross Country Rider
from Cleveland, OH
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Cuyhuga County | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$38.00 | | Purchased At: | Private | | Strengths: | I play fetch with my dog with this stick. | |
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