Sean.
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Milwaukee M12 with 6ah battery. Useful if you have other Milwaukee tools. Good little inflater, had it out yesterday after swapping to winter tyre set.
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any recommendations for reliable air inflator
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Wattsisname
MY Red/White/Gems
I went all in with a RTC6000. Ring are currently offering it for £73. It sits happily in the frunk with the cables, torque wrench, adjustable breaker bar, triangle/first aid ( the red bag), a kneeling pad, hand towel and gloves all topped off with several bags for life.
The rear corner bins have the rubber inserts with carpeted lids, housing on one side, Holt's Foam, Leatherman Tool, an awl and the locking wheel nut key.
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WannabeOwner
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Wattsisname
MY Red/White/Gems
You left out the rope and the gaffer tape so I think your'e good on that front
Also failed to mention the rubber wheel chocks. Just off now to buy some gaffer tape 
I have this one from Rocky Creek. It's for a motorcycle (I have one of those as well) so it's tiny but it's powerful enough for a car. I also use an adapter from Amazon to plug it in. The pump, adapter, pliers and tyre plug kit all fit into a very small bag that can go pretty much anywhere in the car.
Wattsisname
MY Red/White/Gems
I have a decent 12 v charger which will not work with my Li- ion LV battery; it starts splutters and stops.
It's rather nice not having to run out the cable with the cigar plug.
Wattsisname
MY Red/White/Gems
I noticed the other day that the Holt's foam has a use by date. There is probably a reasonable safety factor. However, if yours dates back to your first S, you might want to replace it. The Rangers may be busy the day you need them/ it.
WannabeOwner
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Yup, I've gathered that feeling from the various replies. I'd be worried that the battery would be flat when, in a couple or more years time, I first needed it for a slow puncture on a journey ... my 12V one (which is pretty robust) "takes a while" for a tyre down to 10PSI (around 5 minutes to inflate it back to 40 PSI) ... and last time I had a nail-in-tyre puncture that only gave me about 10 minutes driving before it needed doing again. But ... that said ... there was no problem stopping multiple times as I wasn't reliant on a rechargeable battery for my power source.
For "at home" top up I'd prefer something that didn't need to trail from cigarette lighter, and would do the job quickly.
Yeah, it looks manky and "fairly solid". I carry, separately, a couple of Inflation Gunge Canisters in each of our cars (and a Plug-kit, although I've never had to use that and dunno if I would succeed, with wheel-on, if and when I had to. But if Mr AA/RAC Man had nothing with him, he could borrow mine
Billbrown1982
TM3 LR 2021 | Red | FSD
Billbrown1982
TM3 LR 2021 | Red | FSD
I went all in with a RTC6000. Ring are currently offering it for £73. It sits happily in the frunk with the cables, torque wrench, adjustable breaker bar, triangle/first aid ( the red bag), a kneeling pad, hand towel and gloves all topped off with several bags for life.
The rear corner bins have the rubber inserts with carpeted lids, housing on one side, Holt's Foam, Leatherman Tool, an awl and the locking wheel nut key.
Too much information
That is actually very helpful information. Now I know next time I get a puncture, don't bother calling roadside assistance, I'll just call you
Think I might go with this one . I don’t need anything fancy . In this age of work from home all I need is a device that could handle occasional top ups.
Thank you all for your valuable contributions
Billbrown1982
TM3 LR 2021 | Red | FSD
Think I might go with this one . I don’t need anything fancy . In this age of work from home all I need is a device that could handle occasional top ups.
Thank you all for your valuable contributions
I will say its not the quickest though. Think it took me about 20 minutes give or take to do all 4. I was doing other stuff at the same time so it didn't bother me.
MrBadger
Badger out
I remember pulling up to supercharge once and a couple of people opposite were huddled around a car inflating a tyre with electric pump.
When I finished, they were still inflating the tyre and I remember thinking that they probably had not noticed a big hole in it somewhere and it was a rather futile effort.
But having read this, maybe it was just a slow pump.
Just purchased the rtc 4000 RTC4000 Cordless Rechargeable Tyre Inflator
I feel this is a balance between Bulky 6000 and the slow 2000
I feel this is a balance between Bulky 6000 and the slow 2000
Wattsisname
MY Red/White/Gems
I am impressed with the 6000 and although not small, the design makes it easy to use. It also holds a decent charge.
Whichever you choose, cordless is the way to go particularly if you have the 16volt battery.
I like the cordless, but I'd like to see one that also has a 12V(/16V) bypass option. I'm pretty sure the day I'll get a flat, the battery of my inflator will have mysteriously gone flat too, and instead of having to wait a couple hours for it to recharge on the side of the road, having the option to get it working instantly if connected to the car 12V could help...
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