Wasted $80 on a floor pump that looked fancy but leaked air from day one

Bought this sleek aluminum pump from a big box store thinking it'd last forever. After three flats in two weeks I realized the gauge was off by 15 psi and the head seal was garbage. Anyone else had luck with those basic steel pumps that cost half as much?

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hugos4617d ago

Gauge was off by 15 psi" lol same here, those fancy pumps are total scams.

evan_cooper7316d ago

Depends on which cheap analog gauge you get though, some of those are absolute junk too. I picked up a digital pump a few years back when my old hand pump finally gave out and honestly it's been the most consistent gauge I've owned. Had it checked against a shop gauge at the dealer and it's never been off by more than 2 psi. Maybe you guys just bought the wrong brand or got a lemon. Those cheap parts store gauges can drift like crazy once they get knocked around in a toolbox for a while. Take this for what it's worth but my experience has been the complete opposite.

jakeb8116d ago

Gauge was off by 15 psi" - mine was off by 12 on a good day and 20 on a bad one. I finally just went back to a cheap analog gauge from the parts store. At least that one is consistently wrong instead of lying to me with all those flashy numbers.