Air Compressor

I have a Michelin pump which is carried in the car and will pump up to about 90psi.  I think it cost me about £45.00

Gateway,

There  is  a thread called  :--

Discussions/Caravan and  Motorhome  Chat/ motorhome  tyre  inflation  pump

where  loads  of  advice  &  info  exist,  and  its  not  an  archaic  thread  either.

If  you  find  that  then  it  should  save  you  hours  of  waiting  for  responses  on  here  .

I had a Ring one and it did show the set tyre pressure setting, however it did not last and that happened after the 1 year guarantee. One thing I do is to keep the engine running whilst using any tyre pump

Hi to all-just a quickie. I have a small air pump (like the Michelin pump ) from Costco and it works well but never bothered with the pressure dial as they can be out, so bought a tyre pressure gauge to check. The other thing is to check the amp usage as caravan 12v socket is, I think,  6amp. Some of the air pumps can be a more. This also applies to some of the pumps that are used on awnings. Best to use the socket in the car and a rated socket extension if needed.

Try Screwfix who sell a 100 PSI Ring compressor for £17,99. We’ve had a similar model for several years and a friend has another for her motorhome, without problems.

RING make [or is that more correctly, have made under their brand?] the whole quality/pricepoint spectrum of inflators, so recommendations to be of value need to be specific.

For years with car tyres I had a medium quality one that for the cars we owned with a max of 35 psi worked just fine. The original even coped with the caravans we then acquired that required up to about 45 psi.

It was only back in 2002 when the new van was one with 65 psi did I quickly knacker "old faithful". That soon could not lift above about 60 psi. Stupidly I purchased a quite similar budget replacement and it worked, but only for a while till 60 psi again was its limit. So back to using a cycle track pump very capable of doing the job but needing some effort from me

Then following advice and also encountering our roadside recovery van using a RING RAC900 I splashed out the £70 odd pounds on one. This is in a different league to the two I had before. It however requires far too much current for "ciggy lighter" type sockets, requiring to be crock clipped onto the battery. A good piece of kit it has proved.

Hi Gateway, I use a Ring RAC900 this needs power directly from a battery. It has croc clips and a long coiled airline. It will pump up to motor home tyre pressures. But is not cheap. I use a small 8amp hr gell battery which I also use with the air awning pump.

Have used a Ring Pump for some time on a caravan up to 60 psi but motorhome tyres  probably need a heavy duty pump to last for any length of time. 

This is another question rather than a reply. We have a twin axle motorhome, and one of the tyres on the rear axle has gone flat, but we have the anti-puncture filling in all the tyres. We believe that it is the vale that is leaking, but can we pump up as normal, even though we have the gloop in the tyre?

I appreciate you are asking for a 12v pump but I now use a Michelin Superfast Pump £75 from Halfords but it is mains operated and a little bulky so for use at home. The up side is its very very quick up to the 64psi on the van tyres and excellent on an SUV`s tyres as well. Carry a ring for use in emergencies as have virtually never had to pump up tyres when away. I have tyre pal on the van which is very useful and has been totally reliable since purchase around four years and 10000` since purchase.