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Photo by Sean Howman, The Pamir highway in an unseasonably cold late October, Tajikistan

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Photo by Sean Howman,
The Pamir highway in an unseasonably
cold late October, Tajikistan



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Just my 2ct:

I was on the same trip as MarkLG and used an airman with built in pressure gauge. The same cheap chinese internals but mine had problems with the valve connector (leaked) and it's performance went down quickly until the point of "no pressure at all". It left me stuck on a motorway exit near Madrid with a puncture and no inflating device. I investigated the internals and the seals were totally worn. You can still find it behind a concrete pillar of a bridge where a friendly and helpful policeman professionally ditched it ;-)
Not suitable for intensive use if you ask me... Better take a handpump as backup.

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Just my 2ct:

I was on the same trip as MarkLG and used an airman with built in pressure gauge. The same cheap chinese internals but mine had problems with the valve connector (leaked) and it's performance went down quickly until the point of "no pressure at all". It left me stuck on a motorway exit near Madrid with a puncture and no inflating device. I investigated the internals and the seals were totally worn. You can still find it behind a concrete pillar of a bridge where a friendly and helpful policeman professionally ditched it ;-)
Not suitable for intensive use if you ask me... Better take a handpump as backup.

T
You never told me about that one!!

Was it the seal in the connector that failed - I packed a spapre connector for mine which you could have had if I'd known yours was failing.
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You never told me about that one!!

Was it the seal in the connector that failed - I packed a spapre connector for mine which you could have had if I'd known yours was failing.
The connector wasn't the main problem. I just had to push it in a specific angle on the valve to stop it from leaking. A bit annoying and lack of quality. And the point of "no pressure at all" occurred when we were travelling on our own. But thanx for the offer mate
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