Floor Pump?

[rcannon100]

Any recommendations for good floor pumps? The one at work has worn out and management is asking for recommendations.

[bward1028]

I have a Giant branded one that’s lasted a long time, and I’m pretty sure it has a lifetime warranty.

[consularrider]

Didn’t we just go through this as an off topic item on another thread?

Yep, My Morning Commute, page 237 posts 2364, 2365, and 2375. Not too many recommendations there though.

[Phatboing]

I have a Blackburn AirTower (this one, I think: http://www.blackburndesign.com/air-tower-45.html), and it is wonderful. I have more ‘high volume’ needs than high pressure, but this has been totally competent at both. The valve is maybe a bit tight for Schrader valves, so you have to give it some muscle, but that’s all I can complain about.

[chris_s]

I really like my Air Tower 3.

Switches easily between Schrader & Presta. It has held up well the last few years. Nice easy to read gauge.

[hozn]

I like Lezyne pumps a lot — with the thread-on valves (the other valves are junk IMO). I own two; a standard high-pressure road one and the “dirt drive” pump that puts out a lot of volume but only goes up to 70psi or so (makes easy work of seating tubeless tires). The only caveat is that if you have removable valve cores you risk removing them when you unthread the pump. I loctite (red) my valve cores.

I previously had one of the high-end Topeak Joe Blow pumps, but the seals kept giving out — maybe exacerbated by me leaving it outside in the winter? But that’s where pumps belong. I like some of the portable topeak pumps, but have decided that their floor pumps are not very good.

[hozn]

@chris_s 82616 wrote:

I really like my Air Tower 3.

Switches easily between Schrader & Presta. It has held up well the last few years. Nice easy to read gauge.

Do you have issues with the pump falling over on account of top-mounted gauge? Given my experience with the Topeak constantly falling over, I would choose the Air Tower 1 model that Phatboing mentioned instead (bottom-mounted gauge). (The Lezyne pumps have bottom-mounted gauges too — very stable.)

[chris_s]

@hozn 82619 wrote:

Do you have issues with the pump falling over on account of top-mounted gauge? Given my experience with the Topeak constantly falling over, I would choose the Air Tower 1 model that Phatboing mentioned instead (bottom-mounted gauge). (The Lezyne pumps have bottom-mounted gauges too — very stable.)

Hmmm. I don’t have any recollection of my pump ever falling over.

[consularrider]

@hozn 82617 wrote:

I like Lezyne pumps a lot — with the thread-on valves (the other valves are junk IMO). I own two; a standard high-pressure road one and the “dirt drive” pump that puts out a lot of volume but only goes up to 70psi or so (makes easy work of seating tubeless tires). The only caveat is that if you have removable valve cores you risk removing them when you unthread the pump. I loctite (red) my valve cores.

I previously had one of the high-end Topeak Joe Blow pumps, but the seals kept giving out — maybe exacerbated by me leaving it outside in the winter? But that’s where pumps belong. I like some of the portable topeak pumps, but have decided that their floor pumps are not very good.

I hadn’t really looked at the Lezyne floor pumps before, but opening their site and just looking at one of the high pressure pumps, I was interested to see that they offer a choice of either the flip chuck or the screw on dual valve attachment.

On the stability issue for a top mounted gauge pump, my Nashbar Orange (old model, no longer available) has a wide base and is very stable, my Park Tool (PFP-4, no longer on Park Tool website, but still available on others) has flip up feet and is much less stable.

[Harry Meatmotor]

I’ve been a pretty big fan of the specialized pumps of late (the AirTools) mostly because every part is replaceable and specialized seems to be doing a good job of stocking the parts. and, they seem to survive living in a busy (retail) shop environment. I’ll also second the Lezynes out of sheer industrial design lustworthyness.

[hozn]

@consularrider 82624 wrote:

I hadn’t really looked at the Lezyne floor pumps before, but opening their site and just looking at one of the high pressure pumps, I was interested to see that they offer a choice of either the flip chuck or the screw on dual valve attachment..

Ah ha! That dual valve thing looks new, actually. The ones I have had were simple plastic ones that were supposed to just push on and stay there by magic (they didnt’). I also tried a metal version, but it was just as bad, so I only have the screw-in ones. I might buy one of those other heads to test it out. The screwing on is nice to the valve stems but takes a little longer.

Edit: I meant “dual valve” head obviously not the flip-thread chuck.

[brendan]

Thirding or fourthing Lezyne.

[Rod Smith]

I bought a Pedros Prestige pump from Phoenix Bikes. 40 dollars, works great and I think profit goes to support good cause.

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