What Air Compressor For Inflatibles?

MonacoMike

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Sep 15, 2009
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Indiana lakes and Lake Michigan
Boat Info
2000 Cruisers 3870
8.2 Mercs
Engines
85 Sea Ray Monaco 197
260hp Alpha 1
I am wanting a quick convenient air compressor with the volume and ability to inflate high-quality inflatable boots. I do not want one that must be topped off with the hand pump, I want the compressor to be able to do it all.

Does anybody have anything they recommend?
 
Get one of the air pumps used to blow up tubes and etc small in size moves large volumns of air also and cheap enough. Overtons has them.
 
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I think that won’t work so well for an inflatable boat. Use are usually rated for 14 psi. 3 psi won’t be enough.
 
I think that won’t work so well for an inflatable boat. Use are usually rated for 14 psi. 3 psi won’t be enough.

My Merc 320 is 3psi and it is hard a rocks. The specs on Mercury Hypalon Infatable RIB's is 3.6PSI max. I can't imagine 15 psi on any RIB. My older Raider Marine was 3.0 PSI max.
 
My Merc 320 is 3psi and it is hard a rocks. The specs on Mercury Hypalon Infatable RIB's is 3.6PSI max. I can't imagine 15 psi on any RIB. My older Raider Marine was 3.0 PSI max.
Huh, weird. My hypalon AB specs 14 PSI. At 3 psi the thing would be floppy. I used to get it to maybe 8-9 with the hand pump and call it quits. My Sea Eagle drop stick SUP calls for 14 psi max as well. It feels pretty hard at about 7-8, but getting it up at least to 12 psi makes a huge difference.
 
Huh, weird. My hypalon AB specs 14 PSI. At 3 psi the thing would be floppy. I used to get it to maybe 8-9 with the hand pump and call it quits. My Sea Eagle drop stick SUP calls for 14 psi max as well. It feels pretty hard at about 7-8, but getting it up at least to 12 psi makes a huge difference.

Yep, weird for sure. I will say this, if it's floppy it's not at 3psi.
 
I got this from the WM model I have 310hyp double floor.


Normal inflation up to pressure 5.09 psi.[ A ]
High pressure inflation up to 11.62 psi without cap.
 
This is the one I use. It is rechargeable and you just dial in the pressure you want and it shuts off when it reaches the set-point. Very convenient and you can use it to charge your phone or whatever.
 

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