Khaki Inflator

[chucktro]

I will soon purchase an inflatable khaki and my dilemma is an inflator. An inflator
to inflate a khaki to its rigid dimensions obviously must be quite robust. Can
anyone recommend an inflator of a compact size robust enough to meet my requirements?

[Kelly Hanson East]

Okay - I googled inflatable khaki and got your post back, after 5 links to inflatable lifevest, khaki.....

can you tell us a model/name of what you are trying to inflate

[K9Kampers]

Khaki Full Body PFD!

[kadet]

Being dyslexic myself I would guess he means a Kayak, I always have to use a word processor to type my posts and then spell check them and copy and past. I say his spell checker just picked the colour khaki instead of kayak.

If you do mean a kayak and not some unknown gizmo no 12v inflator IMO will make them rigid enough. I use a 240v electric inflator for the airdeck on my inflatable dingy but finish it off with a foot pump to get the necessary psi for the rigidity needed. So use any quality electric inflator for speed but still carry your foot pump to finish off.

A tyre type compressor might work but the danger here is exploding the inflatable.

[madguy]

I use one of them tyre inflator pumps to pump up my dingy when i need it,,,its not fast but it does get it very hard..works for me and only cost £5.99 when i filled up with fuel once.

hope it helps.

Madguy

[K9Kampers]

...I say his spell checker just picked the colour khaki instead of kayak.

Of course it was a spelling error, no offense, but it was just more fun the other way!

On the topic - my inflatable dinghy came with a manual pump that, in the final stage of inflation, is robust enough to make the boat rigid. The drawback is the way the inflator nozzle connects with the inflation valve. When disconnecting the nozzle, quick & nimble fingers are needed to twist the inflation valve closed...and air is always lost, reqiring one or more repeat top-off inflations of that chamber. My advice when choosing an inflatable kayak or dinghy, is to know what is needed to close the valve to minimize loss of air.

[madguy]

[quote=" When disconnecting the nozzle, quick & nimble fingers are needed to twist the inflation valve closed...and air is always lost, reqiring one or more repeat top-off inflations of that chamber. .[/quote]

Just a thought..on my dingy there is a little twist screw that you turn to deflate..however when you inflate it you do the screw up and it lets air in but not out!!! isnt that the same as yours???? i just think it a little odd that someone would make a dingy without a control valve....

Madguy

[Russ]

Being dyslexic myself I would guess he means a Kayak, I always have to use a word processor to type my posts and then spell check them and copy and past.

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--Russ

[Sumner]

We bought one of the above Airhead High Output Air Pump 12v...................

http://www.boatersland.com/kwkahp12h.html

..............not from boartersland.com, but from another place for about the same price. We use it to inflate our 9 foot Zodiac and it does a great job. It is also great deflating it as it pull the air out quick and pulls the boat down to a much smaller size vs. just letting the air out and rolling it up.

I have a 12 volt cigarette female plug that ...............



............... we attach to a small 12 volt motorcycle battery that we just set next to the Zodiac when inflating. Then plug the pump into that. I also lengthen the female plug assembly so that it would reach the Suburban battery if that ever was necessary. I keep the bike battery on a trickle charger at home and just recharge it when we get back home.

I was concerned about this pump being too cheap and not lasting, but it seems good as new after one season. I've also rigged the...................



..................... ballast vent on the boat so that we could blow the ballast if we ever needed to do that, but I haven't tried that yet, so can't say how it will work in that situation.

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[Rick Westlake]

We bought one of the above Airhead High Output Air Pump 12v...................

I've also rigged the...................



..................... ballast vent on the boat so that we could blow the ballast if we ever needed to do that, but I haven't tried that yet, so can't say how it will work in that situation.

It will get most of the water out, especially if you can trim the boat down by the stern (get everyone sitting in the back of the cockpit). I was able to "blow the ballast" in my Mac 19, this way, in about five minutes.

[Kelly Hanson East]

Ive got two of these, one from Sevylor (the same yellow colour and shape) and one from Ozark Mountain (I think I got it from EMS)

Both of them have lasted 5 seasons or more inflating beds at home, my Sevylor dink, etc....

The Ozark one can run from battery, DC, and AC so is a bit more flexible. The Sevylor one can only charge from DC or AC, so if you run the batttery out you have to wait to recharge it.

[Bobby T.-26X #4767]

Walmart 12V Pump

WalMart - $10.88

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Dinghy Motor: '06 2.5-Suzuki

[DaveB]

Rick, that inflater may work for a low end Kayak but not for most inflatable Dinks. That unit only Inflates to .95 psi. I need 2.78 psi to Inflate my dink and the more expensive ones require 4 psi.
I use a coleman 12volt that can do 1.5 psi but have to use foot pump to bring the dink up to pressure.
Dave

We bought one of the above Airhead High Output Air Pump 12v...................

I've also rigged the...................



..................... ballast vent on the boat so that we could blow the ballast if we ever needed to do that, but I haven't tried that yet, so can't say how it will work in that situation.

It will get most of the water out, especially if you can trim the boat down by the stern (get everyone sitting in the back of the cockpit). I was able to "blow the ballast" in my Mac 19, this way, in about five minutes.

[Sumner]

Rick, that inflater may work for a low end Kayak but not for most inflatable Dinks. That unit only Inflates to .95 psi. I need 2.78 psi to Inflate my dink and the more expensive ones require 4 psi.
I use a coleman 12volt that can do 1.5 psi but have to use foot pump to bring the dink up to pressure.
Dave.......

Hi Dave, I'm the one that posted about the one in the picture. We have a 9 fool Zodiac with the wooden floor and the inflator shown actually inflates the boat too high. I don't have any way of measuring the psi, but the inflatable is very taught and once the sun comes out I usually have to release air. We have big differences between water temps, day temps and night temps here. The water can be in the 60's, the day in the 90's and the night in the 50's. I have to release air at times during the day and then first thing in the morning put air in. I use the inflator to initially fill the dingy and to empty it at the end of the trip days later. Day to day I'll just use the foot pump if needed as it doesn't take much.

c ya,

Sum

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[DaveB]

Maybe, your Zodiac is a much diffrent Dink than all the others that require 2.5 psi min. for inflation.
The unit you mentioned does 9.6 cu.ft. per min. with max. .8 psi.
Maybe their specs are way off according to what you are saying.
Dave

Rick, that inflater may work for a low end Kayak but not for most inflatable Dinks. That unit only Inflates to .95 psi. I need 2.78 psi to Inflate my dink and the more expensive ones require 4 psi.
I use a coleman 12volt that can do 1.5 psi but have to use foot pump to bring the dink up to pressure.
Dave.......

Hi Dave, I'm the one that posted about the one in the picture. We have a 9 fool Zodiac with the wooden floor and the inflator shown actually inflates the boat too high. I don't have any way of measuring the psi, but the inflatable is very taught and once the sun comes out I usually have to release air. We have big differences between water temps, day temps and night temps here. The water can be in the 60's, the day in the 90's and the night in the 50's. I have to release air at times during the day and then first thing in the morning put air in. I use the inflator to initially fill the dingy and to empty it at the end of the trip days later. Day to day I'll just use the foot pump if needed as it doesn't take much.

c ya,

Sum

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