The big problem is obviously added weight. This depends on whether you can rig up your kite near your parking spot or you have a kilometre to walk to your setup zone.
Hell, if enough suckers are really *that* lazy, I'm willing to meet you at the beach with my own pump, pump up your kite and set up your lines for $10 between Freo and Mullaloo. Any takers? (It'll basically pay for my petrol and then I'll go inflate my own.)
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Complete waste of money IMHO. It takes a couple of minutes at most to pump a kite up (even my 17m Zephyr) and as others have said, helps warm you up. Just adds more junk to have to take kiting (board, kite, harness and hand pump is so simple and light) and something else to maintain. Prefer to spend my money on other more useful things.
i'd love to see you pump up a zephyr in 2 minutes . I call bullsh!t on that one
Added weight, Hercules time limits to pump big kites, laziness...heard it all before mostay from those that have never owned and used an electric pump. I suppose it aligns with all the naive comments I read about certain kites and boards.
Select to expand quotedusta said..Mark50 said..
Complete waste of money IMHO. It takes a couple of minutes at most to pump a kite up (even my 17m Zephyr) and as others have said, helps warm you up. Just adds more junk to have to take kiting (board, kite, harness and hand pump is so simple and light) and something else to maintain. Prefer to spend my money on other more useful things.
i'd love to see you pump up a zephyr in 2 minutes . I call bullsh!t on that one
id have a carton or 2 on it dusta,
as my last post was deleted , due to the fact that I mentioned they kite pump was g*y, ill change my stance on this subject, so when you go home after a kite session after using your lazy arse kite pump and find your wife, partner, boyfriend pleasuring themselves with a toy , don't complain, its the same thing imho
I love my pump .Try pumping up 17m in Darwin heat - its a must have .I think its a Bravo. Have replaced the battery 3 times in 5 years . Puetz has resoldered bit and pieces on occasion .
Can have a beer while waiting or run out your lines even .
But would bother if on < 12m all the time
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as my last post was deleted , due to the fact that I mentioned they kite pump was g*y, ill change my stance on this subject, so when you go home after a kite session after using your lazy arse kite pump and find your wife, partner, boyfriend pleasuring themselves with a toy , don't complain, its the same thing imho
ha ha. Well if those pumps did come with some "attachments" more of us could justify the purchase...
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Mark50 said..
Complete waste of money IMHO. It takes a couple of minutes at most to pump a kite up (even my 17m Zephyr) and as others have said, helps warm you up. Just adds more junk to have to take kiting (board, kite, harness and hand pump is so simple and light) and something else to maintain. Prefer to spend my money on other more useful things.
So take it you've owned a decent one and never found it useful. Would you like to sell it to me then if you were not using it?
Used them, for topping up inflatable boats and course marker buoys in sailing - the manual pumps were quicker and easier there too. The electric ones which were good quality models, were also not too durable in a marine environment with switches and pressure sensors not performing too reliably.
I use the Ryobi One series inflator/compressor. It does the job but it is a two stage process. Inflate the kite for about 2 min, (while you lay out the lines) then change over to the compressor and set the required pressure. takes about another 2 min (while you get your gear on). The pump is only about AU$89.00 if you already own the batteries. A new battery and charger will cost AU$100.
That looks Like a decent option Simon. Time to roll lines out, put gear on if car is close, grab board etc ...
well ive never pumped up inflatable boats or bouys, but I've been pumping up kites for 14 years (had foils only first year) and know which way I prefer for large kites if ya on them more than 80 percent of the time.
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The big problem is obviously added weight. This depends on whether you can rig up your kite near your parking spot or you have a kilometre to walk to your setup zone.
Hell, if enough suckers are really *that* lazy, I'm willing to meet you at the beach with my own pump, pump up your kite and set up your lines for $10 between Freo and Mullaloo. Any takers? (It'll basically pay for my petrol and then I'll go inflate my own.)
Pay for petrol???
I thought a super hero like you would have jogged down not use a machine to make your life easier!!!!!
I use a cheap Coleman pump to inflate my kites. Costs $40 from BCF has lasted two seasons and still going strong. Pumping up big kites takes too long and tiring.
My pump only pumps the kite to to about 80% of the required pressure the rest I do by hand with the standard kite pump.
I have an even quicker way to pump up my kite.
Firstly I made a connecting piece that joins my tyre inflator to my kite valve.
Then what I do next is the clever bit, on the way to my local I stop at the petrol station and use the compressor to fill my spare tyre to around 120 psi.
At the beach I roll my kite out and connect the spare to my kite and in under 10 seconds my kite is inflated. 
Only downside is there is no time to lay out the lines and I burst my 7m because I forgot to reduce the spare tyre pressure for my smaller kite.
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... use the compressor to fill my spare tyre to around 120 psi.
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120psi? What's the max pressure a tyre can sustain?
I have an adapter I rig up to my car exhaust when I need to inflate my 12m. The only downfall is you need to be careful when you deflate the kite. I had a friend who suffered a bout of carbon monoxide poisoning because he inhaled too much of the fumes. 
Yeah when i want to wax my board for a surf i velcro the wax onto my orbital sander and its done in no time and doesn't put any stress on my wrists and saves me time so i can insert my fins with my cordless driver,Harden the f*#k up princesses
I think ebay have Newport pumps for just over $200.. Same as island pump which last longer than those $2 one's from china that you pay at least $50 from any local kite shop that can't handle the heat or pressure especially when pumping up a big kite..
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I have an even quicker way to pump up my kite.
Firstly I made a connecting piece that joins my tyre inflator to my kite valve.
Then what I do next is the clever bit, on the way to my local I stop at the petrol station and use the compressor to fill my spare tyre to around 120 psi.
At the beach I roll my kite out and connect the spare to my kite and in under 10 seconds my kite is inflated.
Only downside is there is no time to lay out the lines and I burst my 7m because I forgot to reduce the spare tyre pressure for my smaller kite.
I am going to call this one
pictures or it didn't happen....
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dusta said..
Mark50 said..
Complete waste of money IMHO. It takes a couple of minutes at most to pump a kite up (even my 17m Zephyr) and as others have said, helps warm you up. Just adds more junk to have to take kiting (board, kite, harness and hand pump is so simple and light) and something else to maintain. Prefer to spend my money on other more useful things.
i'd love to see you pump up a zephyr in 2 minutes . I call bullsh!t on that one
id have a carton or 2 on it
Hadn't timed it before, but 1m 15 seconds this arv, a bit longer if I'm not in a hurry - Pure Blond is fine
Dragging an electric pump down to the beach on top of all the other kit? What a bunch of slackers!!!!
Conventional hand pumps supplied with the kite are absolutely quicker than electric pumps and without the hassle.
My advise - if you think it's taking too long to set up it probably is and it's your own fault. Stop poosing around and you'll be on the water in less than 7 minutes.
Most guys I see arriving first look around (on the pretext of checking out the conditions) but actually they're looking to see who's there and who's watching them, then they fiddle around trying to figure out what size kite to put up. Then once they've rigged up (after running to and from the car a few times 'cos the electric pump won't work) they spend another 10 mins getting into their wetsuit / stinger suit and harness and then apply sunblock, check their phone, have another look around to see who's noticing them and then they think about hitting the water. Really you're only delaying yourself and whoever's watching you is actually thinking what a d..k. Some of you may be wondering how I know this. Take a day off kiting and head down as a spectator, you'll have a laugh!
On a earlier post, I stated that I had bought a Island pump and was very happy with it. I bought the pump because I had bought a inflatable SUP from Tower in the USA and absolutely love the SUP for surfing and general paddling. The great thing about this company is that they ship a SUP to Australia for only $29, which is very cheap. They have just released their own pump, which appears to be very similar to the Island pump, so for those looking for a low cost, two stage pump, this may be a good choice. No doubt that this pump would also pump up kites, too. By the way, I ordered my SUP over the phone, and received it 6 days later, which is pretty good service!
www.towerpaddleboards.com/electric-paddle-board-pump
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Conventional hand pumps supplied with the kite are absolutely quicker than electric pumps and without the hassle.
Yes but you are forgetting that you can do other things while its pumping. For instance I can roll out my lines while its going.
So if it takes mark15 1min 15 sec to pump up his kite, then another 2 minutes for lines, I essentially take 2 minutes for lines and pump.
Lets not forget that after all this is done, mark is rushing to his car to find his asthma puffer, while I'm out getting the breeze.
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dusta said..
Mark50 said..
Complete waste of money IMHO. It takes a couple of minutes at most to pump a kite up (even my 17m Zephyr) and as others have said, helps warm you up. Just adds more junk to have to take kiting (board, kite, harness and hand pump is so simple and light) and something else to maintain. Prefer to spend my money on other more useful things.
i'd love to see you pump up a zephyr in 2 minutes . I call bullsh!t on that one
id have a carton or 2 on it
Hadn't timed it before, but 1m 15 seconds this arv, a bit longer if I'm not in a hurry - Pure Blond is fine
i would like to see a video with a stop watch showing the zephyr pumped up in under 2 minutes with a hand pump .
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saw this and thought it would fit in
that's what im talking about, unless thats eppo
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mate probably takes about 2-2 1/2 mins to fully inflate.. just gives you enough time to run your lines out or quickly get the rest of your gear out of the car and set up to take it down to the beach, depending where you set up. That's with a 17 zephyr or 11.. the 9 blows up pretty quick so you have to hot tail. The only problem I've found with them is you have to anchor the pump when the winds really up as the kite can get some lift under it and will sometimes start dragging your pump as the pumps aren't that weighty.
Hi Wellsy73,
I have pm you regarding Indo. I had some problems sending mails out to people. Could you let me know if you have received the mail in good order,please?
Many thanks
I've got an island pump
the rechargeable $300 one
it will pump up about 6 kites between charges
good for those days when the wind is up and down and you end up changing kites 4 times
I give o f#cks what any poser down the beach thinks of it
I do what I want
