12-Volt Dual Power All Purpose Tire Inflator

This is a nice little compressor that does not take up much space in the car and can be used to inflate tires as well as low pressure items, using either 120V AC or 12V DC. It all packs together onto a cube shaped device that holds everything that is needed. The plugs are housed in a recess on the underside and their wires are coiled up on some lug on one side. The top has a pressure gauge (in PSI and BAR) and an on/off button. Our first usage was in winter, checking the tires of a Honda Fit. We plugged it into 120V and also tried the 12V power port of the car. Both worked fine. There is a small hose that folds out of the unit to connect to the tire valves. It has a threaded end that is threaded onto the threads of the valve. It can be tricky to get it onto a valve, so we plan on getting a set of small valve extensions. As soon as the hose is connected, the current pressure is displayed on the dial. Turning the compressor on starts increasing the pressure fairly quickly. It is very easy to see when the tire has reached the target pressure. When switching over from 120V to 12V we went to pull out the 12V plug from the underside but found that since we had put the device on the ground, it was now filled with snow! So we learned not to do that, and this could be an area for design improvement. See picture. There is a single rocker switch that switches between high pressure/low volume (tires) and low pressure/high volume (inflatable) modes. The two modes are marked with | and || which means that we have to remember if the symbols are referring to pressure or volume. The refers to the volume, so use the smaller number (|) for tires and the bigger number (||) for inflatables. A small tire icon would greatly ease the user here. The unit has a handy carry handle and also comes with some screws to mount it to a wall for storage. Since one has to remove it from such a mount to reach all the tires, or one needs it in the car anyway, this ‘feature’ is not so useful. The low pressure side of things has a short hose that connects to the air outlet on the front - which is not directly labeled, and has a couple of adaptors for various size air inlets. Easy to use. When powering it from an internal combustion engine car power port (12V) remember to run the car otherwise your car battery may run out of charge. Room for improvement: Label the switch and low pressure ports, switch the plugs from the bottom to a side and put the specification label on the underside. The important features are: portability, dual power supplies (120V and 12V), and it handles both tires and inflatable, and does these jobs well. Made in China

I'll start by saying this little guy is awesome. I say little guy because weighing only a few pounds and no taller than a water bottle it is awesome. It feels heavy duty and like it will last a very long time. The cords are easy to unwrap and rewrap with hooks like a vacuum for them to go around. It put about 10 pounds of air in my tire in about a minute. The switch on the top has one line for the tire pump and two lines for the hose attachment on the front. It's small compact and easy to store in your vehicle and mighty enough to handle anything in just minutes. Overall I would highly recommend this air pump for anybody looking for a good quality product.

I own a bunch of different tire inflators. I have a cigarette socket inflator, a battery inflator, and an air compressor inflator. This is my first dual power inflator. I love having the option of plugging it into my cars cigarette power port or a regular 120v house receptacle. This gives me the ability to use it on the go to fill up a flat tire on my car or blow up inflatable items at the camp site. I can also use it indoors to inflate things like my air mattress or foot rest. This inflator has a built-in handle, making it easy to carry. The dial gauge is big and easy to read. There is onboard stoage for the plugs, hoses, and accessory tips. Everything has a place. The back has mounting holes and came with mounting hardware to hang it on the wall. In the user guide, there is a template that takes the guesswork out of mounting this unit. There is a 3 position switch. You can toggle between off, high pressure, or high volume. My brother has a slow leak in his car tire stem and needs to fill it up every couple of days. This tool fills it up in just a couple of minutes on the high pressure. When on the high volume setting, it can fill up my single person air mattress in under a minute. This is a great item to have around your home or to keep in your car.

I frequently pull utility trailers and like to carry an electric air pump for those moments that you need one. The Slime dual power inflator is the best of both worlds as it can be powered either via 12v or 120V with the power connections hidden on each side of the pump. The tire inflator connector hose is 30” in length and stores conveniently wrapped around the pump. The inflator hose screws onto a tire’s valve stem and the pressure gauge will read the tire’s pressure. There is a selector switch to either activate the tire pump or inflator function. The inflator hose is about 1’ in length and can inflate or deflate, depending on which connection is used. The Slime dual power inflator is a good item to have at the beach, pool, or while on the road.

I thought this inflator might be the low-cost alternative to an air compressor. It has a well thought out compact design. The features are terrific with the ability to inflate everything from car tires to an air mattress. But they cheaped out on the plastic screw on valve stem connection. It was so frustrating on small tires (bicycle, scooter) as you try to remove the connector it lets out most of the air you put in. They should have used a bayonet air chuck like you see at the gas station (see photos). What works better is the mattress inflator. But still only about half the speed of a dedicated inflator. I give it a “C” grade for overall value.

Selected the Slime Dual Power inflator primarily for use on our ranch. When you have a flat or low tire on one of the dirt ranch roads it can be a long walk to get assistance. This inflator is perfect for the job as it is small enough to fit under the rear seat of a truck and powerful enough to inflate a truck tire. With the option to use either 12 Volt or 120 Volt power the inflator can be used in the shop or on the road. The power cords store neatly inside the inflator and the inflator hoses also stores away inside the inflator. There are three convenient adapters on board the inflator. The air pressure gauge is large and easy to read and it is also accurate as I checked the gauge against a known accurate gauge. The inflator can be switched between high pressure and high volume and can be used to inflate air mattresses, floats etc. A built in carry handle makes it easy to transport.

This slime, dual power all purpose. Inflator is great. It can be mounted on the wall, but for safety precautions, I leave it in the trunk of the car. Whether I am using it for blowing up my basketball, or an air mattress for the beach, or even or bicycle tires. It’s compact, and it runs on two different types of power. You can plug it in the wall, or use it in the power source in the trunk of the car. It’s very lightweight and it has court storage on both sides, one for the 120 V, and one for the 12 V, it comes with all the accessories you need 10 for the baseball basketballs, and nozzles for the mattresses and blow up boats.

After using the Slime 12-volt / 110 volt dual power all purpose tire inflator, I decided it time to retire my hand air pump that I have been using for years to air up our e-bike tires. This thing works great, it is very simple and easy to use. All four of our bike tires were about 10 lbs low on air pressure and this pump had them back to 40 psi in a matter of minutes. I also checked air pressure in our car tires and they too were about 10 lbs low on pressure, each tire only took two ( 2 ) minutes each to add 10 lbs to each tire. The pump comes with three ( 3 ) needle adapter’s you can use on the pressure hose to fill up basketballs, footballs, soccer balls etc. that require pressure to fill up. It also has a volume air hose with adapters that you can use to air up inflatables, like mattress’s, beach ball’s etc., it is contained in the bottom of the unit. It can be plugged into a 110 volt outlet or into a cigarette lighter to operate. All hose’s, cords and adapter’s have a contained storage spot on the pump, so everything you need is always on the unit. It is very lite and the pump does not make a lot of noise. Love my new air pump !

Easy to use. Bought an attachment to make it easier to snap onto the tire stem. Had about a month.