Electric Air Pumps
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Sure: you look in a West Marine catalog. You decide whether you want or need 120V or 12V units. You look at the prices and see what YOU can afford. I have no idea what size boat you have, what power you have available to you, how you cruise or weekend or what your pocketbook looks like.
I looked at my pocketbook and didn't buy the expensive European model. We have an inverter on our boat, so 120V made sense for me both dockside and on the boat. We bought the WM version. Haven't used it yet because my leg broke again.
I can't wait to use it! We have a Zodiac 10'-2" Fast Roller with hi press air floor.
I looked at my pocketbook and didn't buy the expensive European model. We have an inverter on our boat, so 120V made sense for me both dockside and on the boat. We bought the WM version. Haven't used it yet because my leg broke again.
I can't wait to use it! We have a Zodiac 10'-2" Fast Roller with hi press air floor.
Mike I bought the cheapest 12v pump I could find at a sporting goods store, like $10, then I cut off the power plug and added another 10' of wire, so I could reach the dink on the dock. You have to finish off with a few stomps on the foot pump. i see now that oyu can get the same set up with the $10 pump running off of a few dry cell battaries, which may be easier than fooling around with plugging the thing in.
I use the exhaust side of my shop vac. It really pumps the volume and takes it up to pressure too. I deflate slightly to make up for the hot days we get here, especially the floor where there is no pressure release valve.
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