Tool suggestion Dewalt 20v cordless inflator

[mwwusa]

I noticed that Ryobi has a $20 cordless inflator for sale at Home Depot. This would be such a convenient tool I'm surprised all the cordless lines don't make this tool.
Would love to see Dewalt add this to their lineup.

 

[LB-1911]

I noticed that Ryobi has a $20 cordless inflator for sale at Home Depot. This would be such a convenient tool I'm surprised all the cordless lines don't make this tool.
Would love to see Dewalt add this to their lineup.

Have you contacted them?


http://www.dewalt.com/support/contact-us

 

[mwwusa]

yes, I did

 

[kctyphoon]

I think the only thing Dewalt inflates are their torque specs.....
(Did I say that out loud?)

 

[gdocktor3]

I think the only thing Dewalt inflates are their torque specs.....
(Did I say that out loud?)

Perhaps, and haters would say that, but the Dewalt dcf899 is more powerful than Milwaukee's 2763 impact and the Dewalt dcd996 is more powerful than Milwaukee's 2704 hammer drill... I think that's all that matters.

 

[Danglerb]

Inflators are a trouble product, its hard to make a good one cheap due to the heat generated in doing any serious inflating. I have the Craftsman C3 and had an issue where each trip to the dealer the car came back with all four tires at 28 psi instead of 35 that I prefer. By the 4th tire the nose was too hot to touch and the hose ready to fall out of the attachment point.

Here is the rub, make the inflator part of a system with a robust battery and people will try to pump up too many or too much in one go and its going to get hot and/or fail. Make a larger, reliable inflator, with a price to match and you sell very few vs existing units that are corded and run off the car battery.

 

[WWheeler]

Inflators are a trouble product, its hard to make a good one cheap due to the heat generated in doing any serious inflating. I have the Craftsman C3 and had an issue where each trip to the dealer the car came back with all four tires at 28 psi instead of 35 that I prefer. By the 4th tire the nose was too hot to touch and the hose ready to fall out of the attachment point.

Here is the rub, make the inflator part of a system with a robust battery and people will try to pump up too many or too much in one go and its going to get hot and/or fail. Make a larger, reliable inflator, with a price to match and you sell very few vs existing units that are corded and run off the car battery.

That's a big issue with almost all portable inflators, cordless and 12v from car battery or accessory plug. Very few are rated for continuous duty and those that are are expensive and not all that impressive performance-wise. IMHO they should all make them automatically shut off & on within their realistically rated duty cycle limitations, not just have thermal protection like only some do.

The thing is, unfortunately most brands mistate their duty-cycle ratings if they list them at all. In real life testing most advertised at a 40% or 50% duty cycle are really only 15% or thereabouts or you will burn them up, and they couldn't sell many if they automatically ran like that because people will hate the thing when they realize their portable inflator will only run for a max of 1-1/2 minutes then stay off for at least 8-1/2 minutes before running again. lol