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.)

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.

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

cauncy said..
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...

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.

Xanthian said..
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 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 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

flyingcab said..
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....

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!

Bravo from WA is the best

i love electric pumps just don't like carrying them

saw this and thought it would fit in

wellsy73 said..
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.

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