I have both Presta and Schrader tires. Initially, I tried using the red Presta attachment. Very intuitive. I hooked it up, charged, and it worked as advertised. I then tried the Schrader. I spent about 15 minutes trying to screw the white Schrader attachment on to my valve. I could never get it to thread. I tried several times over and over, then realized what might be the problem: the Schrader attachment had no threads! So, I started the return process to get a replacement. The new unit arrived a couple days later. But before using the new unit, I checked to make sure it had threads on the Schrader attachment. It did. So, I tried again. But, I could never get the new red Schrader attachment to thread on to my tire stem. After about 10 minutes of trying, I looked at the attachment. After all my attempts, it now had no threads. I know how to carefully thread screws, but this simply would not thread on. And eventually, all the plastic threads wore off the new red Schrader adapter. I was about to return this one as well, but then decided to conduct an experiment. Turns out, the included extension hose has the exact same thread as a Schrader. So, I screwed the extension hose directly onto my Schrader tire stem. Perfect fit. There is no pin or stub in the extension hose to open the valve, but the pressure from the pump was sufficient. I was able to quickly pump up both my front and back tires using only the extender attachment hose. I'll probably not return the original since I decided I need 2 of these anyway. Eventually I'll get charged for the second unit, but I'm cool with that. So, not sure if it's a defect or I'm doing something wrong, but the red Schrader adapter doesn't do anything except wear out.
Also, the included extension hose works great to extend the Presta attachment as well. The documentation is a bit misleading, indicating the extension hose is only for the Schrader. But I found it awkward connecting the pump directly onto the Preseta tire stem. So, I use the extension hose for both types of stems. I simply don't use the red Schrader attachment on my tire stem when pumping a Schrader, since it doesn't seem to work at all for that.
Hope others find this useful, since the device works very well. Just that little issue with Schrader!
I've attached images of both failed Schrader adapters.
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