Awesome little gadget! It's much smaller than my excellent Cannondale mechanical mini pump and easily fits in my seat bag. It's also a touch lighter (116 g for the Cycplus pump vs 119 for my mechanical pump).
The unexpectedly cool thing is how easy and quick it is to use. I unzip my seat bag, pull out the pump, press the button to turn it on, just press onto the valve, then double-press it to start inflating. I feel this is much quicker than undoing the strap of my mechanical pump and extending the short inflating hose. From memory, it takes 20 seconds to completely inflate my 700c x 32 tires to 60 psi.
In fact, I had a slow leak in a tire recently and I could re-inflate it and get back on my bike while waiting for a red light to change. I probably inflated the tire from 25 to 50 psi.
Of course, since it's battery-powered, the negatives are that a) you have to make sure it's charged and b) you can't pump tires forever with it. I've never had it run out of battery on my, but I did get the red low-battery indicator after 4 times pumping my 700 x 32 tires to about 50 psi. Compared to a CO2 inflator though (how many spare cartridges do you carry?), I think this one's a no-brainer.
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