My Silca Pista is over twenty years old and still pumping strong. Even the gauge still works. It does take more pumps to get a tire up to pressure, but how often do you pump up tires from completely flat? When I top off tires after a couple of weeks of riding it usually takes about ten pumps. I've used more modern pumps on occasion, and while they seem to do the job in fewer pumps those pumps require more effort than with my Silca. It might take me more time to take a tire from completely flat to full PSI, but at least I know I can rely on it to get the job done year after year.