Originally Posted by
Homebrew01
I've never timed it, but it seems that most of the time is taken up by tube replacement. The actual inflation, even with a pump, is pretty quick. I've never used a mini pump, so maybe those take forever.
My experience is, with a pump, time spent with the tube is about equal to the time spent inflating. With CO2, time spend inflating is about 20 seconds and the rest is messing with the tube. With CO2, you can easily change a flat in under 5 minutes and well less if you are in a hurry.
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