Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
I inherited a CO2 inflator recently and recently found out it is preferred to pump the repaired tube a little before using the CO2 inflator, so now instead of replacing the pump I've added yet something else ...

I thought the inflators had sort of an adjustable valve so you can control inflation, so you can put in a little, pop it off, then put in the rest... I've never used CO2 so maybe I'm mistaken. Do they just burst the whole cartridge into the tube?