Originally Posted by
cyccommute
If you want a frame fit pump, the HPX is the one to get. It was a very good pump of its day, but its day has passed. The HPX can get a tire to 115 psi but it takes effort. You have to hold the head very steady while trying to pump with the other hand. You are depending completely on upper body strength to pump the tire. Often you have to brace the tire against something (your thigh works) and push really hard to get to the final pressure. It's easy to rip the stem out of a tube with one.
With Topeaks, on the other hand, you put the end of the pump on the ground and you use your body weight to push down on the pump. It's much easier to get the tire to the pressure you want without ripping the stem out.
The HPX may be more pleasing to the eye but the Topeak works better. Personally, I choose function over form.
I had zefals for years, replaced one after it fell off frame and a car ran over it, the next one lasted a long time as well until kids took it apart and parts were lost, plus I got tired of the comments cycco mentions, another is actually getting blisters sometimes using it.
the road morph is easy to use, as said, you dont use your arm strength like with the other, the foot brace is great, it pumps to over 100 easily and you never have to worry about damaging a valve from having to hold the pump properly or the bike tipping while pumping.
the other thing I like is that being shorter, its easy to just throw into whatever pannier I have on the bike I am using that day.