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Old 09-02-16 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by kingston
I'm asking an honest question not trying to be a jerk. What's the difference? They look identical other than the chuck. I have one of the Harbour Freight ones and I promise you it will inflate a bike tire with a presta valve if you use an adapter.
It seems like a big premium, but the chuck is the good part, the piece which makes using it less of a pain. I have an HF compressor and several head fittings, and pretty much the HF stuff sucks. The quick connects don't seal securely, or the gauge reads randomly. I have an HF Schraeder inflator, and the pin depressor gets jammed off to the side such that I have to whack while using it to get it to work. I was using an HF blower head, threading a spare Lezyne flex hose into it for easier presta work, but still needed to switch heads when moving between valve types.

Basically, I got the Prestaflator for tbe convenience and hope of better quality bits. Honestly the Prestaflator doesn't seem altogether different in that category, but the gauge seems to work, at least!
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