Recently splurged and bought the Silca floor pump with Hiro head and compared it to my old Specialized pump with rubber hose and flip chuck that does have to be pushed on the valve firmly - I was disappointed with the Silca pump that I received - foot base was very hard to attach , not a fan of the stiff braided hose , was as difficult as the Specialized getting from 90 to 100 lbs , and had to think too much in placing the Hiro on the valve otherwise the spokes prevented closure of the lever - I had seen the video and so I knew not to push the chuck down too much.
I returned the pump to Silca but unfortunately their policy only provides store credit - and so my old pump is Ok for now but I'm thinking of getting a compressor and like the Park head but an alternative would be the Hirame head which looks to be designed similar to my Specialized .
Last edited by blinky; 01-29-22 at 09:49 AM.