Originally Posted by
Bill Kapaun
The real issue is you went off on a tangent over nothing.
Except not, the whole point was the OP had an issue with a pump not because of pumps but because of quality of that particular pump. You missed the point massively.
Originally Posted by
icemilkcoffee
That's like saying Apple doesn't make the IPhone because they outsourced the manufacturing to FoxConn. Yes, the Bell pump is sold in Walmart. But so are their helmets. Are you telling me Bell doesn't make helmets neither?
This is flying over everyone but the stuff at Wally-Mart is different from the Bell Helmets you would find at a bike shop. Yes the name is the same but the quality is very much different. Imagine if Apple made products only to sell at a big discount retailer that they don't normally sell in their main brand and those products were of lower quality but had the Apple logo and branding to make you think it was more high end or more trustworthy! That is sort of what I am talking about here.
However in the end the main point I was trying to make was the OP should go out and get a pump of quality from their Local Bike Shop or at least an online bike shop (ideally with a brick and mortar presence) so they don't have issues with their pump as they did with the particular one branded Bell. A pump is better than a cheap compressor for bicycle tires, ATMO.