Originally Posted by Surferbruce
today i blew out the o-ring on my innovations microflate, leaving me stranded to beg for a pump from a passing rider. it's the worst, and the second time it's happened to me. of late i've been carrying a mini morph, but today we were just going for an easy hour ride so i left it.
i'm pretty much over co2. costs too much, fails too often, and with 2 cartridges weighs more than the mini morph.
anyone else blown out the o ring on your inflator?
Same thing happened to me once. Luckily it was close to home and I was able to get up to 70 psi to limp home. I did switch to the new model as a result, though.
I kinda fell into the trap of thinking that the O-rings on my CO2 inflator were somehow different from every other O-ring on the planet and didn't require maintenance.