I just noticed that Topeak sells a twinhead replacement - you can get one for about $26 on Amazon. I just ordered one, hopefully that will help. It seems kind of pricy - the replacement valve is only about $10 less than a new pump..., but at least I'm not sending a repairable pump to landfill.

I have a $15 (I think) one from Target. It's for Schrader, but works well enough to pump up the tire to 80 psi or so. There may be a Presta adapter, I don't remember. I haven't suffered any equipment malfunctions yet, and the head attaches much better than my Topeak mini pump. Why not get a couple of cheap ones, one for each type of valve? Usually things built for one purpose work better than multifunction products You may be better off with two single-purpose products that can be bought at half the price of a good dual-purpose one.

I'm using this same model after tossing my Joe Blow Pro. I rebuild the chuck on the JB four times in a year and it continued to fly off the valve when approaching the level I needed. The Lezyne has bee very good since purchased eight months ago.

I use a cheap Zefal Air pump ($20) at home. Here: Zefal Air Max Floor Pump, White: Kids' Bikes & Riding Toys : Walmart.com

Pumps up my road bike tires quickly with no issues, and it is a piece of cake to switch between Schrader and Presta by a little slider on the side of the head. I have a Schwinn pump that sits in the corner of my garage because I hated how it switched between valves using a little attachment that didn't work well. I've owned the Zefal pump for several years now and it's still working great for just $20. I have kids with bikes that use Schrader valves and it takes me only a minute or two to pump up everyones' tires (a mix of both schrader and presta valves) when we go on family rides.

I got a Park PFP-8 some years back that's been solid. Big pipe so it's quick, and the chuck has openings for presta and schrader, no fiddling.

I've read (I think it was a Bicycling Magazine review) that the Nashbar L'Orange is a surprisingly good pump.

Edit: the review is quoted in Nashbar's product page...

^^this - and it's far from the most expensive. $50-60.

That or a Silca Super Pista if you can find one.

J.

I have a performance brand "Spin Doctor" pump. It was $20 bucks and works good.

Another vote for either a RENNKOMPRESSOR or a Silca Pista.

This is kind of my pet peeve also. I think when most people ask for a recommendation of the best, they really mean "best value".

Matt

This is a very nice pump. There's also a very similar WFP-200, which is a bit shorter (and pink, the W is for woman, which means it has to be pink, I guess.). I mention that, because the OP said he's buying it for his office, where it will be used by others. If any of them are short, you might consider this. (I'm 6', and can use it just fine.)

I would not recommend Joe Blow pumps. In short, they blow. I had one for a number of years and had to replace parts on it a number of times before it totally bit the dust. For some stupid reason, I bought another JB, probably because that is the only brand carried by the Performance Bike shop near me. I had to return it because it would not seal properly on Presta valves. I bought another floor pump from the local Trek store, probably Bontrager brand, and it works fine on both Presta/Shrader valves and was reasonably priced. If buying a new pump now, I would probably buy a Lezyne because they seem to get the best reviews and generally make high quality products. Silca used to be the standard for pumps but I'm not sure if that's the case anymore.

I just bought an inexpensive Bell floor pump with guage for both presta and schraders at Wally World. Works well. I checked the pressures of different tires using a digital guage against the pump's integrated guage and they were in alignment. Good enough for me.

Joe Blow for me. It's a great pump. The dual head works well as long as you seat it properly.

+1 for the Lezyne floor pump. Easy to switch back and forth between presta and schrader. My only minor complaint is that you have to be mindful that the valve core of the tube is tight, otherwise you risk unscrewing the whole core when you're removing the pump.

I like my Park floor pump. The head seals well for me. I have an older SKS Airbase which is beautifully built but the head eats washers.

I looked at Silca pumps on Amazon, and the reviews are awful. There aren't that many reviews, so is this an anomaly, or have they really gone that far down hill?

Amazon.com : Silca Pista Floor Pump (Black) : Floor Bike Pumps : Sports & Outdoors

This, any of the floor drive pumps from Lezyne are amazing! +10000000

I suspect that at some point in time, rather remote, they stood above whatever else was available. I further speculate that people got attached to them and have not checked the market in the meantime. Things have moved, though, well past those pumps. Based on recommendations like here, I bought in the less remote past some touted Silca heads and could not believe how mediocre they were. A head in a random cheap contemporary pump would work better.

No, they're pretty much the same as they always were. I bought one recently to replace the one that I lost a few years ago. There is no difference, it's the same parts etc... Identical. They work great.

Silca (company) was sold last year to a guy in Indianapolis. He's apparently designing a new pump that meets the brick s**thouse standard. He's redesigned the chuck and the washer to be pretty incredible and really lifetime sort of stuff so it will be interesting to see what the new pump looks like.

That said, my new favorite is the SKS Rennkompressor. The thing meets the brick s***house standard by far. All parts are replaceable and have been for 40 years by SKS. The chuck works great and it's just a solid deal - great for traveling. I'd been looking at these for years (lots of race mechanics use them) and never got around to buying them.

Truthfully - these two pumps are head and shoulders above the rest. I've had Lezyne pumps which are pretty good, but they are not in the same class with these two pumps. They just aren't. On top of that, the top of the line Lezyne is something like $100 and the SKS Rennkompressor is $53. Why bother looking at anything else? It's better, it's got parts forever and *everything* can be repaired and it's half the price.

J.

What is a brick ****house standard?

The "standard" comes from the idiom.

You'll have to pry my Rennkompressor from my cold dead hands.
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I own the SKS Rennkompressor - recently the base detached from the pump.
I contacted SKS - they said send it in.
Oh did I mention that my pump is 20 years old!
Duly sent in the pump - 4 days later I received a new one free of charge!
Something you might want to consider in this era of planned obsolescence.

Love my Lezyne pump. Pump action is easy, pressure gauge is reliable, gets a great seal and you lose little-to-no air when you take the valve off. Had it for a year now, only used it prestas, but for me it's been great, best pump I've owned. Thinking about getting one of their portables if it can maintain the same seal as my floor pump.

I had a Nashbar floor pump. After 3 years the gauge stopped working. It was probably the cheapest one in the model line, the white one with red lettering. I decided to replace it with a Joe Blow Pro because I use a Topeak mini-pump away from home. I need a pump that does both Schraeder and Presta easily. I have no leaks from either the Topeak mini or Joe Blow Pro floor model single head designs. I agree with an earlier poster. There are no bests. Most bike shops use Park Tool Pumps and I'm sure they are pretty good. I didn't see them in this thread but I didn't read every post in great detail. I think if you are paying over $50 list for a floor pump you should be able to get something decent. I like the fact that the gauge on mine is up high so my aged eyes can see the numbers. That makes it vulnerable to falling over. And it does. Fall over. No matter what I do. Grrr.

H

My Joe Blow fell over and was knocked over enough to cause the gauge to quit working. I was able to get a replacement but it didn't come with a seal and I lost the one for the old gauge so I had to MacGyver one. The original single head never worked very well. I replaced it with a twin that works Ok but does leak some. So I guess I haven't been so happy with the Joe Blow. It's OK but I wasn't inclined to buy another.

The recent model Parks don't seem to get good reviews and the Rennkompressor looked great for a personal pump if you've got presta valves. I wasn't entirely comfortable with it for use among a wide variety of people with different valves.

The pump I got for the office (a Specialized) has a really big gauge that's on the floor.

I'm a little disappointed with my Lezyne floor pump. I quite liked it when I first got it. However, now often when I try to pump, the handle drops all the way to the bottom with no resistance and without pushing any air. When I start, I kind of have to jerk it the handle down, and it takes a couple of attempts before it engages, and then it mostly works. It's like the plunger inside doesn't engage unless there's some pressure behind it. The problem seems to be getting worse with time. Little problems like this always make me worry, as I think it'll decide to fail completely at some inconvenient moment.

Mount it on a piece of plywood.

I have the Lezyne floor pump and I also their frame pump (for road and mountain bikes). The floor pump and the frame pumps all work equally well. What I especially like about their frame pumps is that the chuck is screwed into the valve. I can't even begin to tell you how many valves I had ruined trying to hold the chuck in place while inflating a tire out on the road.

I like Lezyne products. Their customer service, however, is less than stellar.