veganbikes

I think it is made by Dudely Do-Right and costs 600 Loonies if I read the post correctly

tomato coupe

Thanks, I've never been very good at reading between the lines.

GeneO 

Should be the last pump you'd need to buy.

GeneO 

I have a giant pump. works fine. Works better than the expensive Lezyne alloy pump I bought so I donated that.

Phil_gretz

To set the record straight. Harbor Freight doesn't make (manufacture, assemble, package) a single item in its store. Not one.

San Rensho 

Silca floor pump. A little pricey, starting at $100, but very high pressure and its the last pump you will buy.

Wanderer

I was at Aldi's, one day, when they were selling those pumps out, at $6 apiece. I asked the manager how much if I bought them all?

She quoted me a price of $20 for all 6, plus a broken one for free. Also bought a bunch of other consumables for $5. One of the best bicycle related buys ever.

Yep, sounds good, and off they went.

I tightened the gauge on the broken one, and it was fixed!

7 pumps for less than $3 each!

I gave 4 away to family, and they all still work well.

I kept 3 - one in the garage, one in the basement, and a spare in the garage, still in the plastic bag.

They all get used often, usually between 60-125#.......

edit: My biggest mistake, was not buying the four remaining bike repair stands that were sitting there, for a fin apiece! What was I not thinking? I could have given three away to family, (or all four), and kept a spare for when I might be working on more than one bike at a time...... Duhhhhh! And I even bought a bunch of piddley stuff that day. I should have just bought all of the bike stuff!.

Now, I really watch out of date special buys at Aldi's, for when I can get something for nothing, or close to it. Yes, I know they are not always the best - but at those prices, all that stuff was throw away stuff.

greatscott

Cheap pump or expensive pump? I had a cheap pump I got from Walmart for $15, it lasted 3 years so that's $5 a year, not bad, but the gauge was off by 8 pounds and it was more difficult to use as the pressure went up. So I decided in getting mid end pump and a Birzman Maha Baha or some such weird name they used, I paid $44 for it but I got it on sale from $60, after 7 years it's still alive and the gauge is spot on accurate and it takes less strokes to pump up tires with at the same times being easier to pump; so far I'm at $6.29 a year for that pump. I had a Silca Super Pista Track pump I bought about 40 years ago that lasted 29 or so years, I can't recall what paid for it but at the time, but I remember thinking at the time it wasn't expensive like the new Silca's seem to be today. So how expensive are the new Super Pista pumps? $275! Ok, so say it lasts 29 years, that's $9.48 a year for pump...that's crazy. But I personally think that a pump in the $60 to $80 range is the best price range over time.

Personally I think buying cheap pump is simply not worth it even though the cost per year is cheap, but you also don't want the darn thing breaking right before a ride either, plus you have to constantly be replacing it and it requires higher number of strokes. And buying an expensive one from my estimates isn't worth the cost over the long haul either even though it will last a long time and their easy to use. So a good mid level pump proves to be the best bang for the buck.

Bill in VA

SIlca has 2 current floor pumps under $150 MSRP. The 40+ year old version I have looks very similar (shape, handle, etc.) like the plain Jane $99.00 Pista Floor Pump. I originally bought it to inflate my tubulars to 110-120 pounds. It takes relatively few stokes and is rebuildable with new parts available.

Even if it was $99 back then (it was not, it was Italian, but it was not cheap), it would still be only $2.47 per year. However, that was never part of the equation. The ease of reliable high pressure was.

Kapusta

I no longer have any need for a pump that goes over 60 psi. 52 is currently the highest we run in any tire on my or my wife’s bikes.

If I ever require more than that, I need bigger tires.

greatscott

It's more than just about getting to 210 psi, it's all long it will last, and how many strokes will it take to get air into your high volume tires. Lezyne makes a nice floor pumps for the price.

JustinOldPhart

Silca Pista. Not the Plus, just the Pista. Anything else will eventually put sand in your virginny and cause you grief.

The only other acceptable alternative would be if you could find a Goldenrod and fit a Silca head to it.

That's it. Simple.

GeneO 

meh. I had one of their alloy. It didn't move much air and the head completely sucked.

Kapusta

High pressure pumps generally pump less air per stroke (narrower piston), so are generally not better for high volume tires.