Highly recommended because they are good quality pumps. Make sure to get one that comes with a screw in hose.

What makes the Silca pumps better? Are they just made better with better materials?
That is a good price.

In my opinion yes they are designed and made better. The Impero isn't impacted by heat from pumping like 99% of other hand pumps. The gaskets are also replaceable. It's basically theoretically the last hand pump you'll need to buy. Silca pumps are legendary for their longevity. I have a floor pump that is 30 years old and has gaskets replaced a few times and it can still pump to 120lbs. Heck a long time ago my only pump was a Silca plastic frame pump. That thing pumped tires for 15 years until it got lost in a move.

The long frame pumps are amazingly fast and effective. But probably don't fit newer bike frames?

For years, I had the Topeak Mini Morph clipped to it's mount that attaches under a water bottle cage. I counted 200 pumps to get the road bike tire to a "too soft, but rideable" pressure.

I now carry a Genuine Innovations Air Chuck and one CO2 -- it's tiny and effective. (But I once blew out the o-ring that seals the tube stem, when I was trying to blip in a bit of air to get the tube in shape for mounting.) I mostly do small group riding or shorter rides close to home, so one cartridge and one spare tube is enough. For longer solos, I bring the Mini Morph as a backup, and a patch kit.

My main worry on solo rides is getting the initial part of the tire bead out of the rim. 3 or 4 years ago, this was never a problem, but now the tire beads seem to be redesigned, even the non- tubeless versions.

Learn how to hold the pump and the wheel in one hand and pump with the other. No hose needed.

I have something of similar size in the tiny frame bag of my small folder.

Have been doing research and looking at picking up the AS2 Pro myself good to hear you're getting good feedback on it. 👍

A mini pump with a hose makes the job a lot easier especially on cold days when wearing gloves. But even when I top up my tires at home it's still nice to have a hose. Also less chance of breaking off or damaging the valve stem.

That's the one I bought to carry with me. I've only tried it out at home. Seems to work well and is easy to use.

I don't really see the point of the pocket inflators. By the time they get pocket-sized, it means the battery is only good for an inflation or two, which makes it the same as a CO2 inflator, only slower and more complicated and reliant on a cheap Li-Ion battery.

I do carry a battery-powered inflator, one of the cheaper ones from Amazon, but it was designed more for car and motorcycle use, as it's kind of big and only has a Schrader chuck. I carry it in the trunk bag of my eFatty, so I can ride to the trails electrified @ 15 psi, then deflate to 5 psi and ride manually, then inflate back to 15 psi for the ride home. I did that a couple times with a hand pump, and it is at least 15 minutes of pumping of each tire, and not just in emergencies. That was for the birds.

I decided at some point to shop for a CO2 inflator for my road bike, and in the shop, I couldn't help but notice that a compact hand pump weighed less than a CO2 inflator, and if one carries an extra cartridge, then the CO2 inflator is bulkier AND heavier. So I got a Lezyne Pocket Drive, as someone pictured above. Not only that, but it came with a bracket to install under my bottle cage so that the pump just rides next to a water bottle; not even taking up space in my seat pack.

When it was time to outfit another bike, I tried another one, Park Tool's most compact pump. That one's great too, and is the one I pumped up the eFatty's tires on. It's not as small as the Lezyne.

The more experienced I get (ready older) the more i am sure you get what you pay for.

I have not gone to a carry on bike mini electric inflator...even if the GCN guys are fans...they like the Topeak but more for travel as it is similar size to a gauge. If I did get one I would stily carry a pump (I like the Silca Tattico)

I always carry a pump, recently I have started carrying C02 also, but have found I like the inflators that let you open slowly so you can inflate with control (portland design works is a good example)

I have a love/hate relationship with Co2. Going to an inflator that I can control moved that over to love And not stirring the pot but my TPU tubes say don't use C02 because of thermal shock, but not all makers call that out

For the shop i use a Milwaukee 18v inflator (got it for cars, works great with bikes) total extravagance but life saver with latex tubed tubulars

Just ordered Trek's new pump. $90 with discount, easily fits inside my storage bottle. Trek Air Rush

Frame pumps work best for me for road bikes. I have 4 frame pumps. I need one more to make sure each bike with a pump peg has a frame pump. I miss pump pegs on more recent bikes. The modern bikes get Topeak Morphs or Lezyne Mini. I do have CO2 but prefer the pumps great and small. I don’t see another device I need to charge in my future but the electronic inflators look slick.

Mike

I carry a small pump which works great (when needed, but used very infrequently) and CO2 backup, but will be adding an "inflator" soon. Even the smallest ones can pump a 29 X 2.3 MTB tire four times and the CYC+ (and others I'm sure) can set the tire pressure accurately before every ride. I'll have a mini for a backup (BTW, for the purists: I'm not worried about the 3 oz or so weight of the "extra" pump. My wife and I need to be self-contained on some rides since there's no backup deep in the woods.

I'd rather not carry one more thing on my bike that requires batteries or a charge to work. With my luck I'd be 20 miles from home with a flat tire and a dead battery on the inflator. My frame pumps require no batteries and rely on the Armstrong method to air up tires.

Or finding out that you forgot to charge your electric inflator.

Hell = inflating with a mini pump

you have a very low tolerance lol

2. CO2 cartridges with a mini-pump backup.

You're just weak.

But a realist.

Now that I own a fatbike, I've been considering doing the same. The bike runs real nice on pavement at 20psi, but I need to drop the pressure quite a bit for off-pavement and sand. It'd take forever to go back and forth with a small frame pump. I can picture rides where I could switch back and forth from pavement to sand multiple times.

I’ve used a mini pump after a flat - and although not quick I did not find the number of strokes / time to be an issue (inflated 700 x 40 tire to 40-50 psi *relatively* quickly )

also used a mini pump to inflate tires on a bike with low pressure - owner forgot to inflate before the ride - again no issue

for emergency situations I find the mini pump to be acceptable

BITD as a roadie riding 100 psi - preferred CO2 with adjustable inflator - but now with wider tires and lower pressure the mini pump is acceptable

How does a CO2 cartridge misfire now? There are CO2 inflators with knobs that allow you to control the flow precisely so you don't dump all the air out all at once.

I think CO2 is the best solution for emergency kit. Now there are specific situations where CO2 does not work- Latex tube, tubular tire (with latex inner) and tubeless sealants. If you don't have those particular setups then CO2 is the best solution.

I recently picked up a battery powered inflator as pumping 2.6" mountain bike tires is not fun with a hand pump. The hand pump will stay in the saddle bag for the times of emergency.

Testing the inflator at home, you probably have a good 5-10 tires before the battery is dead.