Give the Engineers at Powertech Labs down the road from you a call for their opinion on this since they test and certify such vessels.The pump end was a tricky bit to make, testing was undertaken using a plastic pump head but they leaked, so a threaded metal version was created, which doesn’t leak and transfers the air very well. I can't imagine giving customers a pressure vessel to fill themselves without a safety valve. Even a low pressure application like sodastream requires their proprietary canister so they can monitor cycle life and filling pressure. Although vehicle tanks have much higher pressures, the unpredictable failure modes came from the cycling between full and empty and not max pressure. When I worked in the natural gas and hydrogen gas fueled vehicle industry there wasn't a single aluminum vessel rated or certified as a pressure vessel for gas storage. I am among a number of Professional Engineers who have highlighted the dangers of aluminum pressure vessels in this thread. I took a thorough look on their website and found nothing. Honestly pinkbike, you need to consider taking down this review or not endorsing this product out of public safety until you can verify whether it meets the relevant CSA, TSSA or ASME codes for pressure vessels. What puts most people off is the faff of "popping" the tyre onto the rim and having issues with track pumps etc.Īnd the price of Airshot etc, so something cheaper and smaller does tick a lot of boxes for people. (also taking the inner core/valve out helps a lot. (just a bit bulky)ĭid have a air composer but didn't have the "rush" of air that is needed. I have converted a old fire extinguisher many years ago, which made my life a lot easier, still going and use it in the workshop when doing customers tyres etc. I been tubeless from the early Stan Olympic rim/converting kits, (and even early road tubeless convert) so many years experience with tubeless systems etc. and putting a schrader adaptor on it soles that issue.)Ĭan't tell if it is pressured or not with out putting a press gauge on or pump. (But to be fair my track pump is a bit worn. Tapered body/tip where the presta valve doesn't hold the track pump head very well when I get to higher pressures. No waste like with Co2 cartridges or having to take to recycle centre. (compare to Air Shot or big volume/tubeless designed track pump) Small and very handy to take to race/travel (fly) with, took it with me when at Albstadt and came in very handy when having to swap tyres (new Schwalbe Rocket Rons) after it pissed it down on the Saturday.Ĭheapest thing I seen that does a good job. Got them in the shop, and been using one. This pipsqueak pressure vessel delivers the goods. As witnessed in the video, however, every other combination that I tried popped on in one very easy trial. It did take two tries on a historically difficult rim and tire combination, but the task wasn't any more difficult than it was using my trusty Topeak reservoir pump. I was doubtful that the smallish bottle could launch a pesky tire. With no hoses, valves or flip levers to deal with, Milkit's Booster is the most user-friendly stand-alone reservoir system I've used to date. The push-to activate filler nozzle surprised me by making an airtight seal every time I filled a tire. 6-liter cylinder is rated up to 160psi (11BAR) and maxes out in about two dozen strokes of a high-volume floor pump. The bottle is pressurized through a conventional Presta valve, so you should be able to charge it with any cycling hand pump. Charge the Booster with any floor pump through its top-mounted Presta valveīack to the nuts and bolts, Milkit's futuristic-looking inflation head is very effective.
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