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today we're going to be reviewing the
CYCPLUS A2
electric air pump.
If there's one thing every cyclist hates
is getting a flat tire.
Standard bike pumps take a lot of
patience and muscles to get a tire up to
pressure.
Electric pumps like this CYCPLUS A2
offer an interesting alternative to
inflate tires.
Now the main difference between this A2
model and their other models the A3 / A4 / A5
is that this is marketed directly
towards cyclists with a bicycle mount
included. In terms of packaging
really simple white
and black text on here with all the
specs here.
You have nice detailed information on
the back with what's in the box details
of how to use it
and how the buttons operate. You have a
nice
glossy graphic here of the actual device.
I'll go ahead and take it out of the box
and we'll go over the specs.
This is priced at 48.99 which is pretty
affordable and has
a 150 psi maximum limit
so that means you can use this on
bicycles
or even cars or other tools or
balls around the house. Really
multifunctional design
it has a usb rechargeable design with a
500 milliamp integrated battery.
It has a power bank functionality which
is kind of cool so you can connect your
devices with a usb cable
to charge them on the run. It also has an
80 lumen flashlight
which is an interesting feature to have so
if you're in the dark you can actually
get around with this pretty well. As
I mentioned
this includes the bicycle mount with
this model.
Now inside the box you get the bike
mount which is a plastic design and
works pretty well. It has a little
velcro strap to hold it in place
and you also get a little goodie box.
If I go ahead and take everything out of here
you get a little carrying back for
this to keep it
secure and safe. You get a bunch of
attachments this is where the
included instruction manual is not
very clear.
So here's the instruction manual and
includes quite a few things that are not
really covered in there.
You have a usb charging cable you have
various
attachments so you can use this to
inflate balls,
inflatable mattresses and
also some of the hardware you need like
the bolts
to connect this to your bike
as well as a little rubber pad here to
avoid scratching anything.
A little allen key and again the little
converters you'll need this for your
presta valve,
this for yoga balls or basketballs
and these little inflator heads. Now take
a look at the weight of the
A2 inflator so the inflator with the
nozzle attachment on there it's 362
grams so
a little bit on the heavier side even
though it's so compact.
The simple bike mount without the
bolts
comes in at 26 so really light because
it's just all plastic.
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Now let's take a look at the fit and
finish of the CYCPLUS
A2 inflator. Despite the 150
psi limit it's a really compact design
it's offered in two color variations, the
white color we have here or an
all black. It really looks more like
a portable speaker than an inflator
especially when you take the nozzle out.
It has more of a pod shape
that you would see with a little
portable speaker design,
really looks sleek plastic with the
little
vertical splitter down the middle.
Especially with this contrasting color
really popsi.
You have CYCPLUS here and a very simple
interface you have a small lcd screen.
If i hold it
and then actually holds it in place
pretty well. It's a really compact design
when you want to use it you just pull it
out thread it in here
and then you can use the pump
on with any kind of
adapter you need for whatever you need
to inflate. It's a fairly short cable
hose here
and the first half is rigid this is the
part that
also gets quite hot so when you're using
it you do need to be careful.
The top half is flexible though a simple
flip style nozzle head to lock it into
place
and the bike mount itself is also nice
to have although i'm not sure why you'd
want to put this on your bike.
So in the most compact position you
simply drop this in
put the velcro strap through
and then you would be set so this will
take a spot on your water bottle cage
so if you don't need the dual bottle
cage you can definitely ride with this
but again
i'm not sure why you'd want to carry.
It's a lot more practical to have a
compact pump a frame pump or just carry
co2 for a bike.
I think it's a lot more useful around
the house to inflate
other items or just to take on events to
quickly inflate your bike tires without
having to pull out a floor pump.
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So you can also use a CYCPLUS on
other things around the house like your
car.
It's not rated for vans but for smaller
vehicles it's definitely
something useful so i'll throw this on
my car tire.
You can see it's showing 24, I'm gonna
set it to
29 and then powered on.
You can see it's very very loud and it
does take a while.
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and there we go finally hit the pressure.
Obviously takes a long time and if you
want to do all four tires
it might even burn through the battery
as well. Here we have the CYCPLUS mounted
on our bike
you can see it takes one of the water
bottle spots with two bolts.
Really easy to install it's plastic as
well you can see it's not particularly
secure as it only has one velcro.
Here's a closer view and you can see
it definitely rattles around but it does
stay on the bike it won't fly off.
Also it's worth noting that the
uncovered ports on the usb on the bottom
definitely pose a water or dust damage
risk
so i don't recommend riding like this in
rainy weather or dirt.
It's better to keep this in the backpack
or at home. Now let's show the
CYCPLUS
pump on an actual bike tire. You need
to use a little attachment
to attach to the presta valve
so it simply threads on
then you take the pump
attach it to this
lock it down. Then for this i'm going
to set it
80 and then get pumping
so you see it works pretty well it's
pretty fast on a bike tire it's a lot
slower on larger tires like a car tire.
Now let's go over the pros and cons for
the A2 inflator. What we like about it is
the compact size
it's shorter than a water bottle and
pretty lightweight for the high pressure
rating.
It also has multi functionality with the
power bank and flashlight features
which means you get a lot of use out of
the inflator.
Also it includes multiple attachments so
you can use it on presta valves, your car
inflatable balls anything around the
house really.
Some of the negatives about the pump is
the fact that it's very loud.
You can hear it on video it's obnoxious
loud something you can't use in a
different room if someone else is
sleeping so you have to be aware of that.
It also heats up pretty quickly with
extended use so
you have to be careful where you hold it
and finally it's not really that
practical
compared to a normal pump. If you're
looking for a good bike pump
a floor pump or a co2 canister makes a
lot more sense on the road
and because of the low battery capacity
if you want
something around the house an air
compressor or something larger would
make more sense. Taking everything into
consideration would give the A2 inflator
an 8.0 out of 10. It makes inflating
tires easy but
it's not particularly practical and
because the low battery capacity
you will have to charge it fairly
frequently but it's not a bad thing to
have around the house
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