Electric pump for inflatables: is the investment worth it?
Holidays with your friends or family must be lived and remembered for their beauty and lightness, and not as a source of stress and fatigue: electric inflatable pumps can really make a difference, especially if you are in a large group.
Electric inflatable pumps are more encompassing than regular hand pumps and for this reason are also more expensive. Very often, for these reasons, people wonder whether such an investment is really worth making.
WHEN TO BUY AN ELECTRIC PUMP FOR INFLATABLES
Choosing the most suitable inflator for your needs is obviously a very subjective operation: there are no rules according to which a specific type of customer is better off with one model rather than another. However, it is certainly important to start from one point: how much would you use your electric pump for inflatables?
If you have already decided that you want to make the investment, an electric pump for inflatables is always very convenient, because it is a long-lasting and high-performance product which, thanks to the various fittings supplied, you can really use for all sorts of of inflatables - so if you are already convinced there will never be a valid reason to reconsider your decision.
If, however, such a purchase seems to be at the limit of your budget, consider whether you are willing to inflate and deflate something every weekend, or every day in the summer, or if you use a pump little but have very large inflatables: in all these cases, the electric pump for inflatables is a necessary investment that you can absolutely take into consideration.
On the other hand, if you are looking for an inflator to use a few times a year to inflate a mattress, a paddling pool or some beach inflatables, then we recommend that you also study the manual and pedal solutions carefully before deciding on an electric pump.
You can find some useful guidelines for choosing your inflator here:
https://www.scoprega.it/en/blog/pump-for-inflatables-what-to-choose-according-to-the-inflatable/
WHY BUY AN ELECTRIC PUMP FOR INFLATABLES
The main reasons that swerve the vast majority of customers towards electric pump for inflatables are two: time and effort.
An electric inflator is decidedly faster in inflating and deflating than both the manual and pedal solutions, and allows you to carry out other activities during these operations. You won’t risk inflating your inflatables too much or badly, as the inflator automatically turns off when reaching the ideal pressure level, and can always be monitored through the built-in pressure gauge. However, please remember never to abandon the pump and the inflatable during inflation. Not all of them turn off automatically!
All of this can be done without moving a single muscle, thus saving all your strength for your favourite sporting activity on your SUP board, or for leisure activities with the family on a mattress or a dinghy. Electric inflators can really maximise your entertainment experience!
To give you a practical demonstration of this, I recommend you watch this video which compares different types of inflators and the relative inflation speed and level of effort needed in the case of non-electric ones.
https://www.scoprega.it/en/media.2/video/the-sup-pump-test-measuring-speed-and-effort/
If you wish to get a more precise idea of which electric pump for inflatables to buy, or you simply want to browse around a bit, you will find all our models here>