Tubeless Tire Inflator 1.15l

I learned that my Lezyne Pressure Overdrive pump might have been recalled by reading its reviews elsewhere. Those reviewers raved about the Airshot. I bought one and planned to use it on un-tubed wheels on a newly purchased used bike. I wimped out and went with TPU tubes. The Airshot sat unused, until I converted everything to Clik valves. Two un-tubed 29x2.2 Maxxis Ikons with Fillmore valves needed their sealant topped up and valve stems replaced. I deflated one of them, reflected the tire enough to expose the Fillmore and replace it with a tubeless stem that could accept a Clik valve. I restored the tire and studied the Airshot. Inflate it with a floor pump attached to the presta valve on top. Discharge it into an empty valve stem, or a presta valve. I put a presta valve in the tires un-tubed valve stem, inflated the Airshot to 60 psi, and flipped its valve, emptying its tank into the waiting tire. The tire inflated quickly, and the loud bangs of the bead seating followed. Painless, and quick! I released the air from the tire, injected 2 oz of sealant, replaced the presta valve with a Clik valve, and inflated it with a mini electric inflator. One down, one to go. The other went just as quickly. I'm sold on the Airshot. It's small, light, sealed the large volume tires quickly with a reasonably low pressure, and it's not under recalled.

Works perfectly. Pumped up to 160 psi and mounted first 28 mm road tire on Enve hookless wheel without any lubrication on the tire. Second one went on with a little soapy water on the bead but nothing excessive. Easy to fill and easy to deploy. I removed the valve core each time and will always do that to increase air flow.

Amazing tool and well worth the price. Used it now maybe about a dozen times for gravel and MTB tires and it works incredibly well. I can even dry seat them! At times I have to use it twice to get a tire to fully set but it’s so fast and easy. Highly recommend.

This will work for its intended purpose, but it could be improved upon. You will likely need to remove the valve core on your wheel in order to get the flow of air to move quickly enough to pop the tire on the bead. After that, if you leave it in place for a few minutes, you can remove the tank, screw in the valve core, and inflate the tire to full pressure. The only main drawback I see with this tank itself is that there is no way to remove the Presta valve core in the tank inflation valve. These things often get bent or fail. Replacing the entire Presta valve assembly on the tank should not be the only option for something at this price level.

I was hesitant to buy this particular brand of tubeless inflator, it is the most expensive of the bunch and it offered the same as the others. I read a whole bunch of reviews in various items here in Amazon and read the least bad reviews in the sales page of this Airshot tubeless inflator, all of them have some bad reviews. First of, The item arrived in a box, the tank filler valve was making contact with one of the boxes walls, it almost made a hole through it, but it was protected by a metallic valve cap, so no issues at all with the valve core, it is intact and working as it should. Secondly, since I read a whole bunch of reviews about it leaking air at more than 120psi, I unscrewed the top head of the canister and applied some teflon to it. Afterwards, I tested it up to 150psi and no leaks whatsoever. Supposedly issue number 1, solved!!! Thirdly, the instructions on the box are extremely clear on how to use it. I read them once and was able to use it right away, no complications or misinformation. Fourthly, the canister did exactly what it is designed for, several times today. I had to remove and install my road bikes tubeless tires about three times per wheel because of a mysterious leak, thankfully I found out it was the tubeless valve leaking inside the rim, and just once it didn't pop the bead and it was because I was doing it with the beads dry and with just the sealant inside the tires. In that particular case when it couldn't pop the bead, I simply pressurize the canister again, without disconnecting it and letting air go, and opened the check valve and the bead seated immediately. If you want some pointers on the best way to use it, following I will list a couple: 1. Install your tubeless tires on your tubeless ready rims as usual. 2. Pour in them or push through the valve, whatever floats your boat, the correct amount of sealant. 3. Spray some rubbing alcohol, soapy water or detailing wax on the outside of the tire, make sure it gets inside the rim next to the bead. 4. Remove the valve core of the tubeless valve. 5. Connect the Airshot canister making sure that the check valve is closed, that is when the little handle is perpendicular to the hose. 6. Pressurize the canister up to 140psi with your regular floor pump, disconnect it and close its valve core. 7. Open the canisters check valve and be amazed at how it makes the two beautiful popping sounds that mark the culmination of your suffering popping tubeless tire beads. 8. Release the pressure inside the tire and canister by opening the canisters pressurization valve or by simply disconnecting it from the tire. 9. Introduce the valve core on your tires tubeless valve, inflate normally and go ride the hell out of it, that's what I did!!! I hope this review and tips are useful for those of you hesitant, as I was, of investing 60 bucks on a simple little canister with two valves, a hose and an adapter. It is a game changer for me and I think that the investment was paid just today with those six times I had to use it and it saved me from suffering and blisters on my hands because of the meaningless pumping with the floor pump with no success as it happened a couple of weeks ago when I was setting for the first time my new Pirelli tubeless tires. Best of luck!! MB

Bought this thing 5 years ago and never really got the chance to use it. I was able to actually get my tubeless tires on with just the hand pump just fine. This season I purchased new bike and wheel, I had a difficult time popping the tubeless tire on the wheels (both front and rear). Decided to try this gadget out that I had never used since purchasing it. To my surprise, this thing seated the beads so easily. I did not even need to fill up the bottle above 120 psi, just above 110 psi or so. The quality is great, it's light weight (so possible to take it with you on a ride if necessary), it doesn't leak, the design is good. I can't really comment on the durability since I haven't really used it but maybe twice. I did buy this a long time ago, but it's always been sitting in the box stored in a plastic bin. I would assume this can take a beating though, because I did drop it on the floor once and I didn't see any damage. For anyone who does not have a compressor, I highly suggest buying this to help you seat the beads for your tubeless tire.

Best solution ever! Ditch the Co2s

Finally a solution that works! I’ve had a hell of a time setting up tubeless tires for my gravel and road bikes. This device actually works. I had a stubborn set of 28” schwalbe one’s that refused to seat for me. But with the Airshot it inflated first try. I didn’t even need to use soapy water for the second tire; it seared immediately. This thing rocks!

1.inflate the canister to 150 psi. 2.the rim and tire should be clean 3.put a dishwash bubble between the rim and the side of the tire so that the bubble will help the bead to slip into the rim. 4.remove the presta valve so that a large volume of air flow pass thru. 5.fix the canister and release the air you will hear the poping sound. 6.if you will not put a dishwash bubble or soapy between the tire and rim you will fail. 7.once you here the popping sound that means your ok remove the air 8.and you can put the liquid sealant use a Syringe and fill the air shot 150 psi inflate . THE GOAL IS TO LET THE BEADS SIT OF THE RIM.

Ci ho tallonato con estrema semplicità e con una pompa vecchia e usurata (questo per rispondere a chi crede serva una super pompa da 200€ per riempire la bombola...) un tubeless maxxis da 25 per bdc, il mio primo tubeless aggiungo. L'unica accortezza, e qui va fatta una enorme critica al produttore, procedendo come da istruzioni NON tallonerete MAI! infatti stavo quasi per rinunciare credendo che il problema fosse la mia povera e vecchia pompa... invece come già fatto notare da un altro utente, il trucco sta nello svitare la valvola presta e solo dopo tenendo a contatto le due valvole (del cerchio e del booster) aprire l'aria e allora si che si tallona in un attimo. la valvola presta pur avvitando il terminale come da istruzioni fa in qualche modo da tappo, l'aria passa con molta difficoltà e quindi non riesce assolutamente a tallonare. non ho idea se sulle mtb funziona come dovrebbe ma per le bdc è così. comunque conoscendo il trucco funziona alla grande, ti fa fare a meno di un costoso ed ingombrante compressore oltre che di perdere tempo e soldi nei negozi di ciclisti... far da se non ha prezzo 👍

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