Accessories: Airing Down/Up
In no particular order, here are some accessories that we have for our Jeep. Feel free to email us with your favorite accessories and we’ll add them to our blogs.
Avid Power 12volt handheld, battery powered, portable air compressor for light duty inflation.
One time while airing down for a trail run, we over deflated a tire by around 5 psi. As we were lugging out our Smittybilt air compressor and about to hook it up to our engine battery, another club member ran over to us with one of these portable handheld air guns. We just connected it to the low tire, dialed in the desired psi, and let it do its thing. It will stop on its own. Moments later, our tire was inflated to our target (16 psi) — and we were ready to go.
This was way easier than dealing with our heavier duty air compressor and hose that we normally use for airing up all four tires at the end of a run.
Bought one on Amazon for around $60, and it has been so handy on many occasions. As a Trail Leader, it is commonplace for someone to either air down too much, or suffer from a slow leak and need to top off a low tire. This handheld air pump is really convenient for minor inflation. It is not adequate for airing up all four tires to highway psi, so it is not a substitute for a heavy duty cycle air compressor, but it does save the day for touch ups.
The package includes a rechargeable battery, along with a 12v CIG power adapter in case the battery gives out.
We keep one in our Subaru daily driver, as well.
We believe that this unit is also marketed under different brand names but most likely comes from the same factory.
Tire Speed Chucks.
Brooks tire deflator attached with speed chuck
Standard tire valves are fitted with male threads that screw into mating receptacles on air hoses and tire deflators. You can save yourself from a lot of hand twisting by adding these snap-on adapters to all of your devices. One end of the speed chucks threads onto the air hose “chuck” or the tip of the tire deflators. Now, to attach your devices to the tire valve, you only have to snap open the end and place it over the valve stem threads. No more fumbling trying to align fine threads to fine threads, followed by a lot of screwing. Removal is just as fast and simple, just press in the release lever and pull it off.
There are many brands and styles available online. We get ours from Amazon, and they run around two dollars each.
