# To The Idiot Who Destroys Air Pumps

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-idiot-who-destroys-air-pumps/526962>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 29, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-idiot-who-destroys-air-pumps/526962 "2010-01-29T23:23:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-idiot-who-destroys-air-pumps/526962/41 "2010-02-02T17:45:45Z")

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> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#):
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> They charge for air??!!!  
> It’s a basic human right.

You’ve got what you want Cohagen, now give these people air!

/Quaid

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-idiot-who-destroys-air-pumps/526962/42 "2010-02-02T18:09:15Z")

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> [@sich\_hinaufwinden](#):
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> Count me among those that got cheap cig lighter compressors because it became too hard to find free and or working air pumps and cause I need them for more than just the vehicle. It stays in the vehicle though so I always have it with me.

I discovered yesterday that the butterfly’s fart worth of air produced by my cheap-shit portable compressor—which would probably serve to inflate balloon-animal components, given an audience of extraordinarily patient children who demanded nothing more complex than a pink snake—did not perceptibly increase the pressure in the low tire of my wife’s SUV after 15 minutes of whirring and groaning. We also have a rash of hose-cutters in this area, so maybe it’s time to invest a few more bucks in a working model.

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**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-idiot-who-destroys-air-pumps/526962/43 "2010-02-02T19:10:26Z")

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> [@Teacake](#):
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> I have the old-fashioned kind that you pump with your foot. It hasn’t broken so far, nor have I felt the need to shell out for the electric kind, and I never have to go more than 5 yards (from my front door to my car) to fill up my tyres. I’ve saved a lot over the years, didn’t waste fuel driving anywhere to do it, without draining any power off my battery, and best of all it’s a little workout for my arse and legs. That’s the kind of exercise you need to prevent “wasted quarters”.

And I’ve used a bicycle pump for the same purpose. Yeah, it takes awhile, but so does driving around to six gas stations.

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