Kwik Goal Portable Inflator

by Campbell

Product Features

• Inflates up to 180 balls with one charge
• Cordless with rechargeable 12-volt power pack
• Plugs into cigarette lighter or household socket
• Includes pressure gauge, hose and air fitting adaptor
• Weighs 10 lbs

Product Description

Inflates up to 180 balls with one charge. Cordless with rechargeable 12-volt power pack. Plugs into cigarette lighter or household socket. Includes pressure gauge, hose and air fitting adaptor

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 5 inches ; 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000KL0HX4
• Item model number: CC 2300
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,642 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

67 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Tires - Nicely Designed, October 23, 2005

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C. MacPhail (Solana Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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The battery croaked after 5 years. I just bought the same thing again.

It will probably last longer if you follow the instructions. It's apparently a lead-acid battery and should always be recharged before it gets too low, which I did not do.

According to the manual, the battery has enough juice to completely inflate 8 car tires or run an 8 watt TV for 14 hours. Max output is 15 amps @ 12 volts.

Shop around. An orange logo home improvement place sells these for a good price.

PROs:

The CC2300 is perfect for tires.

The built-in pressure gauge and clip-on inflation hose make tire inflation a breeze.

You're going to waste money on gas unless maintaining your tire pressure is real fast and easy. This unit makes it real fast and easy.

It's compact. It has little compartments for all the accessories (charger, hose, 12 volt cord, extra fuse, etc.)

The switches and indicator lights are clear, sensible and ergonomic. The handle, and everything about it is to like.

The cigarette lighter socket lets you use it as a 12 volt power supply, and also lets you recharge the unit from your car's cigarette lighter. (I never used these features.)

CONs:

It has very low air volume for air mattresses or large beach toys. I wish they had doubled the air volume and maxed the pressure at 115 PSI instead of 230 PSI.

The pressure gauge reads about 4 lbs too high. Need to compensate.

It's "household quality" not industrial quality. One of the little compartment covers broke the first day I had it.

Strangely, you are not supposed to use it while plugged in to 110 volt AC.

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works Fine For Realistic Expectations, June 24, 2006

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monkuboy (Temple City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is based on my using this product only a few times so I can't comment on its longevity or holding a long-term charge. I bought this because (1) I am too lazy to go to the gas station to put air in the tires and many gas stations don't even have air hoses anymore anyway, or else they charge you for air; and (2) by the time you get to the station the tires have warmed up and the pressure isn't accurate anymore.

The build quality of the unit is satisfactory. Everything is clearly labeled and the instructions are brief but clear. The hose and accessories fit tightly in the compartments provided and there isn't room for anything else in there.

I charged it overnight, hooked the air hose to my car tire and turned it on. It is pretty noisy and the air fills rather slowly but then this isn't an expensive compressor so I don't think it is realistic to expect anything more. It took about 30 seconds to add two pounds of air. The air hose made a tight clamp on the tire valve and the embedded tire gauge is adequate although it is best to use a more detailed gauge since the supplied one does not have marks for each pound of pressure, only in increments of 10 pounds. I noticed that the reading per the embedded gauge matched my separate tire gauge, however (which is also made by Cambell Hausfeld so maybe they're in cahoots with each other).

All in all, so far I am glad I bought this because it is much easier to add air in my garage instead of driving to the station. I just hope this thing lasts, which based on how it has performed so far, it should do the job for a while.

Note: I am adding this on July 31 after having used the unit for a while. It still works like I wrote above, but I find that it doesn't take that long for the yellow indicator light to come on telling you it needs to be recharged again. I'd say it lasts long enough to check the tires on two cars as long as none of the tires needs a lot of air (like maybe 2-3 lbs per tire at the most). However, you can always plug it into the cigarette lighter and use it and then you don't have to worry about the battery drain.

Well now I am adding something again on September 30. I've found this unit really does not keep a charge very long at all and the yellow light comes on before you can even finish with the 1st tire. If you plug it into the cigarette lighter outlet then it works fine (make sure the motor is running so you don't drain the battery) but otherwise, don't depend on this to provide air in the case of an emergency.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good things DO NOT [always] come in small packages!, July 9, 2006

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William P. Martin "Bill" (Winterport, ME) - See all my reviews
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Purchased to replace portable air tank. I used it three times [two bicycle tires and partial inflation of car tire to 36 psi] over a period of approximately six months.

Attempted to inflate a water device and battery indicator was 'Low' after 3-5 minutes. After charging for four days, it still reads 'Low' and strange noises coming from the case - but not enough air to inflate volleyball!