Customer Reviews

Campbell Hausfeld Cordless/Rechargeable Inflator with Emergency Light and 12-Volt Power Source

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I have owned this inflator for over one year. I works great and has enough power to maintain the 85 psi required on my RV and Dually truck. As per the instructions it is very important to keep the unit charged. Do not run the battery down until it stops. If the battery wears out in the future it can be replaced.

First of all, I gave this product two stars instead of one because it was my fault that I didn't read the instructions after I bought the CC2300 cordless inflator.

If I had, I would have returned the thing for a refund.

Instead, I kept it and probably over a period of six or seven years, may have used it five or six times. That's less than once a year for you statistics mavens.

The problem? The thing has to be charged for seven or eight hours prior to use. You can't just plug it in and use it off 120 volts with the power adaptor - because you'll burn the power adaptor out and possibly risk causing a fire.

This product has a very, very narrow niche use. If you were going someplace without any power at all then I suppose you could take the CC2300 along. Like maybe if you were going biking in the middle of the desert or something like that. However, my choice for that would be an old "T" type bicycle pump, not the CC2300.

Supposedly, the battery in the CC2300 can be used as an alternate power source for appliances that can run off 12 volt dc current but it really doesn't have a lot of muscle. For example, if you read the instruction manual for this product, you will learn that it was not intended for use in jump starting a car.

Even if you could do so, you might be able to get a crank or two out of an engine, but that would be about it. The CC2300 just does not have a lot of punch.

For home use, most people would be better off using an inflator that runs off 120 volts. If you want something that you can throw in the back of your car and run off the battery, then buy an inflator that runs off 12 volts dc. Either of these solutions for on-the-spot inflation will work; I will also say that Campbell Hausfeld has good products that will fill these needs. It's just that the CC2300 is sort of a hybrid solution for tire inflation and dc current that doesn't work very well.

At this point, the battery on my CC2300 isn't taking a charge very well, and there are no replacement batteries avaiable. Since I can't power the CC2300 from any other source other than its internal battery, I have no choice but to dispose of it. What a waste.