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ARB tyre deflator

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Post by j-top paj »

$57 isnt too bad :armsup:
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Post by Alpine Hunter »

j-top paj wrote:
Alpine Hunter wrote:Shit guys! Dont you go bush to relax a little and escape the whole city time freak mentality?
Spend the extra couple of minutes, light a fire, boil the billy and chill.
light a fire while airing down? :?
Why not? You dont have to, it was just a suggestion and my point was more about escaping that time mentality when you go bush.

Totally understand the gadget thing though!
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Post by HotFourOk »

Using my 'gadget', I have more time to relax and not worrying about losing valve cores, or sticks breaking off into the valve stem. :D

Mine was around $60 also, from ARB Newcastle. They couldn't keep up the demand for them, I got the last one they had in store, and had a few dozen on backorder.
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Post by j-top paj »

my stauns still do ok for now. when i get a second 4wd on the road il probably stick the stauns in it and get one of these for the GU
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Post by ozrunner »

..... the only thing is there's a bit of screwing around for each tyre (screw deflator on, unscrew valve, pull out lever, push in lever, re-screw valve, unscrew deflator) and in reality it's not THAT much faster than stauns.
I just don’t get it.

All this farting about with unscrewing parts and levers etc etc while hovering over each tyre and possibly in pissing rain, when you can just lean over screw the Stauns on and go have a yak, slash or whatever.

I previously tested dropping the pressure using my old normal method of simply unscrewing the valve and testing with a gauge and replacing the valve etc on all 4 tyres. Then I did the same with the Stauns. Result 13sec quicker using the old way. By the time you do all the swapping around, screwing unscrewing etc this gadget looks like it could even be slower.

Can't see the point in saving 13 seconds or even a tad more when you have to hover over tyres mucking about removing valves etc. As far as accuracy goes, again I’m lost as mine all drop to the same pressure every time. Its not hard to set them all accurately and a periodic spray with wd40 keeps them free inside.

Maybe there is a larger difference with huge boggers but for normal tyres it’s no fuss Stauns for me :D

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Post by redman »

I have two sets of stauns and I still use a stick with my gauge, why I don't really know it's just how I do it. Mine are only 33's if I had bigger I would use the arb thingo ;)
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Post by j-top paj »

never got a stick stuck in your valve?
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Post by HotFourOk »

ozrunner wrote:
By the time you do all the swapping around, screwing unscrewing etc this gadget looks like it could even be slower.
If you had used one, you would know its way faster than your old school method. And the rate of air deflation is extremely fast compared to the Stauns, not to mention heaps more accurate.

You can't comment because you have not had the privelidge yet :D
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Post by ozrunner »

.. And the rate of air deflation is extremely fast compared to the Stauns, not to mention heaps more accurate.

You can't comment because you have not had the privilege yet :D

I think its a privilege I will do without :D

My Stauns are always dead accurate and I can go have a yak to others while they're hovering over their tyres and screw with their concentration :D

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Post by dirtyGQ »

i just got one as i am a "gadget" junky,love it for $58.00 it is so much easier to use than my stauns .
I think anything cheap that makes life easy is worth it,so you can concentrate on the more important things like 4wding.
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Post by macca81 »

cant fault it, picked a new one up at mates rates prices of $30(he lost money on that purchase :D ) and in the 6 months its sat in my glovebox unused, it has not given me any grief at all! it even looks brand new still :D
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