Feeling deflated? This rechargeable tyre inflator can help
Be it in the garage or at the roadside, this lightweight tyre inflator might just save the day!
If you’ve ever stood at the roadside, staring at a slow puncture and been just a couple of miles from home, you’ll know how this next product could help you out.
The Clarke RI150Li Rechargeable Tyre Inflator & Powerbank feels like a proper workshop gadget — compact, solid, and light enough to live in your drawer or tail-pack. The specs read well too: a 7.4V Li-Ion battery, 150 psi maximum pressure, 20 litres per minute airflow, and four presets (car, motorcycle, bicycle and ball) with an auto shut-off. It’s the sort of tool that instantly makes sense for a rider who has been in that kind of situation.
Tyre pressures matter — for grip, wear, and handling. Having something accurate and portable in your panniers means no more relying on dodgy petrol-station pumps or tiddly gas canisters. The motorcycle preset is genuinely handy, as is the automatic stop once it reaches your target pressure. Being rechargeable means no faffing about with cables or sockets, and the built-in powerbank adds a useful bonus for charging your phone or Bluetooth unit when out in the wild.
The flexible hose makes it easy to reach those hard-to-find valves, and the display is clear and accurate enough for everyday use - trackdayers will probably like to back this up with a proper analogue gauge, though.
It’s not lightning-fast at inflating tyres, and the output means that pumping up a nearly fully flat tyre takes patience. Still better than riding on a flat to the nearest garage - or worse, calling your mate to come and pick you up!
The Clarke RI150Li obviously won’t replace a workshop compressor, but it is light (around 500 grams), compact and extremely easy to use and, at £53.99 (including VAT), very good value.
You can check out the Clarke RI150Li for yourself on the official website.
Simon (AKA Toad) has been working within the motorcycle industry for more than twelve years, and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth. Growing up around British-built single and twins, it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards, from a very early age!
