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This morning in my local Lidl.
A ULTIMATE SPEED branded portable tyre inflator pump.

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The pump does charge via the supplied 3.6* USB-A to USB-C cable and included dual USB-A 12v ciggi outlet adaptor. Doubles up as a phone/ipad charging cable if you are sat more than 0.5m away from the socket.

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And yes it is noisy. Like any compressor is.

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Size: 24x6.5x5.7cm or 9.5”x2.5”x2.25”
Weight of the entire set including the supplied storage bag, charging cable, adaptor and supplied accessories 670g

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The pump and inflating adaptors/accessories 574g

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The spec:

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Included inflating accessories/adaptors

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Unit features an LED torch with three light output setting.
Continuous on.
Fast strobe.
SOS mode.

Nothing amazing, but good enough to find your way inside a top box/pannier/campsite/tent should you need to find your tools or indeed anything else in the middle of the night.

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It is also cleverly placed, so that you can still use the light output to find your valve stem on the wheel.

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The inflator hose is only around 125-150mm long. And the free spinning adaptor end isn’t the best of quality. I will see how well it does perform, but I will likely want to replace it with something a bit longer and better quality. It is though good enough to get one out of trouble.
All in all, it probably will take about same amount of space as your airman pump. But being long and slim, it’ll probably also fit a bit better inside your top or indeed toolbox.

The display and buttons.

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Power on/off button. Latter requires pressing and holding for 5 seconds to turn it off.
Pressure gauge adjustment via +/-
Torch
And inflator activation button.
Display showing pressure units by default in Bar. By continuously pressing on/off button you get a choice of psi and kg/cm2

One thing to note, that the unit does need to have charge in order to operate. It will not work whilst being plugged into the USA-A/C Outlet. In other words it can not multitask. So be sure to have it fully charged after using it

Included is the instructions manual.
Do you work for Lidl?
 
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I bet you it is !

If I give you something for free and you then sell it for £1, in percentage terms, how much of that £1 is profit?
You said “100% markup”. Markup is how much you multiply the cost by to get the selling price. So whatever you multiply a zero cost by, it‘s still zero.

100% of your £1 is profit, but if the cost were zero the percentage profit would be infinite.
 
This morning in my local Lidl.
A ULTIMATE SPEED branded portable tyre inflator pump.

View attachment 416646

View attachment 416648

View attachment 416656

The pump does charge via the supplied 3.6* USB-A to USB-C cable and included dual USB-A 12v ciggi outlet adaptor. Doubles up as a phone/ipad charging cable if you are sat more than 0.5m away from the socket.

View attachment 416671

And yes it is noisy. Like any compressor is.

View attachment 416662

Size: 24x6.5x5.7cm or 9.5”x2.5”x2.25”
Weight of the entire set including the supplied storage bag, charging cable, adaptor and supplied accessories 670g

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The pump and inflating adaptors/accessories 574g

View attachment 416653

The spec:

View attachment 416661

Included inflating accessories/adaptors

View attachment 416664

Unit features an LED torch with three light output setting.
Continuous on.
Fast strobe.
SOS mode.

Nothing amazing, but good enough to find your way inside a top box/pannier/campsite/tent should you need to find your tools or indeed anything else in the middle of the night.

View attachment 416669

It is also cleverly placed, so that you can still use the light output to find your valve stem on the wheel.

View attachment 416670

The inflator hose is only around 125-150mm long. And the free spinning adaptor end isn’t the best of quality. I will see how well it does perform, but I will likely want to replace it with something a bit longer and better quality. It is though good enough to get one out of trouble.
All in all, it probably will take about same amount of space as your airman pump. But being long and slim, it’ll probably also fit a bit better inside your top or indeed toolbox.

The display and buttons.

View attachment 416686

Power on/off button. Latter requires pressing and holding for 5 seconds to turn it off.
Pressure gauge adjustment via +/-
Torch
And inflator activation button.
Display showing pressure units by default in Bar. By continuously pressing on/off button you get a choice of psi and kg/cm2

One thing to note, that the unit does need to have charge in order to operate. It will not work whilst being plugged into the USA-A/C Outlet. In other words it can not multitask. So be sure to have it fully charged after using it

Included is the instructions manual.

Update: Do Not Buy It!

Decided this morning to pump a tyre on the van. It is a tyre that has previously had a puncture, which was fixed with a mushroom plug. However, I don’t think it had sealed well, as I loose 0.4-0.5 bar of pressure every couple of weeks.

Having fully charged the pump just yesterday, it had shown me full 4 bars of battery this morning. Connecting the pump to the wheel, the pump has indicated the tyre pressure being at 3.4 Bar. Exactly 0.5 Bar under pressure. Started pumping and within 30 seconds the battery indicator was showing no bars at all, flashed some 5 times and shut down. Barely got 0.2-0.3 Bar out of it. 😳

It is going back to Lidl today. Very disappointed.
Good job it is Lidl too, and all I have to do is, walk into one of their shops to get my refund, unlike the eBay link (above), where you’ll be disputing it with the seller until you are blue in the face, then having to fork out for a return shipping fee, and some two weeks later you will receive you refund of £10 - shipping fee.
 
Update: Do Not Buy It!
your vehicles have a BFO battery. I would never rely on a rechargeable device for taking on a trip. The little orange RAC one from Screwfix etc with croc clip leads and 12V plug is a better bet to get you out of trouble on a remote road in the mountains.
 
Aldi: the seem to have a few different "activewear" T shirts aimed at runners and anglers. These are a polyester/elastane blend and would make good base layers for riding. The fabric is good at wicking sweat and can be rinsed out in hotel shower gel and will dry overnight
The runners' shirt was £4, anglers £5
 
Aldi: the seem to have a few different "activewear" T shirts aimed at runners and anglers. These are a polyester/elastane blend and would make good base layers for riding. The fabric is good at wicking sweat and can be rinsed out in hotel shower gel and will dry overnight
The runners' shirt was £4, anglers £5
I wonder what makes it an angling T shirt. ?
 
Yes, you're probably right.

also allows them to charge a quid extra in stupid tax for effectively the same product in a different colour to the £4 running shirt, presumably as your average angler will not be seen dead in white or light blue ... very clever those German marketeers.
 
Update: Do Not Buy It!

Decided this morning to pump a tyre on the van. It is a tyre that has previously had a puncture, which was fixed with a mushroom plug. However, I don’t think it had sealed well, as I loose 0.4-0.5 bar of pressure every couple of weeks.

Having fully charged the pump just yesterday, it had shown me full 4 bars of battery this morning. Connecting the pump to the wheel, the pump has indicated the tyre pressure being at 3.4 Bar. Exactly 0.5 Bar under pressure. Started pumping and within 30 seconds the battery indicator was showing no bars at all, flashed some 5 times and shut down. Barely got 0.2-0.3 Bar out of it. 😳

It is going back to Lidl today. Very disappointed.
Good job it is Lidl too, and all I have to do is, walk into one of their shops to get my refund, unlike the eBay link (above), where you’ll be disputing it with the seller until you are blue in the face, then having to fork out for a return shipping fee, and some two weeks later you will receive you refund of £10 - shipping fee.
Shite like Gupta express
 
Inflatable movie screen 😵‍💫

 
Aldi camping coffee maker, looks like a copy of something I saw as a kickstarter a while ago. Makes a very decent cup but I’ll have forearms like Popeye if I use it for more than 2 cups a day…

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