hand pumps are now 72.00 shipped

[Rob M]

cool  give a brief review in this thread, because most  of us will never see it in the other gate ( overlook it

[longislandhunter]

That's how I felt.... I already have a Benjamin pump and an Air Force pump and both of them work great, but I'm a firm believer in redundancy and for that price this will make a nice backup to the backup pump 

Jeff

[nervoustrigger]

Same here, I got one of the Barska Winbest pumps a while back and I have been using it more than the Hill to see how long it will take to develop a problem.  So far so good.

[only1harry]

I can tell you it's the same exact one as my Barska pump.

hows the barska been so far

The Barska has been great so far, but I have only used it less than 10 times, including today to top off both the Disco's.  I have only pumped it to 1900psi to fill the Discos, so I don't know how it would hold up pumping the Mrod and Condors to 3K psi frequently.  I use my 4500 tanks for the others.

Harry

[Rob M]

makes sense ..

[longislandhunter]

My pump shipped today

Jeff

[Earl]

I think my pump was shipped yesterday.  The email from ebay says it should arrive between Feb 18 and Feb 24.

[only1harry]

My pump shipped today

Jeff

Pump #4 Jeff?  The backup to the backup to the backup pump?    Are you doing the same thing as me, storing stuff in the kids' rooms after they move out?  I am running out of room to put all this stuff.  I filled my office/man cave a few years back, and now and entire bedroom

Harry

[longislandhunter]

Actually Harry I am starting to run out of space to store my air gun stuff but I think I can cram a little bit more in

Jeff

[only1harry]

We can always find the space for a few more guns and accessories   Finding the space for another safe though might be a bit more difficult in my case

[Tater]

Might be time for a room addition. 

[only1harry]

No it's more like it's time to throw out a sofa or a piece of furniture but the wife won't have it

[sactargetshooter]

I just received the package this morning. It is a little oily, which is typical of products from China. The pressure gauge needs to be attached and screwed into the base of the pump, and that can be done without any tools.

The first problem was that the quick disconnect did not work with any of my Air Venturi male adapters. It worked with the MRodair match pistol adapter because that one is a one-piece design. The problem has to do with the male adapter cannot go deep enough into the female adapter on the pump to engage the lock. I find this to be a somewhat common problem with the Air Venturi male adapters. It is time to look into an alternative source of such adapters, or change the female part that comes with the pump to a Air Venturi one.

The pump itself seems to be of solid construction, including the folding legs. The folding legs are a great help for transporting the pump. Pump operation is okay, definitely not as smooth as the Hill Mk4 pump. Comparing to something that is at least 300% the price isn't exactly fair, however.

I was only able to connect the pump to the Mrodair precision air pistol. Pumping effort is no different from that of a Hill pump, but it seems to take more strokes. This can be just my imagination.

What I like about this $72 pump is that it is easy to service. The top unscrews to expose the inner pump tube for lubrication without tools. It also has an inline air filter (on the high pressure side) that is easy to service. The pump comes with a full service kit, but without silicone oil (that's okay, I have a big bottle of that!). The hose is long and flexible compared to the one that comes with Hill pumps, and it does not seem to take up many pumps to pressurize the hose itself.

All-in-all, it seems to worth every penny of the $72. I will test its long term reliability after getting replacement female disconnect adapter so I can use the pump on the guns that I use most.

[Rob M]

wow, thanks soo much for the full rundown! Interesting because the fosters never seem to be a universal fit, and as a matter of fact theres as many as 4 variations out there.Not shocking this fits the chinese gun no problem.. Is there an easy way to add a dessicant filter?

[sactargetshooter]

wow, thanks soo much for the full rundown! Interesting because the fosters never seem to be a universal fit, and as a matter of fact theres as many as 4 variations out there.Not shocking this fits the chinese gun no problem.. Is there an easy way to add a dessicant filter?

Most of my Air Venturi male quick connect adapters do not work well with other female connectors. I am ordering another female adapter and see whether that will work with all my current male adapters.

As to adding a desiccant filter, the air intake is at the top of the outer tube, but not connected into the handle bar. In other words, air goes in through the gap between the tube top and the base of the handle bar. I suppose you can drill through the handle bar and use some tubing to connect the air intake to a container filled with desiccant with another opening on the other side. But that may affect the strength and integrity of the handle bar.

You can also look into this. It is known to have issues with the sponge and cotton "filters". Don't know whether it is advisable to put regular desiccant into this filter housing.

The thing about condensation and relative humidity is that with the same water content in air, and assuming temperature does not change much, water condenses in high pressure much more readily. This means that at each stage of a pump, water may condense and not get passed through to the next stage.

This is also echoed in a Shoebox discussion.

Seeing that the bleed valve is lower than the hose connector, condensation is likely to be trapped at the bottom of the base of the pump. I don't know whether the condensation will come out of the bleed value, I have not observed that, yet. This is possibly due to the relatively low volume of the Mrodair air pistol reservoir and it was already at 2000 PSI before pumping.

[longislandhunter]

Thanks for the review.  I'm looking forward to receiving mine on Monday 

JEff

[sactargetshooter]

You guys are most welcome! I learned a lot from this forum, as well!

[Earl]

My $72.19 pump arrived today from ebay.com/itm/262802571430
It works better than my Benjamin.  I am happy with this purchase.
The manual is in color and the pictures are good.  The China English is a little hard to read.
It came with 11 foam pieces that are 0.8 inches long and 0.35 inches in diameter and are obviously air filters.  The manual does not mention them and I do not know how to install them. 
If someone knows how to install these filters please tell me how.
Also please tell me if there is a video for this type of pump.

[Rob M]

thats great to hear, hoping someone has figured out the moisture traps

[Bentong]

My $72.19 pump arrived today from ebay.com/itm/262802571430
It works better than my Benjamin.  I am happy with this purchase.
The manual is in color and the pictures are good.  The China English is a little hard to read.
It came with 11 foam pieces that are 0.8 inches long and 0.35 inches in diameter and are obviously air filters.  The manual does not mention them and I do not know how to install them. 
If someone knows how to install these filters please tell me how.
Also please tell me if there is a video for this type of pump.

Try here...same internals and parts > 
The fiber filters goes to the fitting behind the female quick disconnect... if torqued tight, need to use channel locks and crescent wrench. The all purpose wrench that came with my pump slips. Metal is not harden, again fittings should only be snug because o-rings provide the sealing. On the filter fitting I reversed it so filter is now towards the guage so it's not in the way when connecting to the air rifle foster fitting and LDC.