Can I use a portable pump (like for an air mattress on the "deflate" setting) to get the air out? Will the pump fit?
653116
The pointy pump piece wont work. But if you have a piece that is an open circle (like the end of a water hose) that will work.
653117
Yes, by all means. I believe any hose for a vacuum will fit, including portable ones.
653118
Use your vaccum cleaner much faster, better suction, nozzle fits vent perfect. Using your portable pump will not suck as good as your vaccum.Mattress pump is a slow process. Hope this helps you!
653119
No, it truly has a vaccum port so that you can remove ALL the air. Deflate wouldnt be enough to really get all the air out.
2014255
Great question...we haven't yet! We filled it up at a gas station. I think there is a way to let air out using those pumps if you overfill...sorry not more helpful!
1219819
A bike pump is normally used, or any air mattress can be used as well, but in an emergency you can also blow it up by breathing into it...it may take longer but it works fine.Great product and we still use if a lot.
341948
It doesn't auto-inflate. Technically, you could blow it up by mouth but you'd probably get dizzy and risk passing out. In your case, maybe you could get a portable hand bike pump, they're cyndrical, light weight abt foot long, 1 inch diameter.
2197511
No. We inflated (repeatedly) with a foot pump. It's also smaller than it looks.
483711
You can use a special adapter which can be fitted to any air pump called Topeak Pressure-Rite Anti-Air Loss Connector. I did have to tinker with it by not screwing it completely otherwise it would let air go through for whatever reason.
2038303
Yes. Go to http://www.intexcorp.com/index.php/home/airbed-furniture-pumps.html?manual=1 to select the manual of your bed and see the instructions on how to bypass the built-in pump. Basically, go to the control dial, turn it clockwise until the arrow points to the inflation mark, insert the hose to your pump and have at it. I bought power converter for the bed so I could plug it into the cigarette lighter socket and pump it up that way for camping.
678306
Absolutely not. This is a very small, low-volume, high pressure pump for bike tires. You would spend literally hours trying to inflate an air mattress with it.
1966835
I don't see why you couldn't air it up with another unit. It would just be a matter of adapting the fill port size. It comes with some adaptors, maybe they would fit your pump, but then there is duct tape.
702026
You need to use a pump made for air mattresses. Amazon sells them for around $20, maybe less. Be sure to use a pump that (1) has multiple valve adapters, particularly one that is long and skinny--sort of like a needle, but NOT a needle; and (2) has a "reverse" feature that will allow you to suck the air out using the same adapter. Trying to get the air out of the mattress by putting you weight on it and squeezing open the valve will take forever. As far as a bicycle pump is concerned, I have seen (I think I actually own one) some adapters that might work, but bike pumps don't have the ability to pull the air out like most air mattress pumps do. You need to use a pump made for air mattresses. Amazon sells them for around $20, maybe less. Be sure to use a pump that (1) has multiple valve adapters, particularly one that is long and skinny--sort of like a needle, but NOT a needle; and (2) has a "reverse" feature that will allow you to suck the air out using the same adapter. Trying to get the air out of the mattress by putting you weight on it and squeezing open the valve will take forever. As far as a bicycle pump is concerned, I have seen (I think I actually own one) some adapters that might work, but bike pumps don't have... » Read More You need to use a pump made for air mattresses. Amazon sells them for around $20, maybe less. Be sure to use a pump that (1) has multiple valve adapters, particularly one that is long and skinny--sort of like a needle, but NOT a needle; and (2) has a "reverse" feature that will allow you to suck the air out using the same adapter. Trying to get the air out of the mattress by putting you weight on it and squeezing open the valve will take forever. As far as a bicycle pump is concerned, I have seen (I think I actually own one) some adapters that might work, but bike pumps don't have the ability to pull the air out like most air mattress pumps do. « Show Less
457335
Yes, and this is better.you get a coleman pump. Do not buy a mattresswith pu p attached. Ifit breaks, oh oh. And this mattress is excellent.1st time you should just blow up, so next time when you need it it fills better.
683925
I wouldn't recommend a hand pump or even a small car inflater. I absolutely recommend finding someone with an air compressor.
849628
I haven't tried to inflate it manually with an air pump. There is a hole where the air exits when being deflated, and I can't tell if anything is inside that can potentially block air from entering. The attached 2 prong power cord is about 6 ft. in length and it does state on its warning label for "indoor use only." I hope that helps.
186496
I had the same issue and it took a while to figure it out. Since we use it rarely we don't recall how we finally did it. If I recall correctly, the pump mechanism really does not let the air out. I think we took the mechanism off the mattress. You'll have to experiment with it.
1750604
I don't think it would work well with much else, but if you have already bought them, the only other thing I could imagine using (beside having someone sit on the stuff to push the air out, which probably wouldn't work too well) is possibly a air mattress pump. They usually have the ability to not only pump the air into an air mattress, but also the ability to pump air out. If you don't have either of these, maybe you should find a cheap vacuum. I know that Dirt Devil or Black & Decker makes a cheap/affordable product that has good suction power. Regardless, if you don't buy a full size shop-vac, the nozzle of the vacuum probably will not fit over the suggested suction area being used in the picture. If this is the case, you will have to stick the nozzle into the zipper part of the bag and "pull out/zip up the bag" in one seemingly fluid motion. This is what I had to do and it worked fairly well. That's the best advice I can muster. I hope it helps!
1399873
An air mattress pump works best. But I have an air compressor, that we wrapped a washcloth around the nozzle to fill. As it is not meant to take a standard air compressor nozzle, this worked best.
702028
You would need to buy a pump that is designed for air mattresses, it will have a head on it that fits right into the air hole, and yeah doing this by mouth would probably take more than 45 minutes!