Anyone have or used a Crank Brothers Gem Pump - are they dual action?

[Skylark]

Anyone own or previously used a Crank Brothers Gem Pump and can confirm if its dual action, does it pump on both strokes - the push stroke and pull stroke?

 

A standard pump only pumps on the push stroke?.

 

Its this pump here:

 

 

 

[Fr33rider]

I threw mine away after it left me stranded at hakahana. Replaced with a birzman opagee mtb which works like a bomb.

[Skylark]

I threw mine away after it left me stranded at hakahana. Replaced with a birzman opagee mtb which works like a bomb.

Are they dual action though?

And from your experience are they just rubbish quality?

[Fr33rider]

Are they dual action though?

And from your experience are they just rubbish quality?

I have no clue because mine never worked, waste of money, crank brothers make great LOOKING stuff... Functional, not so much.

[BaGearA]

The thing with dual action pumps are they don't last long and are very fragile ,  Rather go for a high quality topeak od birzman single action pump which delivers high volume 

 

 

 

 

Don't buy anything for cranckbrothers  if it's not a multi-tool or pedals

[Skylark]

Their mutlitools seem good, mine works as I expect it to 4yrs down the line.

[Skylark]

Reviews seemed very positive so I ordered the Gem Large, only 3cm longer than the small. Will see if it's beats my current Ravx beater pump that's been limping along for a few years now.

 

Disappointed it's not dual action though, used a tiny Blackburn dual action pump once, blew me away out how fast and efficiently it worked. Anyone have any dual action pumps to recommend that I can try if the Gem doesn't work as I want?

[Skylark]

Just some feedback, got the Gem Large, one of the best pumps I've used, pumps up tyres lightening quick and the high pressure switch makes fine tuning the pressure a breeze, also means the force you are applying to the valve stem to squeeze the last few kpa in isn't nearly as much as a typical pump that gets quite hard to pump and in turn that force ends up acting on the stem.