Giant Control Tank

[Reme Le Hane]

Looking at getting an air tank, there are many options, but this one comes with the added advantage of vitality cash back, other than being among the cheaper of the lot.

 

https://www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za/product/giant-control-tank/4316

 

Only problem with this is I cannot find any reviews and found like 1 video on youtube of some guy opening the release valve.

 

Anyone have an informed opinion, the 25% cash back is only really a benefit if it is not a pile of rubbish.

 

Thanks

[porqui]

Somewhere in a post someone made one of a 2l Coke bottle.

[Reme Le Hane]

Somewhere in a post someone made one of a 2l Coke bottle.

 

Only problem with those is when they blow up and become a coke grenade.

[LeoKnight]

Yeah I would not think of using a coke bottle or even PVC pipe. Did make one from a Fire suppression bottle though. Think it is in the DIY thread

[Pikey]

Evo bikes these are brilliant even for stubborn tyres

 

https://www.evobikes.co.za/schwalbe-tire-booster.html

[Rocket-Boy]

The pricing of that is fairly close to a small compressor and I can easily find more uses for a compressor than just inflating tubless tyres.

[Pikey]

The pricing of that is fairly close to a small compressor and I can easily find more uses for a compressor than just inflating tubless tyres.

yea not cheap but there size is convenient .

[Thomo]

Coincidentally on the same trip so keen to see feedback.

Suspect that the Giant Control may be a recent addition which may be reason for the limited info available.

Caught between tank and pump/tank combo options.

[Eldron]

PRO make one and I have it. Very nice.

[Reme Le Hane]

The pricing of that is fairly close to a small compressor and I can easily find more uses for a compressor than just inflating tubless tyres.

That is true, but very few small compressors have the required air flow rate to seat a tyre.

 

Can't recall exactly, but it was either a minimum of 130 or 160l per min, and the small ones were all well under 100l,most of them sitting around 35,which is perfect for inflating a tyre, but useless for seating it.

 

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[ChrisF]

I would rather buy the Giant model, as compared with the Schwalbe - purely because the Giant has a larger volume.  For stubborn tires you need all the volume you can get !!!

 

 

I have a small compressor with a 20 liter tank - it WORKS to seat a tire !!!

 

 

BUT, you dont have your compressor with you when a tire debeads at an event.

 

Thus I bought the Ryder Air Tank Floor pump .... it will re-bead a tire.  BUT, the volume of the tank is not enough to bead a troublesome new tire.  Got one tire to bead, the other just would not bead - same brand, same rim, just a troublesome tire.  First go with the compressor it beaded immediately.

 

 

For a tire at an event - CO canister must be the most practical and cost effective solution.

 

IF you go for an air tank floor pump, get one with a LARGE tank.  I would love to try the Bontrager unit.

[Simon123]

From above:    I also found a borrowed Ryder airtank pump not enough to seat a larger 650b tyre on a wide rim.  Really was a waste of time.

 

I'm lucky enough to have a large compressor at home and use that if home with a little pipe attachment I have.   But otherwise a large CO2 works well, and I just bin the sealant when home and re-do the tyre.

[V12man]

Only problem with those is when they blow up and become a coke grenade.

They become a plastic grenade..... high speed flying sharp ****..... stupidest idea ever is to build one of those - rather use a fire extinguisher

 

I have an Air shot - strictly for emergency use, as I have a compressor - and it works well - although personally I think one of the pumps with a built in tank is the way to go.

[PhilipV]

I have one of the giant control tanks.

It works well. Seats 2.4 (27.5 and 29) tyres without drama.

Does what it says on the box, and with Vitality cash back it's a no-brainer.

[PhilipV]

Only problem with those is when they blow up and become a coke grenade.

Used coke bottles for two years as inflators, lost count of how many wheels I inflated without issue. Think I still have the cap with the valves somewhere in a box in my workshop (I used a new bottle every time.)

But wrapping a coke bottle in a blanket and putting it underneath a big wooden box as precautions for when things go wrong becomes a Las. An air tank like the many available on the market is safer, and inexpensive enough that faffing around with bottles is unnecessary.

Get the Giant, or the Spez, or the Ryder, or the Air Shot. They all work

[PhilipV]

But be honest with yourself, how many times will you need it?

I have 4 bikes running tubeless and I wrench in my mates bikes and it is parked deep in my workshop as I don't use it that often.

If I remember correctly our communal friend told me you stopped riding because it became an expensive hobby, now you are splashing out on tools you'll use once every 6 weeks. And that is only because you can.

Rather buy a six-pack of Shawn's favourite (or a bottle and put it in his liquor cupboard next to my stash) and go do the tubeless work at his place. Working with mates is way more fun than tinkering on your own.