Kampa Breeze Air Pump

richardandros
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edited October 2016 in Parts & Accessories #1

Wondered if anyone had experience of the above pumps?  I was thinking of buying one but the reviews on-line seem sharply divided between 'brilliant' and 'utter rubbish'. Since both my wife and I suffer with back problems, an air pump does make the job of
inflating the awning a lot easier than the hand pump but given the price of the Breeze, I am a bit reluctant to take the risk at the moment. Any experiences would be greatly appreciated. (I have discounted alternative makes because they are either high volume
/ low pressure and won't inflate the awning fully or, alternatively, run the danger of possibly over-inflating the awning).

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  • glowyellow
    glowyellow Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited October 2016 #2

    Hi

    we have a van go varakal 420, so quite a few bits to pump up and the Kampala breeze does it no problem.

    we've had to adapt the fitting to fit the vango, which was a bit tricky, but we've certainly found it powerful enough 

  • ChemicalJasper
    ChemicalJasper Forum Participant Posts: 437
    edited October 2016 #3

    We use one of these on a Kampa Air Ace 400 - I have been very impressed for the price

    https://www.decathlon.co.uk/12v-15-psi-kayak-sup-pump-id_8335515.html

  • IanTG
    IanTG Forum Participant Posts: 419
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    edited October 2016 #4

    We have one, and it works fine. It does make the job easier than by hand, especially because, of course, this task often comes at the same time as many other set-up tasks associated with caravanning. We have 2 awnings, a porch one and a larger one, and it
    particularly helps with the latter. It's not high speed, in the sense it does take a few minutes (never actually timed it), but you can pause for a cuppa or a beer instead of gently working up a slight sweat with the hand version.

  • richardandros
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    edited October 2016 #5

    Thanks for the comments - I think I will buy one and if it doesn't live up to expectations, it will go back!  I have been using a 240v pump which I bought from Winfields Camping discounted to £5 but it's given up the ghost and also was a high volume / low
    pressure type so didn't fully inflate the awning which had to be finished off with the hand pump.

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