[rubiconnwpa]

i'm looking for reviews for staun or smittybily tire adjustable deflators
any advice
thanx

[Ghaniba]

Not to hijack, but I think it's still relevant. I have no experience with those 2 you mentioned, but I use this:

http://www.quadratec.com/products/95202_410.htm

Works FANTASTIC. Superfast, and reliable.

-Ghan

[Dr.Dirty]

the smity built ones are junk i have used the stauns and they never held a setting for me so i ended up going with the currie deflator

http://www.parksoffroad.com/prodreview/deflatortest/ezdeflate/ezdeflate.htm

[Noxian]

Originally Posted by Ghaniba

Not to hijack, but I think it's still relevant. I have no experience with those 2 you mentioned, but I use this:

http://www.quadratec.com/products/95202_410.htm

Works FANTASTIC. Superfast, and reliable.

-Ghan

x2 friend of mine bought 2 of them last year and gave me one for my bday, works perfect, too bad it takes longer to fill the tires back up then it does to empty them need to look for a new compressor this summer.

[97casteeltj]

not to sound like a jerk:

but i don't understand why people feel the need to spend so much money on these things, you can buy a valve stem remover from Autozone for ~$1.25 and air your tires down in no time flat. (no pun intended)

-John

[Dr.Dirty]

Originally Posted by Ghaniba

Not to hijack, but I think it's still relevant. I have no experience with those 2 you mentioned, but I use this:

http://www.quadratec.com/products/95202_410.htm

Works FANTASTIC. Superfast, and reliable.

-Ghan

Originally Posted by Noxian

x2 friend of mine bought 2 of them last year and gave me one for my bday, works perfect, too bad it takes longer to fill the tires back up then it does to empty them need to look for a new compressor this summer.

[rubiconnwpa]

i used the staun at penn's woods jamboree last year, it's nice to deflate to 12psi on all 4 tires at once
was looking to save $20 and go for the smittybilt but only found 1 reviews online (wasn't good either)

[Dr.Dirty]

the stauns are nice but mine never held the pressure setting some would air down to 10 others to 18 and so on.....

[LVC2003]

I use the Stauns and they work great, and fast. You just need to be careful that you don't move the setting once they're set. I haven't had them long, but they've continued to consistently get me down to 12 psi each time. Other than that, I went with them over the Smittybilt's because I read more positive reviews on them.

The have yet to (not) let me down. Yes, awful pun intended!

[RecycledTeen]

I have the SB and they work like they are supposed to, after I took some000 steel wool and polished the internals and put a very light coat of silicone spray on them. I have used them at least 3x a month since i have worked on them and the times I have checked them afterward, my psi has been within 1-2 of each other. I usually run 11 in mine and drop from 25psi. Like others have said, just make sure you don't twist them by the large knob and knock them out of kilter.

[RYANSTULC]

Originally Posted by 97casteeltj

not to sound like a jerk:

but i don't understand why people feel the need to spend so much money on these things, you can buy a valve stem remover from Autozone for ~$1.25 and air your tires down in no time flat. (no pun intended)

-John

That's actually more work, and valve cores are easy to loose on the trail.
If you remove the core, drain air, re-install the core, check pressure I will already be on the trail with my staun's.
I can put them on at the gravel road to the trail,,,,and by the time I'm at the actual trail my tires are at 12 PSI. Unscrew the stauns and you're done till you want to air up.
You can actually drive with the stauns on the tire.

[Jerry Bransford]

I'm no fan of automatic tire deflators. I have tried several and they were never consistent enough to make me happy.

What I have been using for 4-5 years now that works so great is this one... you can get it from ARB or Currie. It is FAST because it removes the valve stem entirely. It also traps the valve stem internally so it can't be lost. I can deflate all four of my tires from 26-28 psi to 8 psi before most can do one tire using most common methods.



Basically you screw the main part onto the tire valve stem, use the center knob to unscrew the tire stem, then pull the main barrel out and WHOOSH the air just DUMPS out. It probably takes all of 10-15 seconds to air a 35" tire down including checking its progress along the way with the pressure gauge. To check the air pressure as you go, just momentarily slide the barrel in and you get an instant air pressure reading. It's a great tool that I give two thumbsup to.

[peejsdrawkcab]

I just never air back up. no need to deflate that way!

[97casteeltj]

Originally Posted by RYANSTULC

That's actually more work, and valve cores are easy to loose on the trail.
If you remove the core, drain air, re-install the core, check pressure I will already be on the trail with my staun's.
I can put them on at the gravel road to the trail,,,,and by the time I'm at the actual trail my tires are at 12 PSI. Unscrew the stauns and you're done till you want to air up.
You can actually drive with the stauns on the tire.

i don't see how you would lose the core?? don't you air down before entering the "trail"? i can remove the core, check pressure, and put core back in about 25-30 seconds, i've gotten to where i can just listen to each tire and know when to put the core in. so total air down time less than 2min.

i'm fine with spending $1.25 and doing it that way, but like everyone says "to each his own".

-John

[97casteeltj]

Originally Posted by peejsdrawkcab

I just never air back up. no need to deflate that way!

thats pretty much how i am now.....i aired down about 2 trips ago and just left them with around 12psi in them.....smooth riding!