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a while back I was here lamenting the lack of decent quality foot pumps (and 12v compressors). I was cursing again on the weekend as I tried to inflate the tyres on my knackered old B5.5 Passat which was being collected for scrap. My Machine Mart 12v compressor packed up before it had inflated the first tyre, the plastic piston seems to overheat and sieze. Anyway, I had a brain wave - the wife's C-max had one of those useless puncture repair kits which I replaced in favour of a space saver. I found the kit in the garage and the compressor which came with it - a Continental ContiMobility - and it turns out it's actually pretty good. It feels re-assuringly heavy and by the sound in use has metal working components. It sounds like a compresor should when on, not a strained death rattle like the plastic jobs. It inflated each tyre from flat in under a minute. You can pick them up for £20 on ebay and my impressions are these are a much better quality item than the usual Chinese made 12v jobs. I've purchased another to keep in our Outlander. The only criticsm so far is the pressure gauge was flicking around all over the place in use but settled when you turn off and compared with a small digital gauge I use for my motorbike, was accurate.
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