BIG W.........$16

I am with you on this one carbine. Decent aluminium shaft pumps outlast Big W ones by a factor of ten or more. That said carbine, I am on the east coast and already have two so sorry - I am not much help.

I do have a brand new spare one I would be willing to sell if you just wanted one.

has this jason character got a phone number

Airborne Kitesurfing's got the aluminium shaft pumps on $45. Other stores would be able to get them in from the Airush dealer. A gauge can be attached if you have one. If you get desperate and can't wait 4 weeks they're an option.

Carbine, I'm definitely interested in a new metal shaft pump with gauge. Please let me know what you decide on. Plastic shafts suck.

i bought a plugin guage, slingshot, from balmoral board shop for $10-15.. cant remember. has the standard clips on both sides, one female and one male so its an easy inline install.

200$ for an electric,

pumping is a good warm up aswell.

pelican point right?

Professsor
Im with you 100 % Nothing beats the hummimg sound of that little electric motor in the back ground as i walk out my line and then return to a inflated kite and all this happiness only cost $230 i think that is money well spent.
Now for the helpful bit of the post. From what i have been reseaching on the net their are two companies, Bravo and another ,that make these pumps and Bravo has got a contract with Naish and Slingshot to supply them. They are put in a bag and labelled and the price is nodoubt increase ten fold because it is now a kite surfing item. Same pump new bag.
i am not sure if the kite companies have caught on to the fact that the other companies pumps are identical to the Bravo 12V and i think are cheaper due to the fact that they do not come from a company based in italy .This means that they would not have any binding contractes that would prevent a large group purchase of pumps from them and they have a Australian distributor so may even have them in stock .
On Monday i will ring the Australian distributor and find out how much they are and if they are sold in Oz .
this may all come to nothing but may be worth investigating .
the Bravo pumps can be viewed at www.bravo-pumpar.se./skikart.htm I like the one that pumps 500L a min and does 11.5 psi

You can get a free kite when you buy a $2000 pump from any of the kiteshops.

yeah, I cant be bothered organising it. To much work.

Just goto bigw and get a 16$ throw away.

Originally posted by professor

as I stand on the beach with my electric kite pump
I think to myself hmm not sure what all thats about with that shafted thingy its a gay thing maybe
well I better push the button again to pump up
LOL

If its too much effort to pump your kite, maybe you should think about a sex change. *****!!LOL