A fast way to inflate those large inflatables?

[Pauls234]

I'm talking about these big 9 foot unicorns in the link below.

I had a pretty wimpy air compressor, took like an hour+ to inflate, so I bought a 3 gal pancake compressor from harbor freight and it is not inflating any faster.

Am I making silly user error or are these pancake compressors just not designed for this?

Thx
Paul

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[crabboy]

I have a cheap Intex air pump, it fill even the largest tubes quickly.

Intex Pump

Compressors are poor for filling large things with air, the small ones just don't have the volume. I only use the compressor for tubes with small fill holes.

If you have a shop vac with a hose attachment on the blower side, that will fill it quickly as well.

 

[Pauls234]

That's it crabboy! Was just walking through the garage and saw my shop vac and was like maybe that will work? Then checked the forum and there you are with the same suggestion!

Wasn't a perfect fit but held the shop vac up to it and still filled in like 45 seconds.

Think I'm going to return this compressor.