Slime Garage Inflation Station

Since most of the gas station in my city no longer have air/water service at their gas station, or if those few still have the air station available, sometime they are just too dirty, or not working. On top of that it kind of costly to keep adding quarters to keep the machine running while you adding air to the tires. Since we have 3 cars in our family, I am primarily used this tire inflator to add more air to the tires if they are running low so I thought give this unit a try instead of driving around to look for the gas station with air service available or not. This unit is very well build, the air hose is coiled and about 8' so you can easily move from front to rear tire if needed also comes with a small green box with different adapters for basketball, bike tire, inflatable air mattress etc. The unit is also wall mountable with included plastic bracket. Electrical cord is kind of short about 6' max so if your outlet is on garage sidewall, you will need the extension cord to lengthen it to use on the opposite tires of your car. Built in PSI gauge is pretty accurate too, occasionally it off by 1, 2 psi so I just slightly pump 1, 2 psi just to be sure. It a bit noisy and slightly bounce around on garage floor so I just rest my knee on it while using and to prevent it from "escaping" my garage. I also looked at the DC power tire inflator too but found it a bit clunky to use, and if you put this in a trunk of any of the 3 cars when done. Then by the time other car needs air re-fill, it may not be available since its either at work or at school. Additionally, to use DC power inflator, you first have to roll down the windows or open the door to plug in the DC cord. The manual for DC power also required the engine is running while using the DC tire inflator. In my case, the garage already "snug" with 2 cars parked inside, having the door open or inhale the exhaust fumes while refilling the air is cumbersome/unsafe so I chose the DC power Slime 40045 instead and returned the DC power for a full refund. Hope this review will help your purchase decision.

The review is based on my experience. The Slime 40045 - 120V Tire Inflator is an awesome machine. Package arrived on 10/06/21, proceeded to visually inspect the outer parts for cosmetic defects (it only had two), and later that day decided to try out the Slime 40045 on my deflated 195/65R15 tire just in case the machine had any mechanical defects. Started with topping off the rest of my tires so to test the machine and not to over work the motor using it on my deflated tire. The machine can only run for 10 minutes at a time plus rest periods in between. The SLIME 40045 inflated my 195/65 R15 tire from a 5 PSI to 34 PSI in roughly over 2 minutes. I would recommend the SLIME 40045 to those who do not mind waiting to inflate more than one tire, or to those that only have one tire to inflate, or top offs. It also has a 10 min. run time/ 25 min. cool time. Pros: - easy to assemble extension hose - readable tire inflator gauge - accurate tire inflator gauge - reliable and constant source of power so motor can do its job - 120V plug in - useable accessories such as pencil tire gauge Con: - heats up quick - moves around (vibrates) a lot when in use

There is a lot to like about this compressor. It's compact, comes with a wall mount, has a long spiraled hose, seems to be high quality, runs fairly quiet, and it just works. However I have two gripes that while are not too major, they still bug me. The first one is that the attachment point to your tire is a twist on which wouldn't be so bad if it disconnected in a quick twist but it takes a few revolutions to remove it and to stop the air from leaking out. The second issue for me is that the gauge readout intervals are too large for smaller tires. I need to fill my tires to 35 and 38 psi and yet there are only 5 tick marks between 30 and 40 which can make it more difficult to be as precise. Of course it is easy enough to remedy both of these problems by just putting a little more air in the tires initially and using a more precise gauge with smaller increments to let air out and accurately fill the tire to the desired amount, but it seems like extra unneeded steps. I bought an air compressor that goes up to 150psi so granted they are going to have to accommodate that in the gauge but the twist on connector while of good quality could have been great with an optional snap connector of some sort. In the end the positives outweighed the negatives. This is a high quality air compressor that is fairly fast and silent while coming with a nice variety of accessories to go along. For the price I think it's a good deal and you can spend a little more fixing the connector issues. While I deducted a star for my issues with it I can still recommend it.

Very happy with product. Received Slime tire inflator yesterday and today my tire pressure alert on my 2017 Mazda Miata RF came on my dash. The cold weather condition causes alerts to come on my cars this time of the year. I checked the tire pressure psi requirement on the door jamb of the car. I used the Slime to top off the tires of to that psi setting. I restarted the car and the dash display alert went away. I have never liked using or paying for air at the gas station so this is much better and you don't feel rushed like you do there also. We already own a battery operated inflator we keep in the car but its guage is not very accurate. I wanted a wall outlet plug-in 120v unit to service our 5 cars and the guage on this Slime unit is very accurate. I looked at many tire inflators and read many reviews before buying this one. The operation is very easy. I just hook it up to a three prong outdoor extension cord and work around the car. I turn off the unit between each tire. The instruction pamphlet states to not run it continuously more than 10 minutes at a time. (With a 25 minute break between 10 minute runs). I installed the holder bracket on my garage wall where its tidy, out of the way, and where I can find it when I need it. I didn't have a stud where I wanted to locate it so I just used 2 wall anchors I already had that worked with the 2 enclosed screws. I used a drill, pencil and level to install. The machine is very solid feeling and the handle is great for ease of picking it up and moving it around. It was pleasantly much quieter than I expected. Later, I topped off my Highlander and '02 miata. No problems. Very accurate guage. Highly recommend. I will update if any concerns arise.

Don't waste your money on this junk. Bought one to replace my old Slime pump I've had for close to a decade after the 12v plug broke. The first one died after about 10 minutes trying to pump a trailer tire up from 50 to 65psi. It got to about 55psi and then stopped increasing the pressure. Checked it with my good pressure gage which read 54psi. Pump wouldn't get it any higher. Returned it via Amazon and got a replacement figuring it was just defective or damaged in shipping (the box was a little roughed up). Went to use the replacement pump the other day to air up my truck tires for towing. It managed increase the pressure from 35 to just over 40psi in under the minutes and then stopped going up. 30 minutes of trying different things, plugging it into a different socket, trying a plug in 12v socket converter that runs off 120v power, letting it sit in case it was hot, but it wouldn't budge the pressure above 40. I was willing to write it off as a fluke the first time, but either their quality control has gotten so bad that your odds of 2 defective units are high enough I got 2/2 or these things have just become cheap junk. I'll just wire a new plug onto the old one, at least it's reliable.

I bought this pump to replace a similar unit made by Husky. After limited use, the Husky failed where the hose connected to the pump body. While the Husky cost less than half this unit, it was, nonetheless, much lighter and poorly made. Now for the Slime. I've used this so far on a motorcycle and car tires to top off a psi of 36 with no problems. The gauge is accurate as confirmed by two others that I have. This pump is relatively heavy and seems well made. I don't prefer the screw-on fitting (especially when other family members use it) as it is, in certain situations, difficult to align where one risks cross threading, time consuming to thread on and off, and problematic in the cold (as it was the other day) when your hands are cold. Also, I am concerned of the time needed to remove it in a hurry if you're worried about over inflation. Anyway, I purchased a snap type adapter to solve that problem. The Lumiteco, below, works well. The snap end is metal and the hose is thick and well made. Be careful as some of these adapters (costing less) have a very short threaded end and other commenters suggest they don't seal well when screwed into the end of the pump hose. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MX882J8/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I was excited to receive this inflator because it was one of two available on Amazon that use 120v versus the ones you plug into your car. I want it for my garage in case I need to pump up sports equipment or kids inflatables or bike/car tires. The previous owner cut the hose and installed a larger male adaptor that doesn’t fit the extension hose or any of fittings it comes with. But I purchased brand new not used. If I paid less for a used one that is one thing but advertising a product as new and paying full price is frustrating. I attached pictures so you can see where the hose was cut and the fitting they cut off. I ended up replacing the hose myself versus sending it back. Let’s get to why I purchased this model and how it actually performs. I turned the unit on and proceeded to pull the hose over to my truck and the unit was already at 40psi. I began inflating the tire and it quickly filled the tire up to 40psi. It took a couple minutes to go from 20psi to 55psi which is better than expected from this little pump.

The compressor stations in gas stations around where I live are constantly broken, getting removed, hard to get your car positioned properly, blocked by parked cars, etc. When my tire pressure idiot light comes on, I don't want to spend a half hour driving around to find a compressor station that I can use. Bought the Slime 40045 hoping for the best and it is GREAT. I got the Lumitechco locking air hose attachment to go with it and I just topped off all four tires to recommended PSI. Not as noisy as I expected, added 5 lbs to one tire very quickly. Only complaint is that the pressure gauge increments are a little hard to read. The gauge on the 120 volt unit goes to 150 PSI; the gauges on the 12 volt models don't go as high and are easier to read. I just go a little bit over, check the tire pressure with a gauge, and let some air out until I am at the exact pressure I want. I think I'll mark on the gauge the readings I want so that I don't have to go through this. But hey, still great.

Really good inflator. Appears to be very well built. Hopefully it lasts a long time. Only issue is the screw on tire connector. Your lose some air when removing it. Not an issue for me since I usually fill up a bit past my target psi and then use a good quality gauge to let some air out and bring the tires to the desired pressure.

Perfect for a single woman to blow up tires on a golf cart.

Struggles to get to 65 psi but does get there. Screw on hose is sometimes difficult to get on or off. Nice and compact. Difficult to complain when it stores easily and works.

It was really hard to find an inflator that plugs into the wall. Everything here worked, including accurate pressure gauge on the unit and accessories like the pen gauge. The connector is super easy to attach and forms a tight seal. Superior to other inflators I've purchased.