Everyone who drives on sand lets the tyres down to float over it; the difference between the people who get stuck and the ones who don't is often just that. The problem is the way back: driving to the highway on soft tyres ruins them and the handling. A tyre inflator plugs into the 12 V socket, you set the pressure, and it stops when it gets there — all four tyres back to road pressure before you leave the sand, without hunting for a station with working air. It lives in the boot all year.
— The Ghalyh team · How we pick
Good for
Every sand drive · the weekly check at home · the beach road
Not for
Air mattresses — different pressure, different pump.
Specifications
- Power
- 12 V car socket
- Auto-stop
- At the pressure you set
Questions people ask
How low for sand?
Ask the people who drive your car on that sand — it depends on the car and the tyre. The inflator's job is getting you back to the number on the door sticker afterwards.