Anybody use these? My wife just got me some for my birthday and I am totally baffled by there rudimentary operating instructions, math skills and product labeling. I got completely frustrated trying to read their directions to air down to 11 PSI on my spare. I ended up at 5PSI after waiting 30 minutes and it was still bleeding air at both the max and min setting. I think that oasis expects you to screw these on your valve stems and drive around with them on. I worry enough about tearing off a vavle stem with adding two more inches of metal to snag on rocks.

I would be very interested in hearing from someone who used these. I am just looking for an easy way to deflate tires and so far the best product that I have seen is the Currie deflator that allows you to pull the valve stem and has a guage that allows you to monitor your progress.

SeanP

yeah I looked at them and passed to complicated for me :flipoff2:

I use the Quick air deflator's , I like them and have used them many times and have loaned them to people for 5 years and still have them,,,,:confused:

and the price is what scared me off 50 plus bucks for the Oasis type:eek:

Adam,

I have heard that the Oasis units are not very consistant. No first hand use though.

www.4wd.com (4 Wheel Drive Hardware) has the Currie unit on sale for $29.95. (pg. 49 of their new mail catalog p/n 239029) But I was informed the other day that it is a cheaper newly designed unit that is not very accurate. :confused:

Another cool looking thing is the new Klune-V valve stems. Unscrew it then monitor it with a simple hand gage.
http://www.klunev.com/page_rad_overview.htm

Silly me. All this time I've been using a plain old 0-20 PSI tire gauge and a valve core puller. Total is about $5 and I'd guess it takes about 30 seconds to drop a 36" TSL from 26 to 8 PSI.

i had a set of them, worked super on my end. jiMMy

I use them, screw them on while backing off trailer and by the time I get to the trailhead I'm at pressure, pull them and were on the trail.....

Originally posted by The Jerk
i had a set of them, worked super on my end. jiMMy

hahahha! they are in my room in my desk drawer. dija want them back :D I forgot about those. I think I took the bag home one day in the jeep for the air gauge then never took the bag back to my shop :D

Quick Air delflators are the only way to go, and only 10 bucks. They are also virtually idiot proof. I used to use a valve core tool and remove the core until I dropped one and by the time I found it and cleaned it off my tire was totally out of air. The Quick Air ones you just screw on, screw the first one all the way on, the rest part way, and work your way around. Once you've used them a couple times the system is easy and foolproof. Those ones that deflate as you drive are a real problem on dusty roads, they have a tendency to jam.

Around these parts some of us make 2 and 4 hose contraptions to air up, and down our tires all at the same time.

Keeps the pressure equal as well which lockers like.

The hoses are sort of a PITA and you look like a clown using it...but its quick and works great.

My 2 cents.
Also just putting on the clamp on inflators without a hose attached works for me .

I'm usually not in much of a hurry anyway.

MJ

When I used to actually wheel...

I would remove one valve core, wait 10 seconds, remove the next core, wait 10 seconds, remove the third, wait..., remove the last.

Now get this...! I would then go on around the truck, and reinstall them in the same order I took them out. Novel idea, and I guess my education must have had some hand in me figuring out this approach, cause it works great!

Oh yeah, it cost me about nothing, because the core remover came free with some autoparts I bought one time.

And I love cheap.

I've used my Oasis deflators numerous times and loaned them out numerous times, they become the club's b*tch around startup time in the mornings...

It took me about 30mins to get them properly adjusted with a digital tire guage. Only problem I ever have is on cold mornings, remedy?? Just blow through the ends of them to warm them up a bit and they work flawlessly.

Not too large, not too small, pretty durable as well. I've never driven w/them on because there is plenty of stuff to do or a time when you can always air down . Its best to air down when the tires are warm so the pressure doesn't increase too much as you drive, I normally only have a 1.5 to 2 psi increase when driving aired down over an entire day of trail running.

Will I purchase another set for my new rig?? Debatable, I may make a 4air system to air up and air down all at once.

I bought a set of the Oasis deflators way back when they were $30. I have had every bad experience previously posted. The best $30 I ever spent was when I chucked 'em as far as I could. Of course that was when they first came out. Maybe they've worked out the bugs.

I used mine for 3 years, and the toughest part was setting them the first time. It took all 4 tires 2 times to get them set.

Turn the little set screw out all the way the first time you set them. Have an air compressor handy.
Try it and see where it stops. then air the tire back up.

Turn the set screw again. try it. air back up.
turn again, try again, air back up.

Eventully youll get to the right air pressure. Then do it again with the next one.

Once you get them set, they work great!

They are the best when its cold and snowing. Cause you can screw them on, Drink cofffe and BS while all 4 tires are airing down. Eveyone else, (on the trail ride) will have cold fingers. You wont. :D

Just take some time and get them set for your air pressure.
Mine stop at 8psi.

Anyone know where to find a nice valve core tool?

I have seen one that has a little keeper shell around the tool so that if you blow the core out, it is captured.

I have 2 home made units right now, and the 'pull the core' works well for me, but I would like a nicer tool.

Jim