Do you need a needle valve to inflate this, or can you inflate it by mouth?
891240
You can use some kind of hand pump, but I just blow it up by mouth. Beware, there's a one-way valve in the stem - so be sure to pinch the stem while you're blowing it up. I'm 65-years-old and it takes me about 2 minutes to inflate completely. Hope that helps.
891241
They don't provide a valve and it would make it much easier if you could just pump it up. Blowing it up took so long that i eventually quit and tossed the wedge out when I got home. You would need a bicycle floor pump and a half hour to pump it up. Getting it flat after it is inflated is a challenge also.
1007968
No. You would need to buy a separate inflating needle, which would fit in one of the heads. Since inflating needs tend to bend and break frequently, this is actually the better solution, in my opinion.
94644
Yes. Once you set up camp just unscrew the the valve and let it inflate. You may have to blow in it a little if you like it firm.
652327
yes, make sure you get the needle that you attach to the pump so you can insert it the balls to fill with air.
341948
It doesn't auto-inflate. Technically, you could blow it up by mouth but you'd probably get dizzy and risk passing out. In your case, maybe you could get a portable hand bike pump, they're cyndrical, light weight abt foot long, 1 inch diameter.
2248180
You have to squeeze the tube to open the valve while inflating. Read the instruction card.
1451348
Yes. You need to add air. I did it with a bike pump that had a basketball air fill needle on it. Hope that helps :)
192848
Does inflate itself without you having to blow it up with your mouth? I see both comments below?
312375
Inflating the ball with the included foot pump does not require a special valve. I wish it did. My only complaint about the ball is: during inflation, one looses half the air while disconnecting the foot pump.
1812040
I should come with a pump. I found that I could blow it up by mouth easier and faster than using the pump.
434012
Hi! I haven't used the mattress without the electric pump, but the manual says that the valve has an opening in the middle that is sized for a manual pump (and I can see that the opening is about the size of the hose diameter of a manual pump), which I imagine is a foot pump. I don't know how long it would take you to inflate it with a foot pump, but I think it would take at least 20 minutes.
137367
If you mean without a needle valve or some other way to regulate the flow and pressure coming from the CO2 supply then the glass diffuser would simply explode. If you are proposing to just use a needle valve without a regulator then you will be confronted with the need to constantly fiddle with the needle valve as temperature and pressure change.
418019
Mine came inflated and they include a needle too. It doesn't bounce even when inflated.
510771
no, you inflate with your mouth. there's a self-sealing valve and the sausage inflates quick and easy
1314217
You can use either your mouth or a pump. There's two ports to fill. One on the head rest and one for the part you lay on.
1173527
Yes, if you have a cone adapter, but you won't need it. Just inflate slowly by mouth, takes 10 min
2144381
No need for the pump. The strange valve-inlet-gate is located at the base of the valve. Squeeze it and blow and you'll find the position it has to be in to inflate. My valve was faulty and it never holds for more than a few hours. NOT A VERY GOOD VALVE OR PRODUCT