The hand pump makes it very difficult to inflate the ball to 65cms. Any tricks or any other options?
1561287
I have a small pancake air compressor that works fine so haven't tried the hand pump. You might try one of the little car tire air compressors that plug into the cigarette lighter
1561288
I just kept plugging away in segments. It holds air really well. So, I would pump, do something else, go back and pump, etc. Hope this helps.
1561289
Honestly I powered through and pumped it manually ... but obviously you can get and inflating pump whether those big manual ones which push through more air or an electric one and it should do the same job as long as the needle can fit in the hole.
1475117
Make sure you remove the plug that came with the deflated ball. Then, the pump should have 2 valves on it - one of them should easily fit into the ball and fit over the tube so you can pump it up. After pumping, remove the valve and replace the plug back into the ball.
1563570
Sorry, can't help you with this. The simple solution may be to just not pump as much.
1744921
So I was in exactly the same situation, how to inflate ! I used a pump like you use for swimming tubes for kids, bikes etc, it worked perfectly. I bought at Target. Hope this helps.
1517341
You have to press down in the white area of the inflating tube. This can be done using the cap. Just the cap tab inside and push down.
1373043
I purchased a sports ball hand pump at my local superstore for about $5 that works well. Spalding championship pump is the one I have. I see Amazon has it for 3.99 as an add-on purchase.
993945
I have a basic hand pump that I use which it only takes me 3 minutes to inflate.....super easy!
2262976
Well mine was terrible. That is exactly why I bought it but when I got it, it needed a little inflating. It came with a cheap hand pump but no needle for the pump. There was no instruction booklet or anything. It is sitting on the floor of my office where I left it after I realized it was no good. However, maybe it was just a fluke. Maybe typically they come complete with instruction guide and needle. Not sure. IT was pretty cheap so maybe the adage, you pay for what you get, applied in this case. I hope this helps.
1726387
If you have already "pulled the plug" on the air valve, use a compressor with a long attachment to insert into the air valve. It will inflate within seconds.
631950
Have used it to inflate t0 80psi but difficult to use at that pressure, maybe that Im a weakling
186496
I had the same issue and it took a while to figure it out. Since we use it rarely we don't recall how we finally did it. If I recall correctly, the pump mechanism really does not let the air out. I think we took the mechanism off the mattress. You'll have to experiment with it.
1198542
I did not have much success filling stability (exercise) balls with this pump. It would fill the ball, but at the end it it was not strong enough to make the ball firm - the air would start leaking back through the pump. Went back to the hand pump that came with the ball.
1975916
Should not take too long, you need to pinch the valve at base to open the safety flap. You can get a simple hand pump too. Do not inflate fully it will adjust to your contours, I usually inflate a bit more than half way. Same with air beds.
328239
Loosen the valve and do nothing else. It will self-inflate. If you want it to be even fuller, you can blow into the opened valve. When it inflated to your liking, close the valve. To deflate, open the valve and roll it up tightly. Then close the valve to keep it deflated. I carry mine in my purse rolled up and deflated. It takes up little room this way.
439254
Hi: You really don't need a pump to inflate this ball. I blew it up with the little stick that comes with it and my mouth. I do this once in a while because the ball loses a bit of air and gets soft; so I just insert the little stick and blow through my mouth. It's really simple. I hope this helped!!.
993944
You can use either a hand pump or an electric pump. There are three chambers and the hand pump inflates the chambers quickly enough.
97790
This is 65' inflated and it will take a long time to inflate this ball. There are small pockets that must be inflated properly with a hand pump or a foot pump. It will take some time and doing and in my case my sons were excited after each pocket was filled. It is fun though and worth the expierence for the kids and will tire them out.