I bought it to blow up balloons, but it didn´t work. The balloons don´t inflate at all. Any ideas?
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There are two settings. I made the mistake of having the nozzle on the "suck" instead of the blow. Check it and see :-)
303085
This is just all thoughts coming together to hopefully help - using the attachment with the long skinny nozzle, attach to the side that blows to inflate(the other side sucks to deflate) make sure you twist it to lock it in. Slide the balloon onto the long nozzle and hold tight then turn on. It worked for me. Hope this helps.
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It didn't come with a pump, but I was able to blow it up by using my mouth. It's a very small, soft, rubbery ball, and didn't take much air to fill up. It was much easier to blow up than a balloon is.
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Lots. It just takes a little tiny bit (not a full pump) and then you squish it around in the inside of the balloon. Too much of a squirt will actually make the balloons drop because of the weight (in the mtns of CO, anyway). But really, just a little squirt and then you massage the balloon. I just found 3 balloons from November when cleaning our theater that were still inflated --- not floating, but not loosing air. It works if you are looking for something to extend the helium's "hours".
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I know this is crazy but we haven't used this yet. Planned on blowing it up to at least test, but haven't even done that. Sorry I can't be more helpful! Amazon may accept the return of it doesn't fit your needs.
1951123
hmmm send it back. it should work to push the jellyfidh up with air. it should push air for a few seconds then wait a few sconds. sounds like you have a faulty one. we've had ours for 3 yrs.
19893
We bought an electric air pump like you would use to blow up an air mattress. It had different nozzles so it worked well. I would not recommend purchasing this intex playhouse or any other intex playhouse because they rip very easy. Also the main place to fill this with air does not like to stay closed. We had to duct tape it closed.
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I would imagine it could be used on balloons- pumps air on the push & pull motions very well. I personally use a small helium tank from the party store- and keep it on hand.( one of those tanks lasts at leat a year).
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I haven't done it, but I am pretty confident you can use an air mattress pump or something similar. However they are really easy to blow up, easier than it looks, not a lot of air. They are a great buy, super cheap fun!
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I used an air mattress pump I already had because it inflates really fast. It worked on this and blew it up in less than a minute. Pretty much any standard pump should work.
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Hi! Inflating balloons with this pump results in balloons that stay on the ground. If you want your balloons to float, you could purchase a Balloon Time Tank that has helium, which causes the balloons to float.
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I bought it to inflate queen size mattress and it sounded alarm immediately but inflated about half way then stopped. Honestly it may have inflated twin. Perhaps the queen was just too much area to push the air into.
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it's not broken, i don't understand why you would think it would add air upon pulling and pushing.. 1 way pushes the air in. then a checkvalve seals it so it doesn't suck the air out of the balloon whlie it fills the pump back with air when u pull it... it's basic physics. pushing creates pressure, which pushes air into the ballon, pulling creates a void/vacuum which sucks air into the pump to refill it. it takes like 2 seconds to fill a ballon regardless do i can't comprehend your malfunction.
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I don't think that it would be useful for that purpose at all. It takes a lot of pumping to blow up a small animal balloon. A foot pump might work really well for a pool, though:Texsport Deluxe High-Volume Bellows Air Pump
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The pump is not air-tight enough to inflate the balloons with just air. You can pump the balloon up to walnut-size, that's it.
1385476
If you want the balloons to float in the air then no, this uses air not Helium and really not sure if the Mylar would blow up properly with this. You could try one and see.
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Sorry I can't help you as I've never had that problem. Maybe you're putting the balloon on too tight. I really don't know and I'm sorry I can't be of more help.
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The pump is meant for inflatable rafts, etc., so I would think that it might work for inflatable pools. It works beautifully for inflating air mattresses. I don't know about balloons. Maybe you could make some sort of adapter for it. The pump pushes air into the item being inflated on both the DOWN and UP strokes. Very efficient.