how does the air pump work?
300842
the pump (which can be adjusted to various firmness levels) fills up the air pockets in the mattress in alternating sections to shift pressure off the various body points. I have a 27 year old son who is a quadriplegic and it eliminates any pressure Points while he is in bed by continually inflating a deflating various sections in mattress. Works great but like all air mattresses will require mending small tears in mattress occasionally. Wish the mattress was a little more sturdily built but does a great job especially for the price.
300843
You plug it into the outlet and it fills some of the pockets with air and then they deflate and the rest fill alternately.Works pretty well. My mom thought it was comfortable and she didn't get skin breakdown.
300844
When you plug it in, it generates the air needed to fill it. I keep it on the lowest to save energy and to keep the lasting longer. I also had to make a small thick roll of paper towel and tapped it to the back bottom where it touches the headboard. It helps keeps the vibration noise down. The motor per say I am not a mechanical person to know the inner workings of the actual pump. So, far I am very please and able to sleep better at night. Just place the pump at the foot base board of your bed. Enjoy, it works for me.
110595
No it doesn't. I had an battery operated air pump for many years, but found that the batteries only lasted 4-5 years and replacing them cost almost as much as a new unit. I decided to try this air pump instead and so far I've been happy with it.
724678
This pump is to put air INTO an item, filling air on both the up & down strokes. Once filled with air you reinstall the plug attached to the item's access port. To deflate you simply remove the plug and the air escapes. NOTE: to deflate you may need to press and fold a mattress; to release the air on our mattress you need to pull/release the access port out from its indented position and unplug same.
1575375
In the up postion. The pump is what takes the air out and then the button goes down a little.
1302170
I don't use an air pump or stone in any of my tanks, I have 3. The air pump is to add oxygen to the tank, which a circulator does, aim it up to break the water, it let's gas be released also.
109058
This is a vacuum pump - it just pulls air. It sounds like you need an air compressor, which has a tank on it.
1219819
A bike pump is normally used, or any air mattress can be used as well, but in an emergency you can also blow it up by breathing into it...it may take longer but it works fine.Great product and we still use if a lot.
1350851
I use a handheld, portable air mattress pump. It's fast, easy to maneuver to the different valves, and small enough to take along.
1640552
Its so easy, it takes about 2 min with a small shop vac and you reverse the hook up so it blows air instead of vacuums. I do this for air mattresses, floating island I have and a 12' floating trampoline. I use the small "Stinger" Vac available from Home Depot for about $40, a little more than a 12v mini useless pump.
1965504
I dont know , it pumps air like the hose at a gas station . If you are pumping water out of something by using compressed air you could use it but Im sure water should not be introduced into the pump .
99639
It doesn't come with an airline, and it is not a air pump it is a sponge filter design to suck up debris and uneaten food. In order for it to work you'll have to connect it to a air pump, and when it is working it also add oxygen to the water. Hope this answer your question
872254
As Jena said... there's an air stone that's kept in the tube, while the actual pump stays on the outside. Luckily, it isn't very noisy :)
1206291
It comes with a pump that you can operate with your hands or foot, and a hose. My husband hooked up our air compressor, because the pump it comes with takes quite a while.
770682
It works like an automatic blood pressure machine, it progressively pumps up all the air cushions for a duration of your choice (from 20 sec to 60 sec), then releases the pressure (during like 5 seconds), then do it again, in loop, until 20 minutes, so you can let it go like that without touching any button for 20 minutes, then the machine stops automatically. According to how you plug the plastic wires blowing air (from the machine to the cushions), it can pump the combination of cushion of your choice (legs, thighs, etc... any kind of combination is possible).
790368
No air pump. Fills up nicely with a foot pump. But the plug-in air pump I use for my air mattress works very fast
1260785
It inflates with a separate little pump kit which takes 4 D batteries. The problem with the little unit is getting it off once it's finished. There's no tight seal and a good deal of the air escapes as one is trying to remove the little apparatus from the end of the air bed. Very frustrating.
1574523
It's super simple, it has a small compartment that houses a plug, and once it's plugged in you flip a switch and the pump turns on. It has a two way design, so once you're done with the bed, you just turn the nob on the pump panel and it deflates.