Any tips for deflating?
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It looks like this thread died. Does anyone out there have suggestions on how to deflate and roll this? I'm a single female weighing about 130 pounds and I've had no success. I have sat on it, stood on it, lain on it, squeezed it, put cement blocks on the ends... nothing is working. Help!
859794
That's a pretty tough nut. I tried and said to heck with it and stored it inflated. I wonder if a vacuum would work, now that I'm thinking about it.
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We couldn't deflate it enough to get it back into the case when we went camping. Got it home and sealed all but one valve and used a shop vac to deflate it. Worked great but we haven't reinflated yet to see if the vac was too much.
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I use the Rave 12 volt High Pressure Inflator/Deflator $48.48 purchased from Amazon. RAVE Sports 12V High Pressure Inflator/DeflatorWorks well but suggest using it for only 30 seconds or less (enough time to deflate) as it tends to heat up and may destroy itself. I put electrical tape around the hose end so it would seal to the inside of the mattress port. The mattress slowly re-inflates even with the ports tightly closed so I suggest using the bag that comes with it. This is the most comfortable mattress I have ever used for camping. Nearly as good as my bedroom pillow-top. I use the Rave 12 volt High Pressure Inflator/Deflator $48.48 purchased from Amazon. RAVE Sports 12V High Pressure Inflator/DeflatorWorks well but suggest using it for only 30 seconds or less (enough time to deflate) as it tends to heat up and may destroy itself. I put electrical tape around the hose end so it would seal to the inside of the mattress port. The mattress slowly re-inflates even with the ports tightly closed so I suggest using the bag that comes with it. This is the most comfortable mattress I have ever used for... » Read More I use the Rave 12 volt High Pressure Inflator/Deflator $48.48 purchased from Amazon. RAVE Sports 12V High Pressure Inflator/DeflatorWorks well but suggest using it for only 30 seconds or less (enough time to deflate) as it tends to heat up and may destroy itself. I put electrical tape around the hose end so it would seal to the inside of the mattress port. The mattress slowly re-inflates even with the ports tightly closed so I suggest using the bag that comes with it. This is the most comfortable mattress I have ever used for camping. Nearly as good as my bedroom pillow-top. « Show Less
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You need two adults to deflate the thing. its very frustrating if you try to do it solo.
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Patience and perseverance - I knew it was going to be a bit of an issue before purchase and did ok, just need to lay on it. Wish I had a better solution and would be open to hearing additional comments myself.
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There's a large nut around the air intake that secures the one way valve. Take that off and it deflates in maybe a minute to as flat as it can before rolling. After that, fold it in thirds, bringing both sides across the middle with the valve being on the bottom and center, then roll it up. Round trip time is about three to five mins and it's completely flat.
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We have no problems deflating the bed. We store it in the bag it came in at the bottom of our closet.
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I had the same problem too. I used my air compressor and just stuck the end in the hole and stuck a rag around in the hole to clog it. It took me about 30 min. to get the thing inflated,but I finally got it.Hope this helps you out.
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15-30 seconds. Just opening the plug on the end will deflate quickly but you can also turn the air pump on and set it to deflate and the motor will suck air out of the mattress. It deflates quickly enough by just opening the valve that I've never used the pump except to see how it worked.
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Just use your mouth...only takes a few breaths in each valve to be fully inflated.
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It deflates quickly. I think it took less than 5 minutes to deflate. I let it lay for a while before I folded it up and put it back in its bag.
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I believe a standard tire or electric pump will work. We had no problem inflating and deflating these tubes. We really enjoyed using them too.
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You don't need the pump to deflate. Just push the air out. I wouldn't leave it attached to the bed. It just fits into the bag along with the bed when deflated. It's good.
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Mine deflates at least 50% between uses. It's annoying, but it's so fast to reinflate that I don't care. If you're using it a lot it will be inconvenient.
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You just loosen the cap and start pushing the air out. At the end, you just start and one end and roll the mattress up, pushing any extra air out of the cap (similar to rolling a tube of toothpaste). It only takes a couple of minutes to deflate it and get it folded up so that it fits back in the box.
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I'm assuming that you are attending the music festival, rather than hosting it? That would mean that you are taking the deflated balloon in with you and can't take an electric pump or shop vac with you. It will take forever to try to blow it up without one of those. You could try cans of compressed air or maybe a foot pump or bicycle pump, but be prepared to go early.
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I usually place a matchstick in valve to deflate. Can fold up fairly small when deflated. These rafts are not as durable as the old Sevylors, that are no longer available.
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June, I personally have never had to deflate it but I can't foresee that as any problem. Just pull the plug and let it deflate. Inflating it was simple! Hope this helps. P.S.This is still a HUGE favourite with my granddaughter. Can say enough good about this product!
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No, it truly has a vaccum port so that you can remove ALL the air. Deflate wouldnt be enough to really get all the air out.
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There is a little button right next to the rubber pump for deflation. hold the button down, and roll up the bag
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deflates after one or two hours. Need to either return it or get something else.