How long does it take to pull air out of something small? I am using it for a school project and so far it is a dud.
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Mine unit achieves it's full vacuum potential (20"), on a half pint canning jar &lt; 1 min.
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It will deflate in 5-10 minutes, aided by folding/rolling it up and sitting on it to press the air out. Unfortunately it is too big and unwieldy for a backpack; I keep mine in a 40-gallon contractor's garbage bag in the trunk of my car.
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Drip dry takes 10-15 minutes or you can hit with compressed air. You can also avoid water by vacuuming it clean.ThanksClean Air Solutions LLC
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I filled up the whole container minus a little so there was room for the steam to build. As for the wait time, it took about 12 minutes before I got any real power. Unfortunately, you only get about a 3 seconds spritz before you have to wait another 3 minutes for enough steam to build back up.
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Yeah I used an air mattress pump. It really isn't a lot of air. You can blow it up with your mouth in about ten minutes. It's super easy.
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With a dual action hand pump I can inflate mine in under 10 minutes. With the electric pump in under 5. By lung power about a half hour(only did this once lol)
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I keep one of these in each of my cars. I use it to top off the air in the tires, as well as for emergencies. It takes about ten minutes to completely inflate a tire on my wife's economy car and way longer on my SUV. It gets very hot when running for prolonged periods of time, so I only do so occasionally. If you need to do something like that on a regular basis, get a real compressor and not something that runs off the cigarette lighter in your car.
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I don't know, I never timed it. It takes a couple of minutes which is quite fast. And deflating it is fast as well.
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It lets air in but not come back out. I used my shop vac to air it up. Works great. About an inch on diameter.
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The fan will pull out very little running for an hour. If used to push in non-humid fresh air it would in a short time.
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It takes me about 5 minutes. My friend has a Big Agnes pad and it takes him just as long. The difference is that you have to fill 6 different sections, with 6 different valves. Inflating it is not as bad as I thought it would be. Deflating it is another matter. It is irritating to fight the little pinch valves to get the air out.
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I would agree that it's around an hour. It works well, but it does work well, but doesn't quite flow as fast as advertised.
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We used our own air,and it did not take long at all. You can use a bike pump if you have one, or inflatable mattress. Grandson loves his, even uses it as pool.
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I usually just let it sit with the plug pulled out, it takes about an hour. It doesn't fully deflate so you have to step on it. I don't have to deflate it usually so this doesn't bother me. :)
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I have a basic hand pump that I use which it only takes me 3 minutes to inflate.....super easy!
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It's not that long. I mainly use it for inflating my kids basketballs. I'm a coach and we also use the exact one to inflate all the balls there as well.
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You have to leave space for the air to circulate. It works great but if you overfill takes a long time to reach goal. It has a timer and a thermometer but you have to keep an eye on both. I wasn't comfortable leaving it completely unattended. About two milk crateswith items in them is about the most you can put in at a time. I used a flat plastic lid on top of the bricks and the net and it helped support stuff so it didn't touch bottom. The plastic lid I used is 23 x. 17 . left plenty of space for things to heat up quickly. Some trial and error for us, but finding dead bed bugs in the bottom is a great reward. Really like this product. You have to leave space for the air to circulate. It works great but if you overfill takes a long time to reach goal. It has a timer and a thermometer but you have to keep an eye on both. I wasn't comfortable leaving it completely unattended. About two milk crateswith items in them is about the most you can put in at a time. I used a flat plastic lid on top of the bricks and the net and it helped support stuff so it didn't touch bottom. The plastic lid I used is 23 x. 17 . left plenty of space for things to heat up quickly. Some trial and error for us, but finding dead bed bugs in the... » Read More You have to leave space for the air to circulate. It works great but if you overfill takes a long time to reach goal. It has a timer and a thermometer but you have to keep an eye on both. I wasn't comfortable leaving it completely unattended. About two milk crateswith items in them is about the most you can put in at a time. I used a flat plastic lid on top of the bricks and the net and it helped support stuff so it didn't touch bottom. The plastic lid I used is 23 x. 17 . left plenty of space for things to heat up quickly. Some trial and error for us, but finding dead bed bugs in the bottom is a great reward. Really like this product. « Show Less