Cheapest 🎁 DMP180ZX 18V LXT® Lithium-Ion Cordless Inflator, Tool Only Camo Green 🛒

8 reviews for Cheapest 🎁 DMP180ZX 18V LXT® Lithium-Ion Cordless Inflator, Tool Only Camo Green 🛒

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   H – December 8, 2020

   This is a really nice cordless inflator. I picked it up so that I could have something more mobile with me in my car, as I live on a farm and nails are a common occurrence in tires around here. So being able to just pop this thing out and fill some air in is really nice.First thing that I absolutely must mention, and this is quite an issue for me, though, not an issue without a pretty easy remedy, but nevertheless, a remedy that shouldn’t have to be made by the consumer on a product at such a premium price.. Issue being, even though in order to use this inflator, you set the desired pressure with the + or – buttons, and the inflator stops pumping once the desired pressure is reached, you must hold the inflator, squeezing the trigger down the ENTIRE TIME… Now, that doesn’t much make sense to me. Why bother having the main mechanism for inflating be a user set pressure for the pump to automatically cut off at, if they are going to have the thing in their hand the entire time that it’s inflating, with the digital readout within easy eyesight? Why not have a simple locking feature on the trigger like plenty of other tools, heck, even tools such as saws have. Where you can squeeze the trigger, and press a secondary button that allows the trigger to hold itself down, so you don’t have to sit there crouched over in the dark, 15° F windy weather while your tire inflates from 15 psi up to 34 psi, which even on the strongest of tire inflators, can take a little while. ALL THAT BEING SAID, this issue does seem like it could QUITE easily be remedied by the end user. I haven’t done it yet myself, but I’m going to give it a try later today and I’ll update the review with how it goes. All someone would need to do is fashion a way to hold down the trigger. I thought about making a sleeve of sorts that could be wrapped around the handle, and when you squeeze the trigger, you could simply slide the sleeve over the trigger, holding it down.. I figure a piece of velcro would be the easiest solution. Not to mention it’s a non-permanent modification. I’m sure you could get more technical and really work something up nice, like a 3D printed plastic sleeve that conforms to the handle or some kind of mechanism to lock it once you squeeze it once, but that’s a lot of work to put into a $100+ inflator.As for the other features of the inflator. One of the most important things is how well it does it’s job inflating things, and how quickly it does it. I’ve found that this inflator does quite the amazing job, especially for a cordless inflator. This thing has absolutely no problems inflating a vehicle tire from 15-20 psi up to 34 psi… The pressure increase does seem to slow down once it gets to around 32-34 psi, but that’s going to happen with any electric inflator. In fact, this one isn’t nearly as bad as other inflators I’ve used which plug into an AC, 120V outlet even! I’m very pleased with how this light little cordless unit has outpaced any rechargeable, 12V DC plug in or 120V AC plug in inflator I’ve ever used.. The only way you’re going to get more performance and a quicker fill is having a proper air compressor and an air tank, as they already have about 150psi of air in a big ole 5-20 gallon tank in reserve ready to fill your tire.Battery life seems to be very good, even for the relatively low capacity 1.5Ah battery that comes with the kit. I have used the inflator multiple times, filling tires from nearly flat to full and haven’t had to charge it yet. Still going strong. That being said, if you’re going to rely on this for more emergency situations, I would pick up a 4.0Ah or 5.0Ah Makita battery from wherever, or if you have other Makita LXT tools like I do, use one of those. I haven’t used my 4.0Ah Makita batteries in this thing yet because honestly, I haven’t even had to. It’s suiting my purposes just fine. But if you’re going to be doing a lot of inflation, somewhere like a construction site, or if you’re a tow truck driver or in any profession that requires you to have one of these, a police officer maybe even, i would just go ahead and splash the cash for the 4.0 or 5.0Ah battery just for the extra peice of mine. In that case, you could probably just purchase the bare tool, the inflator by itself without the charger or battery, and pick up the charger and battery separately. Don’t know if that would be more expensive or less, but batteries can be pricey.The only criticism that I can give this thing, besides the boneheaded decision to not have a trigger lock on this thing would be the length of the hose, ESPECIALLY considering that you have to hold the inflator and keep the trigger squeezed down the entire time… I’m 6’0″ and I’m crouching severely to do this. Someone of any height would need to crouch to use this. If you’re going to be made to hold the trigger, they could have gave it a longer hose and provided a way to wrap it around the inflator so it wouldn’t get in the way when storing it. So if you have back problems, or you’re elderly, or just lazy like me, I would definitely mod yourself a way of allowing the trigger to stay held down… Also, on some valve stems, pulling chuck off once you’re done inflating can be a little frustrating. It’s kind of a precise fit on some valve stems.. Doesn’t seem to be a problem getting it on, but taking it off CAN be finicky, sometimes, but rarely. Just know that it can be an issue.All in all, great inflator, give it a shot you wont be disappointed.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   tonyb – September 29, 2022

   This is great little pump to fill bicycle tire and top off car tires. Anything more than that you’ll want something bigger.I bought two of these pumps and the accuracy of the gauge was off. One by +2psi and the other +4psi. I measure against two accurate digital gauges that I frequently use. I was disappointed that I couldn’t calibrate the gauge on the pumps. This seems like something you should be able to do. Setting the gauge at 36psi and taking a separate reading at 40psi is way off and unacceptable. Tolerance should be closer to 0.5.I returned the pump that was 4psi over and kept the other at 2psi over with a sticky note to adjust the gauge when I set it. It’s a work around you shouldn’t have to do but I needed a pump.I don’t know how it compares to other battery operated pumps. But since I own other Makita tools, I want to stay in the same eco system. I super happy with Makita’s other tools but disappointed with this pumps gauge. Maybe Makita will fix this with future models.

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Mountain Mike – October 20, 2022

   Ive seen pumps maybe for a higher price ,that you don’t have to hold the button ..it would be hard if you had an almost flat tire to stand there the whole time ..it seems to be accurate and will shut off at predetermined pressure but why not have a trigger lock ..adding a little air is not a big deal though.i think I’ll tighten a zip tie just tight enough to hold the trigger but cut any excess so it won’t get tighter ..it will float around a little when not in use but no big deal it is a lightweight pump when you need one ??

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Dana Johnston – November 2, 2022

   I have tried several inflators in the past. This one is the only one I have been happy with. Very easy to use and gives accurate before and after readings.One complaint I see in a lot of reviews is no trigger lock. It takes less than one minute for me to add 1-5 PSI to my tires so it is no big deal.Would I buy it again? YES! YES! YES!

5. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Stefan Hall – November 17, 2022

   The biggest complaint people have said on this is that you have to pull the trigger continually to keep it pumping air… not if you have literally any kind of clamp. Problem solved. Also this will take any of the off brand Mikita batteries.

6. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Paunch Line – November 25, 2022

   Some reviewers complained about having to hold the trigger, but I found that to me a minor inconvenience. Only drove 103 miles this year (2022) and each tire only had around 4 pounds of air after sitting in the garage for most of the year. A recent cold spell increased the decline in air pressure. The Makita cordless inflator reinflated each tire in less than three minutes – not including the 5 minute recommended cooling down period between inflation of each tire. I watched a lot of online reviews and found the stellar rating of the Makita held true.

7. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Honest opinion – November 30, 2022

   Wasted money buying various “compact” sized inflators that either didn’t work or took forever to do the job. Wished I had just purchased this from the beginning, works great and I can use the same battery that I use with my other Makita tools.Very happy with purchase!!

8. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Mr. R – December 9, 2022

   After stopping at 3 different places close to where I live trying to find a air pump that actually worked to top off my tires I was fed up and came home to search for a solution. Having a few other Makita cordless tools I found this and since I’ve enjoyed the other tools (plus I can use the same batteries) I pulled the trigger. Once this arrived I put on a battery, set the PSI for my car tires and started filling them up. Simple. Easy to Use. So easy, I did my wife car tires as well. Took about 2 minutes per tire to get to the correct PSI (down about 3 or 4 in each tire). No problems at all. I can’t wait to use this on my bicycle tires once the weather gets warmer.