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Home > Planet Bike 1006-3 STX Floor pump with Love Handle (taller, more durable, smoother pumping than ST)
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 No Problems, May 31, 2010
By An Engineer and Business Person (San Francisco, CA USA)
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The first generation of Planet bike pumps were problematic. This is a second generation pump, so we'll see how they work out. Planet bike lights are really first class, and other products they have designed are fantastic, but their pumps have been terrible. I took a chance on their second generation.
I just got the STX pump and tried it out - works fine. Below I mention what the reviewer before me had problems with, but that reviewer appears to have made an operator error: I pumped to 80 lbs with no real problems and it wasn't harder than any other pump I have.
Features seem very good for this price point:
-The gauge is low (it would be great if it was on top of the handle) but it is very large, so it is easy to read.
-The gauge has a moveable arrow you can use to remind you how high to pump to.
-The hose is long.
-Dual head means it fits either type of bike tube, and it comes with a needle and air mattress adapter that locks to the hose so you'll never lose it.
-Head locks on and comes off the tube valve without problems.
-Steel construction seems solid.
-The ergonomically designed pump handle is better than the other types of handles.
All in all, it's a great pump so far.
UPDATE: Still working fine two weeks later. And I figured out the problem the other reviewer was having: at the top of the stroke, the plunger can wobble a little bit from side to side. The plunger needs to be somewhat straight up and down relative to the base or you won't be able to push it down. I found myself straightening it without thinking about it - it's just sort of a natural thing to do when you are plunging down. But sure enough, if you push it off to one side too far, it won't go down at all. I think it may have been a bit melodramatic for that reviewer to push down harder and harder and then return it: just looking at it when it happened, it was pretty obvious that you needed to straighten it out at the top of the stroke, you kind of instinctively do it anyway. And yes, it would have been nice if it didn't wobble at the top. But if you can't plunge it, that's your problem. It's not super sensitive: you really have to be way out of alignment for it to stop it from plunging. I used it several times before I ever noticed it. I'm happy with this pump.
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No Problems, May 30, 2010
By An Engineer and Business Person (San Francisco, CA USA)
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The first generation of Planet bike pumps were problematic. This is a second generation pump, so we'll see how they work out. Planet bike lights are really first class, and other products they have designed are fantastic, but their pumps have been terrible. I took a chance on their second generation.
I just got the STX pump and tried it out - works fine. Below I mention what the reviewer before me had problems with, but that reviewer appears to have made an operator error: I pumped to 80 lbs with no real problems and it wasn't harder than any other pump I have.
Features seem very good for this price point:
-The gauge is low (it would be great if it was on top of the handle) but it is very large, so it is easy to read.
-The gauge has a moveable arrow you can use to remind you how high to pump to.
-The hose is long.
-Dual head means it fits either type of bike tube, and it comes with a needle and air mattress adapter that locks to the hose so you'll never lose it.
-Head locks on and comes off the tube valve without problems.
-Steel construction seems solid.
-The ergonomically designed pump handle is better than the other types of handles.
All in all, it's a great pump so far.
UPDATE: Still working fine two weeks later. And I figured out the problem the other reviewer was having: at the top of the stroke, the plunger can wobble a little bit from side to side. The plunger needs to be somewhat straight up and down relative to the base or you won't be able to push it down. I found myself straightening it without thinking about it - it's just sort of a natural thing to do when you are plunging down. But sure enough, if you push it off to one side too far, it won't go down at all. I think it may have been a bit melodramatic for that reviewer to push down harder and harder and then return it: just looking at it when it happened, it was pretty obvious that you needed to straighten it out at the top of the stroke, you kind of instinctively do it anyway. And yes, it would have been nice if it didn't wobble at the top. But if you can't plunge it, that's your problem. It's not super sensitive: you really have to be way out of alignment for it to stop it from plunging. I used it several times before I ever noticed it. I'm happy with this pump.
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 Too difficult to pump, July 19, 2009
By Anikin
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I am 42, and in typical avid biker shape - lift weights, all muscle, 5-9, 165# - not a weakling at all. I could not push this pump through second-stage pumping beyond 70 PSI without jumping up and down on it!
It's amazing that in this day and age, some companies still can't make a floor pump that is easy to pump to high pressure...
Returning this right away.
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I hate to do this, but..., April 3, 2011
By R. Stark (Little Rock, AR)
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I generally love Planet Bike stuff. I like that they give 25% of their profits back to cycling advocacy organizations. I have had excellent luck with their head and tail lights, Freddy Fenders, and their computers. I hate this pump. It is extremely disappointing. Worst of all, it's difficult to get a good seal between the pump head and most presta valves (some are better than others), it starts leaking about 70 psi. It's useless for high-pressure road tires, especially, for some reason, on Continental tube valve stems -- you never get the damn tire pumped up. Also, the "love handle" or whatever they call it is much less stable and way more awkward than the good old T-handle that everybody else has been using for the last 100 years or so. This is exacerbated by the unstable base on the pump. It doesn't stand up very well when you're pumping or when you're not. In sum, don't waste your money. To replace this pump, I bought a $14.99 house-brand special from one of the main bike mail-order outfits. It's great. The Planet Bike STX is like the fax machine in Office Space. I want to beat it to death and throw it in the garbage bin.
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