Me and my Family are going camping this weekend and we are not going to have access to electricity... we need some way to air up 2 queen size matressses, is there some kinda thing you can plug into your car that has a outlet on it or is there some cheap power source i can get????
2007-05-30 13:32:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Camping
they make 12volt air pumps for that that plug into car. they will pump up a bed in like one min. try wallmart or kmart or so on. they are less then 20 bucks and well worth it. Check by where they sell the air mattresses in camping. These are high volume air pumps made for it.
2007-05-30 13:36:12 · answer #1 · answered by Michael S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy an "inverter" from Walmart or any other store for around $15 to $50. The inverter plugs into your car lighter and converts 12 V to 120 V. You can plug in the mattress adpater into the inverter. Make sure the wattage on the inverter can handle the wattage on the mattress...my guess is any inverter should be able to handle an air matress. Now that you are spending money to buy an inverter, buy a one that you can even use to run a laptop or a dvd player or cell phone...
hope this helps.
2007-05-30 13:42:56 · answer #2 · answered by Camper 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Zach,
Coleman has what is called their 4 D 11 Quick Pump, runs on 4 D Cell batteries that works great, also can be used for deflating as well. We picked up one at Kmart for about 20 bucks. I use it on our two Queen size mattreses and an 11 1/2 ' raft without any problems. Just bring along spare batteries and that be it...
2007-06-01 18:26:14 · answer #3 · answered by FishSteelhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Air pumps are available in any sporting goods store that operate off of 12 volt and off of batteries. Cost, around $20. Just check in the camping section, near the air mattresses.
2007-05-30 14:13:09 · answer #4 · answered by outdoors.guy54 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make air power air pumps that you can plug into your car outlet thing, they also make manual ones that you can pump by hand, but those take forever to use.
Just go to your local wal-mart or whatever and tell them what you need. They'll get you set right up.
2007-05-30 13:36:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes there is an air pump that will pump up your car tire and it plugs into your cigarette lighter in your car. It will work great for an air mattress, but you may need an adapter for the end where the air comes out.
2007-05-30 13:36:19 · answer #6 · answered by kyeann 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did not read all responses. go buy an inverter any truck stop or home improvement store sells them. light duty plug into cigarette liter heavy duty clips onto battery will not drain battery down all the way. my favorite it to buy a jump start kit it is a inverter light radio battery jump start combo carry with you. it will run a small TV for 4-8 hours its the best investment you will ever make.
2007-05-31 17:59:38 · answer #7 · answered by 7.62x54 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A power inverter, changes 12v to 11ov, you can get em at the auto parts store, about 50 bucks.
2007-05-31 06:36:17 · answer #8 · answered by Mark G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Wal-Mart or K-Mart, they both sell air-pumps you can use for your mattresses. The pumps may require batteries, so buy extra packages of batteries.
2007-05-30 16:46:19 · answer #9 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about a foot pump? Those things are cheap and they don't take very long.
2007-06-01 06:16:34 · answer #10 · answered by coloclone 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋