Air mattress inflator

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Fargoist
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Air mattress inflator

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The alpkit numo mat takes some blowing up, so inspired by this video I made the job a bit easier with a rubble sack, rubber washer and old pop bottle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGW_b-sdGRc

Don't have a drill to hand so just used the small blade on my SAK to cut out the required diameter hole.
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Bearlegged
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Neat. :-bd
belugabob
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And, the added bonus is that you're not exhaling damp air, from your lungs, into your mattress - where it can turn manky and cause problems.
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dlovett
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I might have to make one of those as it could double up as a waterproof liner for the dry bags. I do ave the little battery Thermarest inflator, but it’s very slow and very noisy.
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