What is the electric paddleboard pump?
For most people, sports are often a source of excitement, or are they?
Water sports especially offer many activities that make them enjoyabl1e, and you often find a lot of people during the summer at the beach trying to be part of the excitement.
Water skiing or surfing is one major water sport you’ll find many people doing at the beach. However, the downside is that you must carry a hardboard that weighs about 7 pounds and is 7 feet long.
The solution to this burden is the SUP board.
The Stand-Up Paddle (SUP) board is an inflatable board that does not need a car strap to move around and weighs far less than the hardboard.
The SUP board or paddleboard (for short) has become widely accepted by the surfing community that almost everyone coming to the beach to surf comes with their SUP board neatly tucked away in their backpack.
Nonetheless, there is still a challenge to inflate the board since it is practically useless without pumping it. However, the main challenge is not the absence of a pump since it comes prepackaged with a manual pump.
The stress involved in manually pumping the paddleboard drains you of so much energy that it can leave you less excited about surfing than you initially had.
Fortunately, an electric paddleboard pump can come to your rescue to pump your paddleboard with less effort on your part, and in less than half the time it takes you to pump it with a manual pump.
Are electric paddleboard pumps universal?
Unlike a general pump, which is typically designed to produce very high pressure of up to 40 psi and above, the electric paddleboard pump is often designed with a reduced pressure suitable for inflating paddleboards.
With this said, there are still differences in the paddle pumps available in the market today. You will find two broad categories of electric paddleboard pumps, including single function pumps and multifunctional pumps.
The single function electric paddleboard pumps are the conventional types and are most popular for paddleboarders. These pumps are generally for pumping paddleboards only. Hence, they come with specific functions that allow the efficient inflation of your paddleboards.
One of these functions includes speed settings that ensure that the pump does not exceed the designed speed for pumping paddleboards.
Other functions include temperature settings, timer, and pressure settings, all of which ensure that the designed temperature and pressure are not exceeded.
The multifunctional electric paddleboard pumps, on the other, have varying settings for things like temperature, speed, pressure, and timer.
This is because the multifunctional type of pump has been designed to pump not just paddleboards but other inflatable items.
These other inflatable items often include inflatable mattresses, balls, kayaks, and even bicycle tires. These items require varying amounts of pressures at different speeds.
Hence, the multifunctional pump has been designed with varying settings to accommodate these other items apart from the paddleboards.
Some examples of single-function SUP pumps and multifunctional ones
Here in this section, we’ll show you some of the popular brands of both single-function and multifunctional electric paddleboard pumps that you may find around in your search for a SUP pump.
1. First in the single function category is the Nixy Elite SUP pump, which includes a pump hose adaptor, automated settings that allow you to set your desired paddleboard pressure, and a maximum pressure of 20 psi.
One very desirable feature is its portability coupled with its long cables that lets you plug into a power source even if it is quite a distance from your paddleboard. It also comes with a carrying bag, further enabling its portability.
2. SUP pump is this Seamax SUP20 electric pump. One distinguishing feature of this SUP pump is its temperature sensor since most SUP overheating is one of the significant causes of damage to SUP pumps.
Seamax SUP20 thermal sensors automatically shut the pump down when it is about to overheat. Its other features include automated pressure settings, valve adaptor, portable, and quiet workings.
Here are some multifunctional electric paddleboard pumps for your consideration.
1. The Bravo 20 SUP pump, which like most other multifunctional pumps, can inflate kites, air mattresses, and of course, paddleboards.
It is equipped with adapters for different valve sizes to cater for the additional inflatable items. It also comes with pressure settings for you to set your required paddleboard pressure and has a fast pump time of 7 minutes for a 15-psi pressure paddleboard.
2. The Sevylor SUP pump is yet another multifunctional electric SUP pump used for pumping kayaks, boats, air mattresses, and paddleboards.
Its compatibility with other valves is enhanced with a multifunctional valve adaptor, with a digital display where you can automate the required pump pressure.
It is also equipped with a 12V battery connector, long cables extending to as long as 5m and inflating a 15-psi paddleboard in less than 7 minutes.
Conclusion
Finally, electric paddleboard pumps were designed to make your life as a Stand-Up Paddleboarder very easy. Rather than spend your whole surfing time pumping manually, the electric SUP pump inflates your paddleboard in no time, setting you free to jump into the water for some fun.
Nonetheless, understanding your paddleboard requirements in terms of pumping pressure will go a long way to reduce your stress when in the market for an electric SUP pump.
You might want to consider if you need a single function electric SUP pump for strictly paddleboard pumping or if you need a multifunctional SUP pump to inflate other items like airbeds, kayaks, etc.
Now that the ball is in your court, what move will you make?