Q. I was excited to read your column about portable tire inflators. I often have to add air to my bike tires, so the idea of getting a $20 inflator I could use with my Ryobi battery system was very attractive. Yesterday I went to my local Home Depot and saw that the $20 inflator was for inflating air mattresses. The high-pressure inflator was $45. My enthusiasm was sufficiently dampened that I did not buy it and went back to my old guy philosophy of using the hand pump. I wanted you to know this regarding the product, price and availability.
—K.H., Los Gatos, California
A. There are three Ryobi cordless inflators that work with their 18V ONE+ battery system. There is the high-pressure version (P737D) I reviewed and had purchased for $19.97, a $30.57 high-volume model for air mattresses and pool toys and a $54.98 dual function inflator/deflator. All prices were taken from the Home Depot website on Feb. 15, using a western Pennsylvania ZIP code. The high-pressure inflator SKU is 1003944762, the high-volume inflator SKU is 1002309571 and the dual function inflator SKU is 1004139218. Searching for the SKU on the Home Depot website should pull up the appropriate product.
