My God man--sorry to hear, and see it. Appreciate your input-Hope I don't get to that point.
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Hand Pumping With Sciatica
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I have Sciatica but not to the point that Bigragu has, it is very bad though, I can walk about 50 yards and then the pain will be to much to handle, mine goes away if I sit down....
I have the small PCP Compressors, a large SCUBA Compressor and SCBA bottles, I use the PCP compressors more, easy and convenient.
I have the small PCP Compressors, a large SCUBA Compressor and SCBA bottles, I use the PCP compressors more, easy and convenient.
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I think I should have your screen name- metalmaniac, ha ha.
So my wife wouldn’t be lying, if in a steamy conversation with her girlfriends if they ask her if she’s ever dated a guy with a bolt on, and she said yes.
All kidding aside, yeah, this whole bolt on spine is a life changer. It keeps me up at nights, and I most definitely have to pace myself with certain activities. I was such an idiot to have bought a hand pump, thinking “I could still do it” with stupid high school thinking. I let my ego get control of me. First time I tried pumping my marauder I made it to 2000 psi and said Fook dis Chit and went and bought my first tank from AirHog
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Oh my God Augie…! Next time my minor sciatica starts to buckle my leg. I will think of you and not be a little baby. To the OP, it will depend on the PCP. I find my Atomics easy to pump up from 135 to 240 BAR, 40-45 strokes. On my Compatto and Urban? Not so much, close to 100 strokes. I like “not” having to be solely dependent on my HPA compressor or SCBAs. With the small cyclinders on the Atomics and a handpump, using proper pumping technique? Good to go… pump slow and know that there is a physical benefit to you from hand pumping. I am 62 years old and aging fast and my physicality is my main asset. Still work a very active demanding job and road ride my single and tandem bicycles. Plus house chores, mowing, weeding, dump runs, etc. All those things make “hand pumping“ a non issue for me. Good luck with your choice. If you go the HPA compressor route, a handpump as backup is still good to have.
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Holy cow Augie, I knew you were broken but wow! My neck surgeries suddenly seem less significant.
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Hand pumping definitely give you a connery.
No real easy way of pumping especially 2000psi and above.
But it's a good back up that's all.
I bought a vevor electric pump £200 uk
Used it a couple of times it was grinding and didn't like pumping above 1500psi
So ripped it apart" I replaced the bearing for a cam bearing and put new pump seals in cleaned all the poopy black crap out of every orofice and turned the power supply up.
I use it regularly and it's never missed a beat since.
So my advice to anybody hand pumping unless your a sadist" get a tank or electric pump"
Bigragu your some man
No real easy way of pumping especially 2000psi and above.
But it's a good back up that's all.
I bought a vevor electric pump £200 uk
Used it a couple of times it was grinding and didn't like pumping above 1500psi
So ripped it apart" I replaced the bearing for a cam bearing and put new pump seals in cleaned all the poopy black crap out of every orofice and turned the power supply up.
I use it regularly and it's never missed a beat since.
So my advice to anybody hand pumping unless your a sadist" get a tank or electric pump"
Bigragu your some man
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If you spend much more than $50 on a hand pump, you are a sucker.
Yep, made in China, but they all are. Including Hill and Benjamin.
p.s.
They had quite a few in stock until I posted this. Now... "unavailable". LOL!
Yep, made in China, but they all are. Including Hill and Benjamin.
p.s.
They had quite a few in stock until I posted this. Now... "unavailable". LOL!
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@Bigragu -
My heart goes out to you with all of that hardware in your back.
Due to a lifetime of misadventure and general stupidity, (mostly horse related) my back is toast with ruptured discs. Surgeon wanted to replace discs as you mentioned, but I felt the technology was not advanced enough and passed. I have a very high tolerance for pain, but a few years back the pain was so bad I passed out. I don't take anything stronger that ibuprofen and just had my fourth epidural injection a week ago.
Hang in there brother and I hope your comfort improves..............Rob
My heart goes out to you with all of that hardware in your back.
Due to a lifetime of misadventure and general stupidity, (mostly horse related) my back is toast with ruptured discs. Surgeon wanted to replace discs as you mentioned, but I felt the technology was not advanced enough and passed. I have a very high tolerance for pain, but a few years back the pain was so bad I passed out. I don't take anything stronger that ibuprofen and just had my fourth epidural injection a week ago.
Hang in there brother and I hope your comfort improves..............Rob
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I am blessed to have a heathy back but I stopped hand pumping and bought a Yong Heng when I got an Avenger. I pumped it up near 300 bar once but it was just too much work to be any fun. 3000 to 3500 was doable but hundreds of pumps. If I had stuck with my little Prod I might still be hand pumping. I didn't use the YH on it for awhile because I was afraid it would fill it too fast (it's under a minute but not hard to control). After the YH I got an expired SCBA tank and a fill set. Now the YH fills the tank once a month (on average) and gun fills are quick and quiet.
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Sciatica / bad back crew checking in.
Ditch the pump, no way would I continue this hobby if the 200$-300$ for a YH or cs2 was a hindrance. Hand pumps aren't ergonomic unless you're basically a 200 lb leprechaun, I suppose you could modify one and add some kind of lever bar for leverage so you're working out anything but your back, but with how short they are, you're prone to strain your back muscles some unless you're a heavier set person and let gravity take full control, even then the posture required through the motions again is not natural, and while pulling the hand pump up isn't too strenuous, its repetitious.
I never found a great 'form' for those motions, I don't know of any gym equipment built to the same form factor/set of motion...probably a reason why eh?
The only weight that matters if the weight above the hand pumps range of motion, so a top heavy person probably can hand pump with easy compared to a slender 130-150 lb guy.
-Matt
Ditch the pump, no way would I continue this hobby if the 200$-300$ for a YH or cs2 was a hindrance. Hand pumps aren't ergonomic unless you're basically a 200 lb leprechaun, I suppose you could modify one and add some kind of lever bar for leverage so you're working out anything but your back, but with how short they are, you're prone to strain your back muscles some unless you're a heavier set person and let gravity take full control, even then the posture required through the motions again is not natural, and while pulling the hand pump up isn't too strenuous, its repetitious.
I never found a great 'form' for those motions, I don't know of any gym equipment built to the same form factor/set of motion...probably a reason why eh?
The only weight that matters if the weight above the hand pumps range of motion, so a top heavy person probably can hand pump with easy compared to a slender 130-150 lb guy.
-Matt
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Matt-I'm 130 lbs. wet.
140 lbs wet here...same deal brotha!
-Matt
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