Dinghy Foot Pump for AB

[DWJensen]

Pump for AB Dinghy

In the market for a pump for our RIB. It's a newer ('21) AB AL RIB and holds air perfectly, but I'd like to have a pump on hand, "just in case". We had a nice bellows style foot pump on our last boat, but that went with it when we sold.

I've been doing a little looking around and am surprised by the wide range of prices - I found a couple on Defender's site that look like they would work just fine, but I don't know what valves our AB has (and the boat is a few hours away right now). I'd really like to stick in the under $50 range as it's (hopefully) not going to get much/any use and is just in case of emergency.

So, based on the above, any suggestions/recommendations, or input on AB valve types - Foot vs. hand, etc?

Thanks,

 

[DavidM]

West Marine's foot pump which may be the same as Defenders for all I know, has a wide variety of adapters. They fit my Caribe and later an AB dinghy. Worse comes to worst, you might have to file down one to fit snugly.

David

 

[koliver]

Check with AB for the max PSI your dinghy can take. Buy a pump that has the right size pumping surface to deliver that PSI when you put your full weight on that surface.

 

[CaptTom]

Check into piston pumps, too. They pump on the up and down stroke, move a lot more air than the foot pumps, and I'm finding them much quicker and easier to use.

 

[Comodave]

Check into piston pumps, too. They pump on the up and down stroke, move a lot more air than the foot pumps, and I'm finding them much quicker and easier to use.

That’s what we had on our last dinghy and it worked great.

 

[ghost]

Hmmmph. I recently took delivery of a ‘2021 AB. I don’t know what size the valves are, but the pump came with it. Maybe the dealer threw it in.

 

[DWJensen]

Hmmmph. I recently took delivery of a ‘2021 AB. I don’t know what size the valves are, but the pump came with it. Maybe the dealer threw it in.

I was hoping there was one, but the P.O. says nope.