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Pretty much every single time I put petrol in the car I look at the tyre pressure machine in the corner of the forecourt and think ‘I really probably should pump the tyres up’. Then I remember that I don’t have any cash, or that it’s pouring with rain, or that I can’t be bothered, and I pay for my petrol and drive away.
In the grand scheme of chores, keeping my tyres properly inflated ranks way down alongside ‘wash the inside of the outdoor bin’ and ‘fix that bit on the banisters where the screw keeps coming out of the wall’.
I.e. it never happens.
It’s silly really. I am a grown woman who owns a box of greetings cards for all occasions for Christ’s sake. I pay into a pension and I once made a hanging basket – I AM CAPABLE. I shouldn’t be neglecting jobs like tyre inflating, jobs that actually have an impact on things like safety and fuel economy.
I’m assuming this isn’t JUST me, which is why I agreed to test the Ring RTC1000 Rapid Digital Tyre Inflator AND managed to wrangle an extra one to giveaway as a competition prize. No more wistful stares across the petrol station forecourt for the winner of this sexy giveaway!
It’s a pretty straightforward gadget really, but let’s have a quick talk through what’s involved.
The Ring Rapid Digital Tyre Inflator – what you get
The Ring Rapid Digital Tyre Inflator comes with a handy fabric bag, so you can keep it nicely packed away somewhere useful like a garage or the boot of the car or, if you want to never be able to find it ever again, the cupboard under the stairs.
Coiled up neatly inside the main unit are two cables – one which powers the unit by plugging into that bit in your car where the cigarette lighter goes, (is this still a cigarette lighter in new cars?? It is in mine), and one that connects to the tyre for inflating purposes – the air hose.
The power cable is 3.5 metres long and the air hose is 70cm, so no matter how big your car is you shouldn’t have any problems reaching all four tyres. Both the power cable and air hose pack away neatly, so you never have cables flopping around getting in a mess.
Also stored cleverly on the back of the tyre inflator are three adaptors, so you can use the tyre inflator for other things like bike tyres or other inflatables.
On the side of the tyre inflator there is also a light, so if you ever find yourself needing to inflate a tyre or a netball or something in the dark, you’ll be able to throw a bit of extra light on the subject, which is always useful.
So that’s what’s in the box, now let’s take a look at how you use it.
The Ring Rapid Digital Tyre Inflator – how it works
The Ring Rapid Digital Tyre Inflator comes with instructions of course, but it’s pretty intuitive to use so you barely need them. Plug it into the car to power it up (keep the engine running to eliminate the risk of running down the battery) and you’re ready to go straight away.
Start by adjusting the target PSI using the yellow dial, to set the pressure you want to achieve.
Then attach the air hose to your tyre. The nozzle has a valve for letting out extra air should you find your tyres are over-inflated.
Press the power button, and the digital tyre inflator sets to work. It claims to be able to inflate a tyre in less that two minutes, and I found that just topping up my tyres to the right pressure only took a matter of seconds. The machine switches itself off automatically when it gets to the required pressure and remembers your setting for the next time.
Once you’ve done each tyre, simply pack it all up and pop it in the boot. Job done.
Win your own digital tyre inflator
If you fancy owning your own Ring Rapid Digital Tyre Inflator, there are lots of ways to enter in the competition widget below. One of the mandatory entries is to leave a comment on this post telling me about your least favourite chore – other than inflating your tyres that is. Do as many of the options as possible to increase your chances of winning. The competition will end at 11.59pm on March 20th and is open to UK entrants only.
Good luck!
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Haha!
mine has to be ironing – i despise it x
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Careful drying and folding Georgina, that’s the secret – I never iron anything!
I hate cleaning
Cleaning the oven and microwave!
I hate cleaning the oven.
CLEANING THE TOILET /BATHROOM
I’m not a fan of ironing, have to do it every fortnight though
Toilet cleaning, and by the way checking tyre pressures is quite fun
hoovering
I have to agree with others, oven cleaning is the worst
I hate cleaning in general, but vacuuming has to be worst – it’s noisy, tiring and needs doing again five minutes street you’ve finished!
Ironing
Unblocking the drains! That was last night’s job
least favourite has got to be cleaning the bathroom out
Cleaning the oven when it is bad!
Would have to be ironing .
Cleaning the bathroom
I hate cleaning the bathroom
Pairing socks!
Cleaning the toilet x
Dusting is my least favourite chore – maybe if I cleaned our oven, I’d have a different opinion.
Washing the skirting boards. Nobody is allowed to wear shoes inside the house so how do they get so grubby? How?!
Cleaning the oven
got to be the oven, so awkward
Moping the floor
I hate cleaning the oven with a passion
I despise cleaning the oven – but who doesn’t?
Cleaning the of the huge carport we have of green mold twice a year
cleaning the oven!!
What a useful prize.
cleaning the oven
Cleaning the oven, hate it…
Ironing
cleaning the bathroom
Puttung the bins out at night when it’s cold, dark and raining,
My least favourite is probably cleaning the fridge.
cleaning the oven! got my partner to do it last week :)
Apart from checking tyre pressures, which is your least favourite household chore?
like many others hehe, cleaning the oven
Cleaning the bins when they get really smelly in the summer, grim!
cleaning the bathroom
Ironing, it’s achy and makes me hot.
I hate cleaning the oven as I find it to be such a messy job.
Cleaning windows!
Cleaning the toilet
Cleaning the oven x
ironing! it takes forever! x
Cleaning toilets/bathrooms is the worst. Considering moving house and just viewed one that had 4 bathrooms upstairs and a toilet downstairs. You’d never get anything else done!
So many! Poo picking in the garden (we have two large rescue dogs) cleaning the oven & cleaning out the fridge!
Windows. They look great until the sun shines in and then it is smear city .
Cleaning the oven.
Cleaning the oven
Cleaning the Kitchen floor
Cleaning oven!
Ironing, it’s never ending and hurts my back
Would be tidying my 7 year olds room! it can literally be tidy for an hour before it is turned upside down again!
Cleaning the bathroom, with 2 boys at home & grandchildren that visit it is usually disgusting!
I hate cleaning the bathroom.
Ironing especially shirts is a nightmare. I really detest it.
I hate cleaning windows and if anyone ever invents a window cleaner man who dooes the inside as well i will be eternally grateful.
Cleaning the windows! Sooooo boring!
Cleaning. Any kind of cleaning! Especially sinks (urgh, the plug holes!)
cleaning windows,i hate it.
Cleaning the oven as it seems so does everyone else
Hate hate hate cleaning out the food bin – particularly when they never seem to manage to empty it properly (we’ve done well on reducing the amount that gets thrown out but there’s always something that’s been lurking too long in the fridge!)
Cleaning the bathroom or the oven both horrible jobs
Cleaning anything greasy!
washing up
vacum and cleaning
I absolutely hate doing the washing up, especially when stuff has all burnt on.
I hate cleaning windows.
Cleaning the oven – I dread it!
I hate ironing. I have to do it once a week and just find it so dull.
Ironing
I detest hoovering. It hurts my back and needs doing too often!
Very handy
Cleaning the oven
Cleaning the oven
Oven cleaning!
It’s got to be oven cleaning.
I detest cleaning the cooker, its one of those jobs that I keep putting off
Ironing or cleaning the oven
outside windows, but i love the results
Doing the dishes!
Doing the dishes
I hate doing the ironing
All of it! Cleaning the oven’s the worst of all
Jane Willis
Ironing!
I kind of like all cleaning in the house but anything to do with the car I don’t like, even putting in fuel!
cleaning the oven
It has to be either cleaning the windows or cleaning the oven I don’t know what I hate the most
Cleaning the oven
I hate washing up and will leave it as long as possible
Cutting the grass. It’s completely non-productive and the grass seems to grow while you are just looking at it.
HATE OVEN CLEANING
I hate ironing so I don’t do it haha.
Washing the pots is my least favourite household chore!
It has to be cleaning the bath and shower!
Oven / Loo
Cleaning the oven and the fridge, awful chores!
Ironing.
Scrubbing the oven!
Putting washing away!
Removing hair out of the shower/ bath plugs
Ironing I absolutely hate it
i cannot stand cleaning out the fridge not sure why i just hate it!
I loathe the washing up lol
All,of it. Pulling weeds out probably tops it all though
Hoovering
Ironing !!!
Scrubbing the kitchen floor.
window cleaning – look more smeary when i have finished cleaning them
Cleaning the kitchen floor!
the ironing
Cleaning windows!!! Such hard work and never perfect! I always find a smear or speck that I missed!
I hate cleaning too, especially – like others have said – the dreaded oven. Oh I hate it so much. When we had it new about 2 years ago I swore I would clean it regularly so that it doesn’t end up in the same state as our old one did. Well I didn’t keep to my word, it’s bad. So bad.
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I said exactly the same when I moved into a new house nearly two years ago and lo and behold, I didn’t stick at it either!
Peeling potatoes
Would have to be ironing, do as little as possible
Cleaning the bathroom, its always someone elses mess
washing up – it never ends!
Taking the bins out!
Cleaning the bloody slated blinds in the kitchen… greasy dust…ew!!!! Also this is such a random comp… i love it! Emlyn would KILL for one of these! :D
Awesome!
My least favourite chore is leaving comments on random blogs in order to win a digital tyre inflator!
I hate cleaning the toilet but I actually love ironing!
Cleaning the windows
Cleaning the toilet
Ironing – its my nemesis.
My least favourite chore is gardening!!! All those creepy crawlies and spiders!
Dusting! It comes back way too soon. If there was a device that prevented dust from occuring, I’d be first in line!
Ironing!! I do as little as possible!
I hate cleaning my kitchen floor
Has to be cleaning the toilet
It has to be cleaning the oven – a devil of a job and within days it is just as bad.
Cleaning the oven !
I hate washing up! I thought about getting a dishwasher when we refitted the kitchen, but with only two of us it didn’t seem worthwhile.
has to be cleaning the windows
HOOVERING……….AAGH!!
It would definitely be the washing and the ironing :)
Cleaning the toilet
washing up
I find pretty much every chore, well a chore. Cleaning the oven is the job I detest the most
cleaning the toilet
Ironing :-(
cleaning the oven
Putting clothes away
Cleaning the windows, can never seem to get it right!
Cleaning plug holes. I am squirming just thinking about it.
Ironing … which is why my partner does it!
Cleaning the oven!
ironing
I hate dusting as Its all dusty again later
Cleaning the toilet, hate it!!!
It has to be putting duvet cover on.
cooking
cleaning the oven on my cooker
I hate cleaning the bathroom. It’s got a toilet, a sink, a shower. Plus the floor. Too much work. Feel good once I’ve done it though.
The oven, its such a messy job
I put off filling the car with petrol, always leave it till the red light comes on
What a fab prize, thanks for posting.
Cleaning the oven
I hate ironing x
Cleaning the oven
I don’t mind cleaning and tidying but what I hate most is the mundane repetitive things I seem to have to do so many times a day like closing cupboard doors and turning lights off after the rest of my family
Cleaning anything really, it just gets dirty again. Although I suppose the bathroom is probably my least favourite room to clean.
Cleaning the oven
Cleaning the oven
Not really a chore but Peeling Potatoes. …it’s the most boring thing ever!!!
Cleaning the loo!
ironing
Checking levels in the car engine, it’s so filthy!
Doing the ironing.
Cleaning the oven
Ironing I hate it
cleaning the bath
ironing
cleaning the oven
Cleaning the oven
Doing the washing up.
Cleaning the oven :)
cleaning the cat litter trays
picking up after my 33 year old daughter. She is so messy
Cleaning out the guinea pigs – yukky
It has to be Ironing
cleaning the cooker
Cleaning the bathroom.
Cleaning Windows
Cleaning the oven.
Ironing for me.
I hate cleaning the bathroom especially after my 3 boys have used it
I hate cleaning the oven – horrible job.
Ironing its the most tedious task
cleaning the toilets. with 3 men inthe house they never seem to do them!
My least favourite chore is mopping the floor – all of our downstairs is hard floors and it’s a lot of effort with a toddler in the house.
Depends. Generally I’m least looking forward to the thing that needs doing next!! Cleaning the oven gets put off- a lot!
Cleaning the oven
cleaning my daughters bedroom!!! absolute nightmare lol
cleaning the oven
Cleaning the oven is a horrible job!
Mowing the grass (starting the petrol mower or it cutting out us a real bugbear of mine). Taking bins out, changing duvet. I had a nightmare yesterday trying to pump my tyres at the filling station .I thought my front tyre looked a bit slack but when I put the nozzle thing on it said it was over inflated and started taking air out! The machine reckoned it was 38 but that was impossible because when I last filled it it was 32! I really started to panic when it started letting air out!
I hate cleaning the oven
Cleaning my oven
Hoovering & ironing…both thankless tasks!
I hate cleaning the toilet
the ironing is the worst!
Perfect. My husband would love this.I know we should all be checking our tyre pressures more than we do.
Anything that involves me doing anything other than sitting on my bum :)
Cleaning the shower cubicle
the washing up.
Ironing
Anything to do with gardening I hate it
I hate cleaning the toilets but it has to be done! Fantastic prize, thank you x
Anything to do with bins! I never understand how we generate so much rubbish and recycling!
The job I hate is cleaning the oven, it’s messy & horrible and also difficult to reach all areas!
Definitely cleaning the bathroom, as it feels like l have a family of 10 who drop in and mess it up whilst im out then disappear! The very worst is the toilet and toilet brushes are the a thing of pure evil!!
I detest cleaning my oven and put it off for as long as I can!
laundry, especially the ironing
Cleaning the windows, I don’t mind ironing or even cleaning the oven but the windows is a nightmare it takes forever trying not to leave any smears, I’ve tried all the tricks newspaper, kitchen roll it all leaves smears and takes forever
Cleaning the oven
I despise cleaning the oven …urgh !!! Such a tedious chore .
I absolutely hate ironing, our tumble dryer recently broke and I now have to ironed creased clothes off the radiators xx
My least favourite chore is cleaning the oven
Cleaning the loo!
dusting – its not too bad if there is a clear surface, but picking up niknaks to dust then put back and wondering why the heck I keep all this crud, is a waste of my precious charity shop rummaging time
My least favourite household chore is cleaning the oven
I hate cleaning the oven :(