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Hi All: I was lucky enough to win a recent Wolfbox #BornForMud contest (Show us your dirtiest post trail battle scars ). That's my TRD ORP on the splash page.
I've been impressed with the stuff that Wolfbox has sent me - including the subject items that were my reward for having the most likes. (Thanks to all of you who liked my photos in that thread - although odins_beer'd truck was certainly dirtier than mine - I guess he took too long to post:>)
So, as I promised Florent from Wolfbox, here is my review of the prizes.
I received the packages about 10 days ago and verified things were working but did not have the chance to really test the compressor performance until an off-road trip Sunday. And I am very happy with the performance and functionality - and thrilled that I was lucky enough to win a prize that I really needed.
First observation: Wolfbox packages these things really nicely. The box opening is sort of like an Apple product (black & orange vs. white & grey box though): very slick graphics and it feels like you are getting a quality product. The Jump Starter/Compressor comes in a nice, sturdy, zippered case (see photo for dimensions). The Air Duster comes with a "velvet" pouch.
Sunday morning I took an offroad excursion and aired down for what was supposed to be a onX Blue (4) trail near Rock Lick Hollow (great name) MD on the way back to NoVA from a trip to central PA. It was at most a 2 (and barely that) so the air down was not needed but I wanted to test the air compressor. I usually run my 285/70R18 Toyos at 39-40# but in the interest of time and taking a chance on the compressor I only aired down to 26# and back up to 36#. RESULT: ~ 3 minutes per tire to air back up. Not bad at all and slightly better than the Slime super duty pro power tire inflator I bought before my last off-road excursion - which failed completely before the 4th tire was filled (and got returned that day).
AND the battery level was only one bar down (from 4 to 3) - indicating that it could handle a much greater air down amount and probably at least 2 cycles (although I would plug it into USB-C charger in the vehicle if I knew I might need it again.) Overall I'm very happy with the performance and happy to say so:>)
Caveat: I've not tested the jump starting function but it seems very straight forward (IFF I needed to jump my 6G4R Hybrid would I connect the jump starter to the 12V battery in the cargo area - guess I will need to look at the manual, but I assume so.)
As for the Air Duster - it seems to work great: 3 speed settings and the top setting is quite powerful. I expect to position it in the boat house to blow up the inflatable lake toys next summer - much more convenient (and less noisy) then the plug in inflator I have. I'm also going to use it to stoke a fire at the fire pit. I would not have thought of this but Wolfbox has a photo of this use case on their web site. Happy to hear of other suggested uses for the Air Duster.
I've been impressed with the stuff that Wolfbox has sent me - including the subject items that were my reward for having the most likes. (Thanks to all of you who liked my photos in that thread - although odins_beer'd truck was certainly dirtier than mine - I guess he took too long to post:>)
So, as I promised Florent from Wolfbox, here is my review of the prizes.
I received the packages about 10 days ago and verified things were working but did not have the chance to really test the compressor performance until an off-road trip Sunday. And I am very happy with the performance and functionality - and thrilled that I was lucky enough to win a prize that I really needed.
First observation: Wolfbox packages these things really nicely. The box opening is sort of like an Apple product (black & orange vs. white & grey box though): very slick graphics and it feels like you are getting a quality product. The Jump Starter/Compressor comes in a nice, sturdy, zippered case (see photo for dimensions). The Air Duster comes with a "velvet" pouch.
Sunday morning I took an offroad excursion and aired down for what was supposed to be a onX Blue (4) trail near Rock Lick Hollow (great name) MD on the way back to NoVA from a trip to central PA. It was at most a 2 (and barely that) so the air down was not needed but I wanted to test the air compressor. I usually run my 285/70R18 Toyos at 39-40# but in the interest of time and taking a chance on the compressor I only aired down to 26# and back up to 36#. RESULT: ~ 3 minutes per tire to air back up. Not bad at all and slightly better than the Slime super duty pro power tire inflator I bought before my last off-road excursion - which failed completely before the 4th tire was filled (and got returned that day).
AND the battery level was only one bar down (from 4 to 3) - indicating that it could handle a much greater air down amount and probably at least 2 cycles (although I would plug it into USB-C charger in the vehicle if I knew I might need it again.) Overall I'm very happy with the performance and happy to say so:>)
Caveat: I've not tested the jump starting function but it seems very straight forward (IFF I needed to jump my 6G4R Hybrid would I connect the jump starter to the 12V battery in the cargo area - guess I will need to look at the manual, but I assume so.)
As for the Air Duster - it seems to work great: 3 speed settings and the top setting is quite powerful. I expect to position it in the boat house to blow up the inflatable lake toys next summer - much more convenient (and less noisy) then the plug in inflator I have. I'm also going to use it to stoke a fire at the fire pit. I would not have thought of this but Wolfbox has a photo of this use case on their web site. Happy to hear of other suggested uses for the Air Duster.
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