bought an f one, needs pumping till its rock, 10 psi, sick of my crap pumps need a big mother for speed, any ideas out there , had the electric , fu....cks up when it gets sand in it so need manual, suggestions please , someone must have a fast pump out there that gets you on the water quicker
thanks
^^ seconded.
Although i had to fiddle a bit with a saw to get a nozzle to fit. But for $25 who cares, works great!
Whatever you buy, consider....
1. getting a pressure gauge
2. lubing the pump with silicone spray
After using silicone spray a few times I now use it on even a new pump. Take it apart, wipe all the surfaces and seals you can get to, then give it a good spray and reassemble.
Yes, you can buy cheap pumps, but with so many people buying new kites (that normally come with a pump) there must be lots of hardly (or never) used pumps lying around just waiting to be swapped for a carton?
Just my $0.02 
IMO- pressure gauge is not what you want.
-Would increase the air resistance to some extent compared to without
-The gauges always break
-Just another part which can leak
-If you need to look at the pressure gauge when rigging up then your probably one of those guys who has to have a wind meter, a GoNoob and a GPS.
I was talking about this with a few others my ideal pump would have a heavy duty hose with metal rings with the nozzle and the hose molded at either ends so less points of failure. It would also have larger volume so takes less pumps and you don't have to bend so far down. Then everything else would be pretty much the same but it would come with instructions how to replace valves, clean the inside etc. with a few spare parts.
This would go a long way to solve a lot of problems I have with pumps,
-the hose is made of crap plastic- gets holes in it unless your careful
-the hose is glued onto the nozzle with crap glue
-the nozzle is screwed in and the pieces of plastic that hold it on are prone to breaking off
-the pump itself is too small for a tall person (I'm ~6 foot) and you find yourself getting sore unless you squat perfectly as you do it.
A gauge wouldn't make a smidge of difference to airflow, look at the tiny hole off to the side of the fitting of the gauge then look at all the seals, bends, corrugated plastic pipe, nozzle and kite fittings the air has to flow through to pump the kite up.
Ive got a $30 north pump, alluminum shaft, big chamber size, double action and guage, also has a pink hose. What more do you want.
Also a pressure guage has a one way rubber valve in it. The holes in the valve are pretty small so would definitly effect the flow of the pump, but sayng that my switchblade has a oneway valve in it too. This completely stops the guage working as the valve shuts and doesnt flow to give a reading, and the valve in the kite is just as bad if not worst that the one in my guage.
I stand corrected, my pumps always seem to work better when I take the gauge off after I spring a few leaks from wear and tear must be unrelated to the gauge itself. Still think gauges are pointless.
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Yes, you can buy cheap pumps, but with so many people buying new kites (that normally come with a pump) there must be lots of hardly (or never) used pumps lying around just waiting to be swapped for a carton?
Just my $0.02
Yes just come and use my pump everyone else seems to as they turn up to Kite with the excuse "Oh I must have left my Pump at home" 
