Flextail Gear Zero Air Pump 

1. I am a bit disappointed it doesn't have at least a minimal bit of light. 2. I like that it is black. It can be carried hanging on the outside of a bag or garment without drawing attention to itself. 3. I am impressed with the power of such a small device. 4. I am delighted with my original Flex Tail pump and trust the company to stand behind their product.

Finally a pump with an easily replaceable battery! I am tired of products that come with internal batteries, as you end up throwing out a device that still works. I am also happy they did not include a lantern on it, as I would rather have a dedicated lantern with it's own power supply -No risk of running out of juice early due to the lantern, while in the wild.

Don't really care about a lamp on a mattress pump - that's why we have head lamps! 😁 yeah, a bright orange lanyard on that puppy is a good idea!

What an awesome little pump. Can't wait till someone makes one like this that has a nice flashlight at the end. I'd nearly want to get one just to try modding a olight to fit on the back end of it. Imagine this with a magnetic charging base and decent EDC light.

Wow, perfect little size. If they don’t have a different color, I would wrap a little bit of red electrical tape around it.

Good review Mark, thanks for sharing, God bless !

Having done some work with Search and Rescue when I was younger, I always thought that bush gear should come in florescent orange.

Nice Compact Unit, Thanks For The Demo & Your Thoughts Mark ! ATB T God Bless

Excellent video Mark. I definitely like the size and weight. I have many lights, lamps and charging bricks so no problem there. I have some bright orange duct tape or paracord I could add to it. Cheers my friend.

Excellent little jet motor. Orange color would make it perfect. Or a flashing light if you drop it. Excellent Review.

I have been quite pleased with the larger cousin to this inflator. The tiny size of that one was quite extraordinary. Now the size of this one is hard to believe. Can't help but wonder why it took so long for this niche to be discovered and developed.

WOW that looks really nice. Agree that they should change colors. There is nothing stealthy about using that unit. It needs to be in bright orange so you can find it easily when you put it down in the dark. Even better, give it a light reflecting strip.

Hey Mr.Y :+) we switched to using pumps just last year, and as good as they are for inflating sleeping pads and the integrated light, we find one of the best uses is in stoking a newly lit fire, we use the pumps as a 'bellows' to get the fire in our cook stoves going. The trick is, not to hold the pumps outlet too close to the fledgling fire, instead try a distance of 1-2 feet of 30-60cm +/-.

Just a minor correction. The regular X pump was actually lighter than the 2x, at 2.82 oz. I think it's because it has a runtime have of the 2x, 15 min to 30 min.

G'day Mark, yep outstanding, I'd go as far as to say mandatory for on the trail. 123A is not a battery I currently use, though a sound choice for the size and application, they are fairly commonly available and even if you take a spare, they're small and light. I'm sure some folks will be using the same battery in their illumination too. With the nozzles sorted, the perfect product IMO, thanks for showing it mate. Cheers Duke. P.S. I take a telescopic type "pocket bellows" for the fire, but I'm think'n one of these could do that job too. Either, alone with care, or perhaps a fine nozzle could by chance even fit the bellows to extend the reach and concentrate the airflow.

The production model that I got comes with two batteries and a full set of nozzles.

This one is pretty interesting, but I’d wait to see the price of the final version. I already have an inflation bag with a nozzle that doesn’t properly fit anything. I agree something that small should be a brighter colour, and that most of us already have lights, whistles, cameras or whatever other silly thing they feel the need to add to a product that no one will actually use.

Man that is a cool little pump. I often don't bother completely filling my "self-inflating" sleeping pad because I don't like the idea of blowing into it and adding moisture to the inside of it. A little pump like this is just the thing for those situations. Thanks for sharing Mark!

7:28...A strip of glow in the dark tape would solve that! Nice product but I'll stick with the one with the built in lamp

Thanks for the review. Can it also be used to help with fire starting, maybe with a tube attachment?

❤ hello from British Columbia Canada What else can one use that pump for...interesting hacks??? I guess I need a cute air mattress mattress 😂🎉❤

I am watching and commenting just for your algorithm. At the moment I am not interested in a Air matress Pump. Having 5 cats, and one small dog, Air mattresses on our farm are NOT an ideal thing to have. Can it be used to pump up bicycle tires?

Thanks for another great overview, Mark. My concern is regarding the non-standard battery size. Are replacement batteries available, either rechargeable or not, and how costly would they be? A standard battery such as AA or AAA may add size or weight, but replacements are readily available and inexpensive. An orange version, or another bright colour is definitely a good suggestion. Edit: the website states the battery is replaceable. However, I'm not sure of the cost or availability. The lowest preorder pump price (with 47% discount) seems high at $39 Cdn, however this appears to be a sturdy and well made unit.