{"id":385,"date":"2011-11-11T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/11\/review-topeak-mini-dxg-pump\/"},"modified":"2011-11-11T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T19:20:00","slug":"review-topeak-mini-dxg-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/11\/review-topeak-mini-dxg-pump\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Topeak Mini DXG Pump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Mini Pump&#8230; as cyclists we give these things such a bad rap. Partly because so many of them are crap and partly because you only use them when you have flat, so you are already in a bad mood.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--13mUpAoik8\/Trn-GYvLwfI\/AAAAAAAAESM\/2xmqzS7Nk7o\/s1600\/IMG_2718.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--13mUpAoik8\/Trn-GYvLwfI\/AAAAAAAAESM\/2xmqzS7Nk7o\/s400\/IMG_2718.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>But I have had my Topeak Mini DXG for a few years now and think it is the best pump out there. I have used it to pump road, mountain and cross tubes without a problem.<\/p>\n<p>It features Topeak&#8217;s SmartHead which works on either Schrader or Presta valves without any adjustment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kWarJn_eFQg\/Tr1z4Geao2I\/AAAAAAAAESU\/KfGvefbmdVU\/s1600\/IMG_2901.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kWarJn_eFQg\/Tr1z4Geao2I\/AAAAAAAAESU\/KfGvefbmdVU\/s400\/IMG_2901.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>One really nice feature is the built in gauge which lets you know if you have done the minimum amount of pumping you can to not get a pinch flat on the rest of the ride.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pxTlyY5zFcg\/Tr10VXBjArI\/AAAAAAAAESc\/y6yxnlevKfc\/s1600\/IMG_2893.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pxTlyY5zFcg\/Tr10VXBjArI\/AAAAAAAAESc\/y6yxnlevKfc\/s400\/IMG_2893.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It has a stout handle and pump head with textured grips.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZWI5wMoVw_c\/Tr10hBtfv2I\/AAAAAAAAESo\/XEa6xkYsLls\/s1600\/IMG_2903.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZWI5wMoVw_c\/Tr10hBtfv2I\/AAAAAAAAESo\/XEa6xkYsLls\/s400\/IMG_2903.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Part of the reason you can pump a tube up so fast is that it works on the in and out stroke.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-6iF4PqXpDCc\/Tr10v6jwfYI\/AAAAAAAAESw\/OoqazzOLwyg\/s1600\/IMG_2895.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-6iF4PqXpDCc\/Tr10v6jwfYI\/AAAAAAAAESw\/OoqazzOLwyg\/s400\/IMG_2895.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I have hated or broken every pump i had before this one. I have had this one now going on 3 years so that says something! Pick one up for your camelback. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topeak.com\/products\/Pumps\/MiniDXG\">Topeak Says: <\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Head<\/th>\n<td>SmartHead\u2122<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Barrel<\/th>\n<td>Aluminum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Thumb Lock<\/th>\n<td>Aluminum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Handle<\/th>\n<td>Plastic\/Kraton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Capacity<\/th>\n<td>120 psi\/ 8 bar <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Added Features<\/th>\n<td>Dual Action Pumping<br \/>Mounting Bracket<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Size (L x W x H)<\/th>\n<td>23.1 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm<br \/>9.1\u201d x 1.9\u201d x 1.3\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Weight<\/th>\n<td>170 g \/ 5.98 oz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Art.no.<\/th>\n<td>TMD-2G     <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mini Pump&#8230; as cyclists we give these things such a bad rap. Partly because so many of them are crap and partly because&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,64,65,39,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike","category-mini-dxg","category-pump","category-tools","category-topeak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}