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tyred
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 Posted: Fri 13th Jun 6:41pm Post subject: "air Kiss" Inflator Injury |
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I'm posting this so others don't have the same problem. I purchased an 'air kiss' brand c02 inflator the other day, have used it a few times and it is pretty niggily...then tonight was inflating a tubeless tyre and it wouldn't work at all. I did the stupid thing of looking down the barrel (not while activating it mind you), I was about 20cm away from it, and BANG the thing goes off, right eye now out of action for a while. Hurts a bit too, reckon I'll have a shiner if I'm lucky...
Just a word to the wise - don't be stupid and look down the barrel, and don't use the product! I'm off to buy a slightly higher qaulity one...
I feel like an idiot.
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sham
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 6:46pm Post subject: RE: "air Kiss" Inflator Injury |
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| tyred wrote: |
I feel like an idiot. |
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Spokes
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 6:49pm Post subject: |
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With a black eye you will look like one too.
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tyred
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 6:50pm Post subject: |
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Yeah can't wait to explain to the guys at work that I got smashed up by 16grams of c02.
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Owen
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 7:02pm Post subject: |
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Bugger, I thought this was going to be about some one stupid enough to put the end of a compressor in their mouth and pull the trigger.
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tyred
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 7:09pm Post subject: |
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| Owen wrote: | | Bugger, I thought this was going to be about some one stupid enough to put the end of a compressor in their mouth and pull the trigger. |
For my next trick.... 
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wkdrider
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 7:19pm Post subject: |
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hope you complained to the company thats dangerous things like that shouldnt be able to be sold
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wachtourak
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 7:26pm Post subject: |
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| wkdrider wrote: | | hope you complained to the company thats dangerous things like that shouldnt be able to be sold |
Are you serious?
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Monolith
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 7:30pm Post subject: |
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CO2 inflating devices should be banned.
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tyred
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 7:56pm Post subject: |
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| wachtourak wrote: | | wkdrider wrote: | | hope you complained to the company thats dangerous things like that shouldnt be able to be sold |
Are you serious? |
I doubt very much that he is serious. It wasn't totally the fault of the inflator - while it has been behaving 'erratically' (completly discharging cylinders for no reason, randomly banging off shots, not sealing properly) I should have known that and been smarter than to look down the barrel.
Like that trick you do on your little sister, crimp the garden hose in one hand, tell her to look down the end of it cause something is in there, then uncrimp the hose.
In my case it was simply a bit of darwinian selectionism going on I think 
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sooby
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 9:03pm Post subject: |
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hard luck buddy!
got any pics?
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tyred
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 9:15pm Post subject: |
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I'll let it fester and shine up a bit more before I take any pics 
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yakuza
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 9:22pm Post subject: |
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Nasty.
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Oli
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 9:48pm Post subject: |
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| tyred wrote: |
Like that trick you do on your little sister, crimp the garden hose in one hand, tell her to look down the end of it cause something is in there, then uncrimp the hose. |
What kind of idiot would do THAT??? 
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desmond2
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| Posted: Fri 13th Jun 9:50pm Post subject: |
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| wkdrider wrote: | | hope you complained to the company thats dangerous things like that shouldnt be able to be sold |
they would most probely reply with, maby you should look down the barrol, dumbtihs!
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