
Cordless Tire Inflator vs Air Compressor for Truck Tires
When a cordless inflator makes sense, when a compressor is more practical, and what our timed M18 truck-tire fill actually tells us.
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We timed the full-size truck-tire fill at 5 minutes 55 seconds, then ran a separate pressure check. See the setup, video, and limits of the result.
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