How long does it take to inflate?
1422317
Hello... It inflates for as long as the batteries last. I suggest you take extra batteries. I would say each about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Depending on the batteries.
1422318
It inflates pretty fast. We gave it to a grandson and our daughter recalls it being well under a minute.
1422319
It inflates very quickly. About a minute or less. The fan is small but powerful.
1422320
It didn't have a very strong fan. I bought it to make a violet Beauregard costume, but the fan wasn't strong enough to inflate it with a dress over it.
1422321
It inflates rather quickly. Less than a minute if I had to ball park it. We used it for a production of Willy Wonka for Violet as the blueberry. It worked perfectly and inflated quickly. Hope this helps!
1422322
I don't remember it taking longer than a minute or so. My son LOVED this costume!
322479
I use an electric air pump and it inflates quickly in less then 5 minutes. Your time may vary depending on pump. To be honest the center foot pillow takes longer to inflate due to the small diameter of the air valve. I always deflate after use and store back in my garage. The larger diameter air valves on the outer main floats allow it to deflate in just a few minutes. Hope this answers your question.
987602
It's not that long. I mainly use it for inflating my kids basketballs. I'm a coach and we also use the exact one to inflate all the balls there as well.
445418
You have to inflate this mattress by blowing air into it. The instructions say it takes about 20 strong breaths to inflate the mattress.
1440630
My husband generally pumps it up with his electric air pump. I'm not sure what size or capacity his is, but it takes about 30 min to inflate completely.
730281
it took about one minute or so. the pump was not too noisy as we were watching tv while it was inflating.
48949
That's not been my experience ..... I let mine self inflate for about 20 min or so then gave it a few lung fulls of air to finish the process (probably not something you'd want to do in freezing weather). While it is true that the longer you wait the more air will naturally migrate into the mattress, but you do reach a point where you get increasingly diminishing returns. Normally 10 to 20 min is plenty followed by some forced air input either by lung power or small pump to finish the inflation to your tastes of firmness.
556379
They are sent deflated. You think it is going to take a long time with the hand pump. But, in reality it takes about 20 minutes. The directions say to pump it half way up and leave it overnight. Then, finish up the next day (or 8-12 hours) I recommend you follow those instructions. It also recommends that you do not use a compressor (I have had some friends that have used a compressor and I think it weakens the ball). So, take the time and use the hand pump.
1912313
It deflates with the motor so about as fast as it takes to inflate. No more than 2 minutes. After I had it for a months it started deflating nearly all the way half way through the night.
907646
No Problem. I keep it inflated for 5 or 6 weeks on location. Just need to refill it a bit sometimes. Make sure you do not inflate it to much.
1767449
Not long. Drain completely, keep inflated and flip it upside down or on its side and put it in fulll sun. Around 30ish min or so.
295976
I let is fully inflate for the 48 hours based on a review I read from a molecular biologist. It needs the full 48 to stabilize.
1412089
usually takes about 3-4 hours but it depends if you let the battery drain all the way or recharge it when it has half charge. I have not recharged it for awhile and I have use it to restart cars, inflate bikes tires and inflate sport gear these past months. I do check the battery meter to see how it's holding and recommend to keep on a shelf above the ground and recharge at least every month if you use it often other wise it holds charge without recharging that much.
277800
I don't go camping, but it may be difficult to transport (i.e. if you're backpacking) as it's heavy. I believe it takes about 10-15 minutes to deflate, and it does pack up neatly.
313467
15-30 seconds. Just opening the plug on the end will deflate quickly but you can also turn the air pump on and set it to deflate and the motor will suck air out of the mattress. It deflates quickly enough by just opening the valve that I've never used the pump except to see how it worked.
203419
It's actually pretty easy to inflate, you do not need a pump to inflate it. We used it for a week straight and deflated it every day and then inflated again the next day. It only took a few minutes to inflate manually.
882290
Yeah I used an air mattress pump. It really isn't a lot of air. You can blow it up with your mouth in about ten minutes. It's super easy.