SPEEDFLATE

https://www.speedflate.com/


Great communication from owner and he answered my questions quickly over emails.
While the website says 5 to 10 days before shipping. Mine shipped 2 days after ordering.
They are CA based and O/R enthusiast owned.
Can't wait to try it on the trails. Desert season is here !

I got the 4x straight hoses.

https://www.speedflate.com/shop/p/4xstraightblue

 

Always thought this was a good idea so I just made my own system with schrader valves in each wheel well. The 7 hose ends all connect to a manifold under the truck. 1 line in, 1 line out, 4 to the wheel wells and 1 line to the locker. Cost is +/- $100 to set up yourself.

 

Pretty cool, would go nicely with my power tank setup.

 

yes. I was thinking of making it myself but just didn't have time so if a local guy can make a bit of $$ why not. At least I'm not sending money overseas...

 

How does the deflate work? I’m assuming valve stems aren’t removed.

 

It looks like you just open the ball valve.

 

connect all 4 tires via chucks. Pressure will equalize in all 4 with valve closed (pretty cool imo). Open the valve to release air and close to read digital gauge

All 4 tires connected so pressure will always be the same for deflating and inflating.
200 psi max on the system.

 

i used a similar concept from a company called updownair: https://updownair.com/ purchased their universal kit since they don’t have a model specific bracket application for tundras…really pleased with how it turned out. You do need to install/route airlines (1x semi-permanent install—meaning you can uninstall if you ever wanted to entirely remove the system or needed to replace an attached line. No wiring to run for the system; just air lines along the frame) to each of the 90* Schrader valves that get installed at each wheel well. Then it’s a small bag of 4 quick detach whips that you connect when needing to inflate/deflate-no long curly air lines to deal with. I use mine with the viair 400 portable compressor by connecting/disconnecting to the top valve on the regulator box, my buddy has his connected to an onboard arb where it hard line connects at a side port on the same regulator box…makes airing up/down a much quicker process

 

Next time you air down, time it for us please.

 

I was asking if the valve stem cores were removed or not.

 

I think that the air chucks don't open until engaged to the valve stem. This way you are not leaking are while hooking the four of them up.

 

On the updownair (and I assume the speedflate) the stem cores are not removed…when you connect the lines to the tires, the central piece of the system is a pressure regulator, so some air from each of the tires makes its way into the lines and equalizes among the tires connected. There is a release ball valve that you open and release pressure. Once it is close on the gauge to the desired pressure, you close the valve and wait a minute or two for pressure equalization among the connected tires (I say connected, because on the updownair air you can connect any combination of tires to equalize pressure. Front/rear as pairs, all 4, individually, etc). With all 4 connected, it took about 5 min with the regulator valve open to go from 37lbs down to 22lbs…about 8min to air back up. This was with 35” tires for reference

 

They are open style chucks, but as long as the regulator release valve is closed, and the chucks are properly connected/seated, any air being released into the line is held in a closed loop until the valve is opened (again speaking for updownair system only)…this works in same fashion for airing up when the compressor is on, it pressurized the lines and distributes air out to all connected tires. On the updownair, you can preset the pressure regulator to a desired pressure, and it will release any excess pressure coming in from the compressor at the dial once the pressure level is reached. Leaving the tires connected with the lines for a minute or two after the valve is closed on pressuring down or after turning off the compressor on airing up, allows the pressures to balance amongst the tires.

 

Nice thing in looking closer at the video with the speedflate setup is it can be used for multiple vehicles since nothing is physically/permanently installed to the vehicle…this makes it nice as a stand-alone if your off-roading with friends to let them use it.

I went back/forth with a similar decision on going onboard versus portable with a compressor so that I could take it along in my wife’s vehicle for trips when we use her SUV versus my truck.

Decided on the onboard style for air up/down for my truck since I don’t see us taking her SUV over my truck on roads where I’d want to adjust all 4 tires for the terrain on the fly.

 

Thanks for sharing, this design looks very handy, especially how it can be moved between different air sources. Think I might pull the trigger once they're in stock again or have a 4x straight line setup in orange.

 

for running higher psi (think powertank) they recommend straight lines vs coil.

 

Yeah, I've used coiled hoses on my CO2 tanks, they worked okay for one wheel at a time but it is annoying getting your feet caught up in the hoses.

 

I'd like to do one of these and match it with some Apex valve stems. That should make it super quick to deflate and inflate.