Halfords Advanced Tubeless Track Pump

The Halfords Advanced Tubeless Track Pump is a well-priced, no-frills pump that offers you a simple and effective way to seat tubeless tyres at home. It’s light, easy to use and offers good performance both as a day-to-day floor pump and when inflating tyres with a blast of compressed air.

The pump is mainly constructed from plastic, including the handle, feet, and barrel casing, but despite that it feels solid and well made. The base folds out into a tripod-style shape that offers decent stability, with an easy to read dial at the top which is a great design idea, but more on that later.

The hose is long and flexible, and the valve head locks into place cleanly with an innovative lever. While it is made of plastic and doesn’t feel quite as premium as an all-metal design, I think it actually looks and feels very high-quality, which is not something I was expecting to say about a largely plastic track pump from Halfords that costs just £50.

In use it performs well, with the design offering a solid base for pumping. I actually used this in a pinch to inflate a car tyre which was a good 300-400 strokes, on a hill, and I had no complaints about the action or stability. It delivers a decent amount of air with each stroke too, which is useful when you’re dealing with a flat car tyre in the rain and no other way of inflating it.

The pump is designed for tubeless use, so you can use it in two ways – either as a regular track pump or as a tubeless inflator through the built-in metal air chamber. Charging the chamber takes around 15 strokes to get to 200 psi which is what I normally aim for when seating, although it can go up to 240. Once it’s full, flipping the lever releases a solid burst of air that can seat tubeless tyres quickly and reliably. I tested it with gravel and road tyres, and both seated on the rim without fuss.

The pump comes with dual-valve head and uses the standard tip that unscrews and can be reversed. It fits securely and didn’t pull any valve cores or leak during use. I particularly like the head because the sealing lever is different to others I have used – you push it down to seal, and there’s a button below it to release, as opposed to most pumps where you need to push the lever upwards to seal and pull it back down to release. It makes it so much easier to operate with one hand, which is what I often find I am being forced to do.

One thing I really like about the pump is that the pressure dial is at the top of the barrel, so it is really easy to see where you are without needing to lean over and check. The numbers are big and easy to read, plus and there’s the standard rotatable arrow that allows you to set the pressure and just line up the pressure dial.

However, one weird quirk is that, to me at least, the dial feels like it should be the other way around. The way I naturally used the pump, with the third prong of the tripod base – where the hose exits – facing away from me, the dial’s the wrong way. It is still easy to follow, but still seems slightly odd to me.

The pump weighs 970g, which is relatively light for a tubeless-specific model and comes from the mainly plastic construction. That makes it easy to move around and store, though it does mean it lacks the planted feel of heavier pumps with steel or alloy bases. Still, as I mentioned, the broad plastic feet do a good job of keeping things steady during use.

Value

At just £50, this is a very good price for a tubeless-capable floor pump, especially one that has the kind of stability and quality as this.

The Lezyne Alloy Floor Drive offers a full-metal construction and its ABS-1 Pro chuck is arguably easier to use, but it lacks the tubeless inflator and at £85 it’s much pricier.

To find a track pump at anywhere near £50 that also has tubeless inflation we need to go back to 2021 and the Lifeline AirBlast Tubeless Tyre Track Pump, which was £70.

I have this track pump and I’d say the Halfords version is superior, it inflates faster, the valve head is way better, and the build quality superior. The fact that this is the only tubeless inflator track pump I can find under £85 and it’s from 2021, shows how good value the Halfords pump is.

Coming in more expensive is the Topeak JoeBlow Tubi 2Stage, a two-stage tubeless track pump that we rated very highly. While its RRP is a weighty £120, you can buy it for a price closer to £90, though this is still much pricier than the Halfords.

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Conclusion

This is a surprisingly high-quality, great-value track pump for the home mechanic. It combines reliable tubeless inflation with a smooth pump action, clever design features like a top-mounted gauge, and a lightweight but stable build. While mostly plastic, it doesn’t feel cheap, and it performs well across the board – including in a pinch with a car tyre. This costs just £50 – I think you’d find it nigh-on impossible to find another tubeless pump this capable without spending considerably more.

Verdict

Very impressive tubeless inflator and track pump that offers a lot of performance for not much money

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