Quality gone downhill
I bought this double version of the Michelin foot pump after years of use of the single pump version. There were a few annoying things on that one also, like the plastic retaining plugs that snap off as soon as they get under your foot while in operation. ie the first time you use it.. But I could live with that because what it was meant to do it did well.. This double cylinder foot pump is a real step down in quality over the single one I bought 12 years ago. The screw connector is garbage. It lets air out of the tyre valve as you attach and obviously also while you are fumbling with it to get it off again. What was wrong with the lever lock on mechanism?.. Probably price.. Because by the look of the shoddy way the rubber foot plate cover attaches (or doesn't as is the case with mine) Michelin have cut costs everywhere they can.. Even the gauge is a mile out where my ild one was spot on.. I hate it when a manufacturer of a top quality, reliable product cuts costs to the point of ruining their product, but expect to get by on past reputation. Well you got away with it this time Michelin, but I will never buy another.
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