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Hi,

I haven't had an airbed since the early 70s so not sure if the adapters have changed and need a bit of help.

I bought this airbed today:

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-4498.aspx

but the part where you inflate it is about the size of a wine cork not the normal small siz

Does anyone know if I can get an adapter to fit this?

I have bought an electric pump but it only has the normal size adapters I had a look in halfords and they told me that that they only do the normal sizes

Sorry forgot to say tried calling Intex but the phone asks for a security number so can't get through

Hi,

?? The web page says it has a pump ??

Most later airbeds have these larger valves with a none return flap inside unlike the older small valves that you had to pinch to allow air through.

Most camping stores will sell these pumps and most come with an array of attachments for different size beds etc.

Dont panic you will find one easily enough if it doesnt come with a pump as it suggests.

I bought an Intex airbed last year that came with a battery operated pump.  We felt the batteries wouldn't be terribly cost efficient so decided the price of a rechargeable pump would be worth it... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quick-Fill-Rechargeable-Pump-56618/dp/B0007XC2R4, I think this may work for your airbed too, but there are three other nozzles if the main one is too big.

Hope that helps and that the link works!

 The airbed you linked to says it comes with a pump....maybe you ought to ring tesco customer service if yours hasn't got one

We purchased an Intex Queen size airbed recently. Our existing 12V pump didn't fit with the 3 nozzles, so we purchased a 'Sidewinder' 12V pump from a camping shop (£8.99). The motor is quite powerful and pumps the bed up fast. The largest nozzle (which isn't tapered) just pushes in a little to get air in but you have to hold it in place.

I made a long (about 8 meters) 12V cable with cigarette adaptor both ends (car end is male, tent end is female). You can get the cable and adapters from Maplin, but make sure you wire up positive and negative correctly. This then allows you to pump the airbed up in situ (in the bedroom).

Our Intek airbed has a quick deflate nozzle (the valve comes completely away from the bed), but you can't get the pump to suck all the air our (the valve is one way) and the quick deflate aperture is way too big for the pump nozzle). So you have to resort to the tried and tested way of squeezing all air out by the manual method.