OlarHike — inflators, storage, packing
Gear that lives in the boot, the loft and the suitcase.
Portable compressors, collapsible storage boxes, compression packing cubes and air beds with the pump inside. 66 lines, every one with its real specification and price on the card.
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How to read the specs
The headline number is rarely the one that matters.
Compressors are sold on maximum pressure, boxes on quarts, cube sets on piece count. All three are easy to compare and none of them tells you the thing you will actually notice. This table is the short version.
| Sold on | What it means | What decides it in use |
|---|---|---|
| Max PSI | The pressure the pump stalls at, against a closed valve | Flow rate, and whether it stops itself |
| Quarts | Internal volume with the lid closed | Whether the bottom box opens without unstacking |
| Piece count | How many cubes are in the set | Whether the compression zip is used at all |
| Bed size | The footprint when inflated | Height off the floor and where the pump lives |
Tire Inflators & 12V Air
Cordless and plug-in compressors for car, bike and sports gear, rated by the pressure they actually hold rather than the number on the box.
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- $19.49
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Storage Bins & Boxes
Collapsible bins with lids and doors, sized in quarts, built to stack while still letting you reach the bottom one.
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- 10
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- $27.99
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Packing Cubes & Organisers
Compression cubes and travel organisers for people who pack a case rather than throw things in it.
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- 26
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- $16.99
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Air Mattresses
Inflatable beds with the pump built in, for spare rooms, camping trips and the nights when the sofa will not do.
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- 5
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- $79.99
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Inflator picker
Three questions, then a straight answer.
Most people buy more pressure than they need and less flow than they want. Tell us the job and we will say which figure to read.
Where it ends up
Six situations this range was built around
The boot kit
A compressor, a folding crate and a blanket. Covers most roadside annoyances without turning the boot into a workshop.
The loft rotation
Two sizes of box, labelled on the end you can see. Christmas in the big one, summer clothes in the small.
The carry-on only trip
Compression cubes and a strict rule about the empty one for worn clothes. A week in a bag that fits the sizer.
The spare room that is an office
An air bed with the pump inside, folded into a cupboard for fifty weeks a year.
The bike in the shed
Road tyres lose pressure weekly. A cordless unit with a preset saves the floor pump and the guesswork.
The garage reset
Matching stackable boxes with doors, so the bottom one opens without moving the other three.
Questions
Asked often enough to write down
Why is the PSI rating so much higher than my tyres need?
Because it is a ceiling rather than a working figure. Maximum pressure is what the pump reaches against a closed valve before it stalls, and a unit rated to 150 PSI is loafing at the 33 PSI a car tyre wants. The headroom is what keeps the motor cool over four tyres. The spec that decides how long you stand there is flow rate, which we cover in the pressure guide.
Can I inflate an air bed with a tyre compressor?
You can, slowly, and it is hard on the pump. A tyre compressor makes high pressure and very little volume; an air bed wants the opposite. That mismatch is why the air beds here have a pump built into the bed rather than relying on a separate one.
Cordless or 12V, which is the better buy?
Cordless if the pump lives in a cupboard and gets carried to bikes, balls and paddling pools. 12V if it lives in the boot and its job is tyres, because a socket-powered unit is always charged and there is no battery to degrade over a couple of winters. The dual-power models cover both and cost a little more.
Do compression packing cubes actually save space?
On soft clothing, yes: expect about a third off the packed height once the second zip is pulled. On knitwear and anything structured, close to nothing, because compression works on trapped air rather than on fabric. Volume drops, weight does not, which matters if the airline weighs your cabin bag.
How high can I safely stack storage boxes?
Weight settles it before strength does. Two is easy, three is fine with light contents, four means unstacking three every time you want the bottom one. Front-opening boxes exist precisely for tall stacks, and heavy items belong in small boxes at the bottom.
Will a folding box hold as much weight as a rigid one?
No. The hinge lines that let it fold flat are also where it gives under load. If the box is going at the bottom of a heavy stack, buy rigid and accept that it takes up room when empty. If it spends half the year empty, folding wins.
What is the warranty and who handles a fault?
Twelve months against manufacturing defects: motors that fail, seams that split, zips that part. Claims go through the retail partner where the order lives, which is faster than routing them through us. Punctures from misuse and batteries degraded by two years of full discharge are not covered.
How current are the prices on this site?
They are refreshed on a schedule from the retail listing. The checkout figure is the binding one, and if the two disagree the checkout is right and ours is a day stale.