Comments on: Exhaust Air Jack Is An Accident Waiting To Happen

By: colin

colin — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:18:39 +0000

well theres an easy way to avoid the danger of the gases use an air compressor that you can buy at at store not the cheap small one but i mean a 2 or 3 gallon compressor and make and adapter and carry a power inverter because then you can use both your balloon and your impact

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:20:05 +0000

This looks ok if you were off road, but I would use jack stands if I were using this to change a tire or work under a car. If the check valve fails or the bag develops a leak the car could fall down. You should use jack stands with any jack but it is especially true for this device.

By: Lacruiser

Lacruiser — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:38:07 +0000

I’ve never used one of these before, the idea is intriguing. Your comment that it is “an accident waiting to happen”, caught my eye. I’m an avid offroader, and I’ve been in several situations where it’s necessary to change a tire on a very steep incline, and also with the truck in an “off-camber” (sideways-tilted) orientation; absolutely the worst possible conditions. Using the factory jack was not an option, and the “Hi-Lift” jack is so inherently dangerous and unstable, that one of these airjacks would have been the ticket. So compared to the existing options out there, I’d say this idea is much safer. It looks like someone come up with a better and safer alternative to the HiLift, which are truly dangerous. Ask any offroader who’s used one.