Rokit Up review | Portable tyre inflator tested

Date reviewed: October 2025 | Tested by: John Milbank | Price: £39.99 (RRP) | www.nevis.uk.com

A portable tyre inflator like the Rokit Up on review here can be invaluable not just if you want to keep an eye on your bike’s tyre pressures while away on a tour… combined with a puncture repair kit it could be the difference between getting home or having to wait hours for a recovery truck.

I’ve tested the Rokit in a variety of scenarios to find out if it’s worth the space in your luggage…

Pros & Cons

Rokit Up tyre inflator features

Weighing 434g and measuring 126 x 84 x 44mm, the Rokit up is a compact, portable tyre inflator, though keep in mind that the size doesn’t include the 224mm-long hose, which you either need to leave screwed into the top of the unit, or keep safely nearby. Strangely there’s no carry-bag supplied, so you might have to use an elastic band to keep them together. I’m sure with a bit of thought, an integrated hose system could have been created. I’ve designed a clip that can be stuck on the back, but I shouldn’t really need to. You can download it here if you want.

I designed this clip as a way of storing the hose. It’s a shame Rokit didn’t

There’s a USB-A to USB-C cable supplied to charge the unit, or to power other devices, as well as a Presta valve adaptor, a nozzle for inflatables with small inlets and a football needle.

An LED light is built into the top but it’s really not very bright and has very little spread. Press the button on the front once to turn it on steady, again to set it flashing (which could in a real pinch be handy for drawing attention, but it really is small), and again to turn it off. It’s quite easy to knock the LED on, so you could open your luggage and find it’s been illuminated for several hours, which will eat into the battery life (though assuming it’s a standard 20mA LED, it won’t have much of an impact for a long time).

The powerbank feature is handy to have, but of course remember that any charge you take out of it will impact the potential performance of the unit if you get a flat tyre. It’ll output 1A at 5V, so you won’t get high speed charging to any phone, but it could be handy in a pinch. Again though, the fact that the cable isn’t stored in the unit makes it a little less convenient.

Rokit Up tyre inflator user interface

While I think there’s an opportunity for a better physical design, that would certainly add to the cost. What is inexcusable though is the very poor user interface…

The display is a white LED segmented design that looks cool under the glossy black cover when the unit’s new, but soon gets scratched up thanks to there being no storage bag. It’s also not that bright in direct sunlight, but what really annoys me is the fact that it has no real memory function.

Pressing the bottom cycle button switches between a car symbol, a weird infinity icon with a 7 in it, a scooter and a basketball. Press and hold the cycle button to switch between psi, bar, kPa and kg/cm2 and press the plus and minus buttons to set the desired pressure in increments of 0.05 bar, 0.5 psi, 5 kPa and 0.05 kg/cm2.

The problem is that the Rokit Up doesn’t remember the settings you put in. Every time you turn it on it remembers the last programme you used and the pressure chosen, but as soon as you cycle off to one of the other settings, it defaults back to the pre-programmed pressures and displays across them all. Car is 2.50 bar, the infinity thing is 45.0psi, the scooter is 2.40 bar and the ball is 8.0psi.

It would have been a far better design to have settings numbered one to four, which each remember what you programmed in. I’d have 36 psi in slot one, 42 psi in slot two, then 2.0 bar in slot three for the car.

Rokit Up tyre inflator performance

Rokit claims that the Up’s 5,200mAh battery is ‘capable of inflating eight motorcycle tyres, four car tyres, bikes, balls and other inflatables.’

I fully charged it and ran several tests to find out how effective it is for motorcycle use. First, I tested the scenario of pumping up tyres after they’ve been let down for a track day (to find out why I DON’T drop my tyre pressures on track, check out this feature)…

• Inflating the rear 180/55/17 VFR800 tyre from 36 psi to 42 psi took 1 minute 43 seconds.

• Inflating the front 120/70/17 tyre from 30 to 36 psi took 56 seconds.

That’s pretty quick for such a small device, and there was still a good amount of charge left, the display flickering between a full three bars and dropping down to two.

Fully charged again, I tested the Rokit Up on a flat bike tyre...

• Inflating the rear 180/55/17 VFR800 tyre from 0 to 42 psi took 9 minutes 34 seconds.

That’s a long time, but it could mean getting home. I waited five minutes for the Rokit to cool down then flattened the tyre and started again. This time it ran for 9 minutes and 42 seconds before cutting out entirely. The tyre was at 40psi.

I also tested the Rokit Up on a car tyre…

• Inflating a 215/65/16 from 0 to 29 psi took 14 minutes and 7 seconds.

I measured the Rokit’s temperature after this and the outer case was at 24.6°C, which isn’t bad considering you’re not meant to run it for more than ‘8-10 minutes’ continuously.

After waiting five minutes for it to cool, I then tried the Rokit on my flat VFR tyre, but it only got it up to 9 psi, shutting down completely after 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

So that’s not bad really – the Rokit Up can just about fill two rear motorcycle tyres on a charge, or one car tyre. I carry four CO2 bottles in my bikes for emergency puncture repair, and they’ll be unlikely to get a flat tyre back up to full pressure. And of course, once they’re used, that’s it.

You can’t run the Rokit Up pump while it’s charging, so if it’s low on charge you’ll have to wait for it to juice back up. You also can’t open the case up at all (it’s bonded shut), so when the battery loses performance there’s nothing you can do.

Rokit Up tyre inflator accuracy

There’s no bleed button on the hose, but you can let pressure out by opening the valve lever. The pressure is displayed on the unit, and of course it’s shown as lower while letting air out, but you can use this to drop the pressures on a tyre, closing the valve to check where it’s got to.

Tested against my handheld gauge, the Rokit Up appears accurate.

Charging time

I was able to charge the Rokit Up in 1.5 hours from flat, but it will depend on the charger you’re using.

Five alternatives to the Rokit Up tyre inflator

If you want a portable inflator, there are a fair few options now. Here are some others to consider…

• Ring RTC2000, £32.99 | It’s a little heavier and the body’s a bit longer, but the Ring keeps its hose and adaptors all tucked away neatly in the body, and it remembers the settings you programmed into it. The battery is smaller and it’s a slower pump, but it is a much more considered design. The only thing I’m not keen on is that the hose has a fiddly screw connector that you need to be careful with. Read the full review of the Ring RTC2000 here.

• AirMan Adventure Tour Pump, £24.90 | The AirMan is extremely popular with a lot of riders, and is pretty compact at 142 x 120 x 60mm, though that is bigger than the Rokit. There’s no battery in the AirMan – like the Desert Fox it’s powered by the bike via crocodile clips or an SAE connector. You can find out more about AirMan pumps here.

• Desert Fox Motorcycle Mini Compressor Pump, £49.90 | We haven’t tested this pump, but it’s a solid-looking piece of kit that promises to pump a 170/60/17 tyre to 29psi in 90 seconds. It’s got no built-in battery though, so is powered from the bike using the supplied crocodile clips or SAE connector. The Desert Fox Pump is available from Nippy Normans here.

• AirMan Mini Handheld Inflator, £39.99 | This is what appears to be a well thought-out design with a built-in lithium-ion battery. We haven’t tested it so can’t comment on the performance or user interface, but you can find out more here.

• Rocky Creek Pocket V2, £64.99 | BikeSocial Facebook group member Mike Fletcher recommended the Rocky Creek as an extremely compact compressor. It's powered by the bike's battery using the supplied alligator clips or SAE connector and is claimed to fully inflate a 150/70/18 tyre in under four minutes. It doesn't have a pressure gauge though, so you'll need to carry that separately. Alternatively, the £79.90 MotoPressor MiniPump V2 has a digital display and the ability to pre-set three pressures. You can find out more about the Rocky Creek pumps here.

These are just five of many alternatives – you can find all the motorcycle maintenance and servicing kit we’ve reviewed here, and be sure to regularly check for the discounts available through Bikesocial membership.

Rokit Up tyre inflator: Verdict

The Rokit Up tyre inflator is a handy piece of kit that does a good job of topping up bike tyres reasonably quickly. If you get a flat it could also get you out of trouble, but make sure it’s kept fully charged, and don’t waste that power on your phone.

Besides the frustrating user interface, I think the physical design could be a bit more thoughtful – it’d be great to have the hose stowed safely in the unit, and better even have a puncture repair kit incorporated; I think there’s a gap in the market for a battery-powered emergency motorcycle tyre pump kit...

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