Originally Posted by phillatiocum
So is the consensus here that if they made a smaller diameter model it would be a good electric/auto option? I’m looking for hands-free and good suction that doesn’t leak.. Or if it leaks a little, the pump will automatically adjust back to target pressure.
You can buy your own cylinder if you need one with a smaller diameter and/or a longer one. As long as one side has as diameter of 58 mm you connect/insert the pump there. It has a rubber ring to seal itself inside the cylinder.
It does leak a bit, usually, but the pump has a setting [2] that automatically adjusts the pressure to one of the 4 selectable preset levels of -30, -40, -45 and -50 kPa. Not sure how much pressure that is in mm Hg.
With setting [1] it just keeps on pumping, and the pressure goes up (down?) to around -60 kPa, which feels like an awful lot of negative pressure.
It would be nice if the pump were programmable, and able to modulate pressure and such, but I have not seen a pump that can do that yet.
For this pump I think it should not be all that difficult for the manufacturer to enhance its function for that. Maybe even give it a bluetooth interface and have an app to control it.