Gas for everything inflatable.
Gas-Filled Cartridges + Cylinders
Premium gas for fast, reliable bike tire inflation—perfect for the road, mountain, off-roading, and commuter cyclists.
Choose from two high-performance gas options:
for fast, reliable, and convenient inflation
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for pressure stability and temperature consistency
Steel Cartridges Filled with Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)
The Maximum Inflation® brand of CO₂ Cartridges are different. This is because they come from a heritage of over 50 years of being used in the inflatable life jacket industry, where quality, cleanliness, and performance are absolutely required for life safety.
The precise amount of gas is verified as it is filled into a pristine clean cartridge. Decades and millions of cartridges produced have provided us with the knowledge and technical ability to elevate the gas cartridge into a performance component. The total weight of the cartridge is proportional to its safety. The CO2 is so dense inside the cartridge it is almost liquid. It is a gas which wants to boil even at very low temperatures. The gas that boiled off into a vapor, is what goes into your tire. But you noticed the outside of the cartridge gets cold. That is the effect of the gas ‘stealing heat’ from the steel cartridge body to allow the conversion from liquid to useful vapor.
Once you realize that the internal pressure of a CO2 cartridge can reach over 3,000 PSI when it reaches 150°F (65°C) you come to appreciate the inherent safety of Maximum Inflation® brand CO2 cartridges.
"Stealing Heat"
The CO₂ is so dense inside the cartridge it is almost liquid. It is a gas that wants to boil even at very low temperatures. The gas that boils off into a vapor goes into your tire. But you noticed the outside of the cartridge gets cold. That is the effect of the gas ‘stealing heat’ from the steel cartridge body to allow the conversion from liquid to useful vapor.
The precise amount of gas is verified as it is filled into a pristine, clean cartridge. Decades and millions of cartridges produced have provided us with the knowledge and technical ability to elevate the gas cartridge into a performance component. The total weight of the cartridge is proportional to its safety. Once you realize that the internal pressure of a CO₂ cartridge can reach over 3,000 PSI when it reaches 150°F (65°C) you come to appreciate the inherent safety of Maximum Inflation® brand CO₂ cartridges.
Packaging for CO₂ Gas Cartridges
Maximize shelf visibility and simplify purchasing with convenient Grab N’ Go dispensing boxes and ready-to-display hanging packs.
Grab-n-Go
Hang it up
Clearly defined value packaging.
Based on feedback from distribution, offering cartridges in hanging packaging allows retailers to have options depending on their specific store needs.
These visual product dispensers are compact and allow consumers to choose the quantity they need. These grab-and-go style dispensers save thousands of plastic packages from entering the waste stream. Maximum Inflation® brand continually explores ways to bring you the highest value possible.
Steel Cartridges and Cylinders Filled with NitrAr® (N₂+Ar)
NEW* for Pro-Riders Only
Pure Performance available in Compact Cartridges + Big Cylinders.
Performance cyclists know that consistency is paramount. The track temperature changes and so does the pressure in your tire unless you start off with NitrAr® in your tire. Is it a miracle gas? Not exactly. It is science that you can use to optimize tire pressure under changing external conditions. Everything leaks, it is a question of how much.
No air or CO₂ added. Total purity is 99.5% minimum.
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Stable pressure at various temperatures
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45% less leakage compared to CO2
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24% less leakage compared to regular air.
The Little Guy: Cartridge of NitrAr® (top-off)
These NitrAr® cartridges are for tires that are already filled their tire with Nitrogen or NitrAr® and need to add a few more PSI. As we have said, everything leaks; it is a question of how fast. NitrAr® is the slowest-leaking gas blend that we have developed so far.
Why are top-off cartridges needed?
We experimented with the same set of tubes over months of filling, checking, deflating, refilling, temperature cycles, and even road use. CO2 leaked quickly; air not as much. But the data showed that Nitrogen with Argon added proved to be the best combination time after time. Consistently.
Air has 21% Oxygen, good for our lungs, but it is an oxidizer gas that degrades things like rubber compounds over time. That decomposition allows the already porous tube to be even more porous; leakage rates increase.
The Big Deal: 1.9 Liter Cylinder of NitrAr®
The NitrAr® program is only available to professional shops and qualified race teams. The cylinder is charged to 1600 psi and does require our regulator fill kit 44000 in order to get that pressure down to a range of 10-80 psi, or our direct pressure filling kit, non-regulated, model 49000, which allows very high filling pressures. It is so powerful that we require a waiver to be signed!
This is a reference chart only.
Here is a quick look at what you would expect to get out of the big 1.9 liter NitrAr® filled cylinder.
Tire Size
700 cc
700 cc
700 cc
700 cc
Final Pressure
80 psi
90 psi
100 psi
110 psi
# of Tires/Cylinder
8
6
4
2
The Next Great Inflation Valve
ADRENALINE LEVEL
The Maximum Inflation® brand is working on the next generation inflation valve. Taking into consideration feedback from users of the existing inflators out there, we have found several key factors towards making history:
-super light weight
-compact
-built in pressure gauge
-low carbon footprint
-recyclable materials
-long life seals
Pricing on a superior custom-made product is always a concern. The new design is being developed and made in the USA. Making the design ‘manufacturable’ is a prime consideration. If you are interested in participating in our testing protocol, please reach out.