A replacement whip hose kit — 288 inches, black, with two quick-release chucks.

Longer hose, fewer chucks. 288 inches is the length to choose when the compressor sits further from the wheels — a bed-mounted unit, a long-wheelbase truck, or a trailer in the mix.

Hoses are a wear item: driven over, dragged across rock, pinched in tailgates. A split hose at the trailhead means driving home on trail pressure.

The quick-release chucks go on and off the valve stem in a second, without threading anything.

Black is the only colour now available. Up Down Air has discontinued the blue, green and red versions of this hose — if you are matching an existing coloured set, black is what you will be adding to it.