Topeak Road Morph Pump w/ Gauge

The Road Morph makes a great travel pump. The short hose allows it to be used as a mini floor pump, alleviating the risk of damaging the stem like many hand pumps do. It's relatively easy to get to 100-110 psi and 120 psi is achievable. The pump is rated to 160psi, but I find it hard to believe anyone could get this much pressure out of this pump.

This pump is a little heavier than many small hand pumps, but it's also easier to use and much easier to get decent pressure for a road bike.

In my opinion this is arguably the best pump of its type on the market. The most important characteristics are the pressure gage, the hose, the fact that it can be configured as a small floor pump, and that it is small enough just barely to be carried in a jersey pocket.

Although it's a bit pricey and somewhat heavier than the tiny pumps, I like this pump better than any frame pump I've owned to date. It had no problem putting 120 lbs into my front tire this morning. Don't know how well it will hold up just got it yesterday, but it seems to be well built and I love having a hose so I don't have to worry about messing up the stem while I'm pumping.

I have one of these on my travel bike with S&S couplers. The tires have to be deflated all the way to fit in the case and since you cannot fly with CO2 cartridges I use it to inflate them on arrival. Since it typically takes several days to locate a bike store that stocks CO2 cartridges in Europe, including the bike-crazy countries a big surprise on my first trips, I now use this exclusively on all rides with my travel bike, even when at home. I have owned a number of mini-pumps and detested them all!!, but this thing is closer to a floor pump than a mini despite its small size and weight. It's surprisingly fast, takes relatively little effort to achieve the pressures I use 80-100psi, and very easy to use with its flexible hose and superbly designed head. The gauge is a bit off but is consistent so I can readily compensate, and a larger handle would improve it significantly, but that's it for cons.