A couple years ago I bought a "fancy" pump - chrome, twist-on connector, wooden handle, pressure gauge. It looks nice in the garage, but always hated screwing the connector on and off the tires. Finally gave up on it and bout this pump with the quick-flip connector. Much easier! Not as good quality, but 5X cheaper and will probably last me 10 years. Worth it! Wish it had a pressure gauge, but for the price...