Quite a classy contender, with a durable powder-coated finish topped off with a very comfortable wooden handle.

Ultra-stable in use and while clearly well engineered and built to last, it’s let down a little by a connector that is awkward to get on and off.

It improves with use but despite some thoughtful details to the two-sided anodised chuck — such as the switchable threaded Presta/Schrader connector and handy air bleed — the locking lever lacks the ergonomics needed to make it anything other than fiddly.