Chris, that's cool to hear it worked out for you. I have thought about them but trust them as much as I trust an air mattress. Not much. What spooks me about them is "when" you get a hole in it you won't know until it's time to use it. It does come with a patch kit, right?Originally Posted by Marlin
I had the opportunity to use my Titan Exhaust Jack twice at the Uwharrie meet. The first time was when I ripped the inner sidewall on one of my tires open. I was on slippery clay and rocks and on a slope, so no using a conventional jack. I used the airbag and learned a very valuable lesson: the exhaust jack does not work if your exhaust is not in good shape. I have a bad manifold gasket on the driver's sideThe next use was on a Rodeo that had a rock through its front A-arm. They tried snatching it, there was no moving that truck. It took about 30 seconds on the exhaust, and I had the whole drivers side of the Rodeo off of the ground. The jack is a lifesaver, takes up very little space, works anywhere and on any vehicle and can lift your vehicle on almost any surface and from any spot. The frame, sliders, axle, you name it, you can lift with it.
I am ordering the air hose adapter so I can fill with my CO2 bottle until I get the exhaust fixed.
If you are looking for a portable jack to bring with you, I cannot imagine using anything else. There are no other options as far as I know, any type of farm jack requires somewhere to attach it, and does not work in mud, snow, sand, dirt and so on. Plus it rusts, is heavy and has to be stored somewhere outside the VX and cannot be used on most vehicles.
I just thought I would share my experience with the air bag style jack.
You are so off here, Riff... Just because this pillow worked for Marlin does nothing to convince me I need one. The Hi-Lift/handyman jack is more versatile than any other jack ever created - the pillow does just ONE thing, it lifts a RUNNING vehicle. The Hi-Lift can act as a winch/come-along/hoist; it can be used as a clamp; the handle has been used by many to sleeve a bent tie rod; I have used it to keep a broken axle shaft from sliding out of its housing; I have used one to straighten a bent tie rod... You can even use it to help you build a fence. The Hi-Lift will never be replaced by a pillow as the preferred off-road jack.The Titan is way better than a metal Hi-Lift jack, as the Titan is multi-versatile and the metal Hi-Lift jack is not.
Marlin, your experiences should clear-up any doubts people had about the Titan. Video's of the Titan in use can be easily viewed on YouTube. I think I hear the sound of a lot of metal Hi-Lift jacks being thrown away in trash cans right about now.
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But as always, to each his own. 
(At the meet, lots of people had farm jacks, I wwas the only one with an airbag, and half of them had never even seen one or heard of one, and you know how I like to roll, that alone made it worth it, them scratching their heads in doubt after trying to yank free a Rodeo, and less than 2 min later, I had him out and was putting my toy away
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But anyway, I wasn't talking to you! 
You got the unit, you used it, and you like it, good for you! I am talking to the only other guy that is as typically long-winded as either one of us! I am simply defending the Hi-Lift against the, "I have obviously never used either type of lifting device, nor been in a situation where I needed to, yet I maintain the Hi-Lift is not nearly as multi-versatile as this wonder-pillow, mindset". I mean, I truly realize my postings can be intimidating as I always write in a 'justification style, supported by facts' method... but really, all Riff can come up with is a heart and an exploding head? 
Truly disappointed, Brian... 
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