I found the inflation gadget I was referring to. It was reviewed at backpackgeartest.org - here's the mfr page.

https://www.camp-tek.com/buy/index.html

A bit pricey but it looks like a neat gizmo, and less effort by far than huffing and puffing or shaking out the Instaflator repeatedly.
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