He might have been pushing towards a Topeak Road Morph, which is kind of like a combo of a frame pump and floor pump. It's an awesome pump, but kind of big and bulky. There's now a smaller version out, the Mini Morph, but I haven't tried it. I lent my Road Morph to Beta because she was always getting flats during her commute.

A hybrid CO2 + hand pump is what I have for my rides, since I don't do any commuting. It's great. It's the Genuine Innvovations Second Wind IH pump:

http://www.genuineinnovations.com/IN...ategory=hybrid

You use the hand pump to fill it with enough air to seat the tire, then fill up the rest w/ CO2 - works like a charm. That way you don't waste CO2. If you really wanted to, you could use the hand pump to pump up the tire, but that will take you a LONG time.