I'm going to first state, had I know some of you were looking for air compressors, I would have bought a ton of them at auction and sold them to you. There were about 85 new and used air compressors in my last auction on the 26th from pancakes all the way up to 3 phase 180 gallon compressors lol.
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Originally Posted by Radar Chief
What are you’re needs for an air compressor? Are you just airing up tires once in a while or are you running a die grinder or sander?
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This is a pretty big deal for anyone looking for a compressor. If you need one, don't affix yourself to a pricing ceiling or you'll end up with something you can't really use or something that will pigeonhole you into having no flexibility with what you use it for. Every time I go shop for one, I pickup one that will run about 25-50 PSI more than my most poweful tool, with about 30% more CFM than my most needy tool.
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Originally Posted by Radar Chief
My 120V, 5 horse will power impacts, ratchets and my grease gun fine but if I have to use a die grinder for any length of time it’ll run the compressor out of air and I have to wait for it to catch back up. PITA.
I’ve been looking for a good 2 cylinder 220V oil filled compressor to take it’s place but they aren’t exactly giving those things away.
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Personally, I want one of those quiet, old school belt driven ones and an 80 gallon tank (minimum) but the people who have them (the good ones) know they are worth their weight in gold.
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Originally Posted by Frankie
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Avoid anything labeled Campbell Hausfeld. You're not going to sit on that one for a while.
Most people don't know how to properly take care of their air compressors and maintain them, so they go out pretty fast, also, a lot of the higher end companies like Ingersoll Rand, Craftsman, etc. treat the inside of their tanks to prevent rust, CH does not. I religiously drain my tanks every day, change the filters religiously, and after about 18 months, you'll start seeing "rust water" coming out the bottom of them when you drain them. It won't be much, unless you never drain the tank, but you'll see it start to happen, and when that happens, your tank starts to degrade and that just seems dangerous to me.