Buy An Air Compressor, Any Suggestion?

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Synoalex,

Could you narrow the purpose just a bit for us? Is the scope of use for:

1. Filling just air rifles.

2. Filling Air Rifles and Air Tanks.

3. What is the largest tank you would ever wish to fill.

4. Is the ability to run off a car battery important to you?

5. Is the ability to run off a car battery AND house AC power important to you?

6. Do you have a 220 socket readily available for the compressor, or will it be using 110 Volts AC?

7. Is noise level important to you (will be run inside of home), or is this intended to be a "garage compressor".

8. How good is your High Mandarin ;)

9. How big is your budget.

10. Can you flex on your budget without your wife beating you?




 
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I have the cheapo Chinese heng long or whatever they are called.....over 1 year old, and if you really want to know I can tell you just how long it has run, what was filled, my SCUBA or SCBA tanks what the pressure was at the start and end of each fill, and how long it took to fill....also the date of the fills and date of oil changes.



I did this as I bought this super cheapie thinking well lets see if it saves me money vs going to the dive shop to get filled.....it has.

What kinda shocked me is the warranty on the compressors, check that out. I have a hard time paying a great deal more for something that the company stands behind like the super inexpensive chinese compressor makers do.
 
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There are good compressors out there I have had no experience with so not going to speculate about them. The one thing I have learned is that ANY compressor is only as good as the service backing it up. In my case started out with the Omega from AOA when my first PCP was purchased. It was a good compressor. Had a couple of quirks like the check valve pop-it would get dirty over time and need cleaned. Simple couple of min job. After about 100 hours of use it started to get tired. Talked to Tod at AOA. He is their compressor wizard and a GREAT guy to work with. He had me simply unbolt the compressor head and send it back to him. Easy to do and small and easy to ship. The one thing everyone fears is having trouble and having to ship a big heavy compressor back for service. Anyway, a week and 100.00 $ later I had a brand new top end. Service couldn't have been better. I later ended up trading for a Daystate T2 compressor. This compressor fills a 72cf tank so fast I will never get 100 hours on it in my lifetime. The other thing I have noticed is that the top end compressors vary seldom come up for resale and when they do they really hold their value. My advice is if there is any way you can swing it to buy a top end unit knowing you will get most of your investment back when you sell it and forgo all the possible troubles. If you want an inexpensive Chinese compressor pick the one that is most popular with the airgun group because they are going to be your service support group. Good luck. sylvan
 
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Synoalex,

Could you narrow the purpose just a bit for us? Is the scope of use for:

1. Filling just air rifles.

2. Filling Air Rifles and Air Tanks.

3. What is the largest tank you would ever wish to fill.

4. Is the ability to run off a car battery important to you?

5. Is the ability to run off a car battery AND house AC power important to you?

6. Do you have a 220 socket readily available for the compressor, or will it be using 110 Volts AC?

7. Is noise level important to you (will be run inside of home), or is this intended to be a "garage compressor".

8. How good is your High Mandarin ;)

9. How big is your budget.

10. Can you flex on your budget without your wife beating you?

Thanks for your advice.

1 I mainly fill 75 cu. ft. 4500 psi air tank not for air rifles.

2 Only using 110 Volts AC for air compressor never using car battery.

3 Hope the compressor be quiet enough.

4 As my Mandarin level, I could read most of them.:)

5 My budget will be within 900$. My wife changed 6.35 for beating me, so I'm thinking about changing 9mm.😂

Thank you for your help.









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