Ok, years ago I was looking to make the plunge and get a compressor. I looked at AoA, because at that time they had a selection of compressors in a not cheap, but not $3k expensive variety. I nearly bought the daystate, seemed like a great deal, until I did some research. To be fair, maybe daystate doesn’t do this anymore, but at the time they had a Coltri MCH-3 that was rebranded daystate. They had removed a filter tower and had a 110v motor installed, which to someone ignorant of how these things worked (me at the time), the 110 option sounded fantastic! So here’s the issue. I just looked and AoA still has the same daystate, it is $2,600USD. The coltri mch-6 I purchased, WITH the desiccation tower and a 220v motor cost me $3000USD shipped from California. Even a YH owner has a desiccation tower they bought aftermarket! The 110v is also much less efficient, strains NA household circuits because it draws too many amps (it was designed for marine applications, eg boats) and is slower filling, and not designed to fill to pressures beyond 3k. That, in my opinion, is an air rifle name brand that people in our hobby know and trust taking advantage of an uninformed customer and selling an inferior product at a marked up price. Oh, and I live on East Coast, so even with shipping I got a better unit from Nuvair for about $300 more, which you are going to pay AoA anyway most likely in shipping fees. If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask! I’m on over 300 hours, only ever change oil and filters, and it fills my guns in less than 2 mins and a SCBA in less than 8 mins from 3k to 4.5k. If I ever have a problem I call Nuvair and they will fix it, but I highly doubt I will have any issues in my lifetime.
p.s. The $3kUSD included enough oil, intake, and desiccant filters for at least 10 years of use.
