Air Compressor for Garage

Is 220 an option?

(ETA: If not, the one you linked is probably the one I would recommend, if it fits your budget. I have to say, for light/medium duty, it's hard to beat the HF Chinese compressors.)

Even one of their heavy duty models is worth considering:

Their 2-stage is ridiculously value priced - hard to beat if 220V is an option

And their comparable to your I-R, 21-gal, 2 1/2 HP 120V sells for about 1/3 the price:

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But, I do like the I-R pneumatic stuff. My 1/2 inch impact is I-R and it's tough enough to go to the moon.

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i only have single phase 110 V

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The I-R you linked would be the one I would get if the budget wasn't tight. It's going to be a better Q/A product, probably quieter and a lot easier to move around than the comparable Harbor Freight (Central Pneumatic) - as the latter has cheap, solid rubber tires and the I-R has pneumatic tires.

Honestly, if it was going to sit in one place and get occasional use, I would go with the HF - if you're going to be using it a lot and moving it more than very occasionally, go ahead and get the I-R. Good tools are their own reward, but - mechanically, those 2 are about the same, with the I-R being 3x as much money at the front end.

I got a junker 21 gal harbor freight one in my shop. I run the shite out of it. It's not a heavy duty setup by any stretch but if it lasts two years and blows up who gives a shite?

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I got a junker 21 gal harbor freight one in my shop. I run the shite out of it. It's not a heavy duty setup by any stretch but if it lasts two years and blows up who gives a shite?

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I had few problems with one of their little ones, not the oilless, and not the first one, but the next one up, the 2 1/2 horse, 10 gallon, I think. It wouldn't run a 3/8" air ratchet very long (and by specs, it shouldn't have), but it would run the hell out of my 1/2" impact or 2 nailguns. Quiter than a pancake, too. I gave it to my son in law, because he was doing a lot of my mechanic work for me.

Yup, that's a nice one. I got my step-dad a Speedaire hose reel for his bday, and he loves it. Must've stood there for 20 minutes pulling it out and reeling it back in

I have a porter cable pancake compressor. I've had if for probably 8 or 9 years maybe more and it's been great.

Using it for airing tires, small nailers, and whatever else.

I've had my eye on the same compressor. Tractor Supply has it in stock. There is a Craftsman at Sears that is similar. It is overkill for most tools. I need it for a plasma cutter and filling a separate tank.

Mine has an oiled compressor. Still loud as hell.

Don't get the oiled one for the sake of being quiet

Those are more than the compressor.

Slick though.

DeWalt has a pair of 30gal, 155psi vertical compressors worth looking at. Both can be setup for 110V or 220V. With smaller compressors you really want to look at max psi as well as SCFM ratings because higher max psi effectively gives you the reserve of a larger tank. I've been looking at a new ship compressor for the last year or so and if I don't get an IR 60gal it will probably be one of the DeWalt 30gal. units.


Also, WTF is going on in that picture of the trim carpentry for the IR compressor. Running base, on the floor, before the doors are trimmed?