compressor

Mate it's under $40 (US?), I reckon junk.
Yep, just had a quick look, check out reviews . . .

http://www.highya.com/air-dragon-reviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1EOZwQzP7g

ALDI had a good strong compressor for sale at $129 last Saturday and there may be some left at various stores.
This compressor is a double end one and pretty popular in lots of brands.

I have an earlier ALDI compressor which is humungous and has been very reliable.
It really sucks if you have a 4WD waiting around for a slooooow compressor to pump up tyres.
I would avoid the cheapo one like the plague.
Regards Philip A

I was looking to purchase one similar to the Air Dragon.
Ryobi produce a drill style compressor in their "Ryobi One+" range, but it is not available in Australia.
As I carry an 18v drill and small vacuum, the addition of the Ryobi P737 would have been practical as the same battery can be used for all devices. The bigger P731 compressor is available in Australia, but is too big in physical size for my intended use.
I still may order the P737 through eBay. (comes from the US).

However, my needs are much more modest, only requiring a little puff of air to use my Tanami Pump to transfer fuel from the jerrycans.
On my Jackaroo, the process was simple as the tyre mounted on the back door, supplied the air.
Alas, I have no such thing on the Colorado.

As for blowing up tyres though, forget these little gadgets.
You need a compressor with enough grunt and staying power to reseal a tyre bead, as well as pump up the tyre itself and a duty cycle that allows continuous use for all four tyres, as you air up.
My trusty Big Red portable has done the job for me for nigh on fifteen years and is still going strong. Not as fast as the newer breed of dual head compressors now available, but still fast enough for me.

If you can afford it, the ARB Dual Compressor with tank is the way to go, either vehicle mounted or in the case. Testing of compressors carried out by Pat Callinan's Media group showed this one to be the best in all situations. Macca.

Look for 150 l per minute or better.

I have an ARB compressor, (the Smaller of the two) which has been very good and reliable.
A few weeks ago I saw a twin piston compressor for sale and it stated it will pump a "MAX" of 150 ltrs per minute, were the ARB one only does 61.6 litres per minute under load, shown in the specs.

Now me being me, who has to test everything out, let my front tyre down to 20lb, put the 150lpm one on and pumped for exactly 2 minutes. It raised the pressure to 40lb.
Now I deflated the same tyre back down to 20lb and attached the ARB and let it run for exactly 2 minutes. It raised the pressure to 38lb.

I was slightly taken back by the difference, or lack there off, so I run the same test on the spare tyre in the shed. The same results.

So I have come to the conclusion that because it says it will do something doesn't necessarily mean it will.

Now I will admit the second one I bought was only about 1/3 the price of the ARB one.

Cheers

If you use it for very long I suppose it will breathe fire, Dragons do that!

Re the Dragon, at $40 or so, footballs and wheel barrow tyres might be its forte.

I must be a bit of a dinosaur with compressors as I've had a single cylinder "Blue Tongue" for close to 20 years. It hasn't had a great deal of use until 2015, when I first did a Simpson crossing with Les & Gunther(RIP). Have done a further 6 crossings since then so has seen some use.

They don't overheat, seem quite brisk in doing the job but are suited to storing in a case, rather than under the bonnet or elsewhere, exposed to dust.

Bob

It's a toy. Do yourself a favor and buy the best quality portable compressor you can afford. It's not worth the risk getting stuck with a dud compressor in the middle of no where.
Capt.

I think the price says it all. It gets very bad reviews so I can't understand how they can keep pedalling that advertisement of fantastic air capacity and tough reliability. Michael