Max-air copy at Big W

Captain I have spent many many hours this week looking at air compressors including the Big W Copy.
They are deffinatally not the same. If you have a look at the Max air, the air filter is at the top of the Cylinder/Heatsink and the BigW it is at the bottom. The Repco one is at the bottom also as well as a couple of others I've seen. The only one that looks like the Max air is the "Mega Grunt" being sold by AutoPro and Opposite Lock stores. AutoPro in Midland @ $169, opposite lock sell them for $200.
I don't know if the Mega Grunt is the same, however it is the only one that looks "identical" to the max air up close so it has the best chance of being the same unit. Repco's $299 rip off is probally the same one Big W are selling for $89.
After looking at a chart at ARB in Osborne Park that they have stuck up next to their busranger Max Airs showing "independant" tests of the copy's vs the Brushranger I've now made my mind up 100% that I will be going down to Opposite Lock Midland and buying the Blue Toung IV! All that their chart did was show me how crap the Max Air really is and how it fades like all buggery. The fact that it drops from 72LPM in the first few seconds right down to 60LPM and then steadily drops all the way down was not confidence inspriing. The Blue Toung can hold it's own and will keep doing it all day and all night if you need it too.
I also have some second/third/who knows' hand information about a guy infalting three tyres with his Mega Grunt and the whole thingbleepitself.
Woudln't suprise me as that what my chineese compressor has just done for the second time on the weekend.
BE CAREFUL GUYS, they are probally not identical, some of them might be, but some are deffinatally not. One thing the Chinese love to do is COPY, steal someone else good idea and cheapen it for a fast buck.

I have one the same, as stated above I got mine from Super cheap but is exactly the same as the Big W one. I did a timed test just yesterday on it. I deflated my 31x10.5s to 17 psi, the compressor took 2 min & 15 sec to inflate to 38 psi. These figures are pretty close to the max air figures. Not sure how long it will last but so far so good.
Brad

Check post 11298 for more max air info

I got mine about 12 month ago from Motormate (South Road, SA). It is the EXACT same Max-air with the higher air intake. have had no problems with it whatsoever. It is actually in the Motormate flyer from yesterday for $149. Have a look here, and tell me it is not a Max-air.

http://www.motormate.com.au/default.asp?pageid=ProductCatalog&catid=1037&prodid=6798&oid=4902D56D-5F66-41CB-BF96-92FAC849ABAC

Cruiserhead

here's apic from the Big W catalogue.

http://www.bigw.com.au/catalogue%2028-08-04/site/pages/24/b.jpg

the only diff to cruiserheads one is the lovation of the handle on the front!
For $89 get two of them, pump tyres up in half the time or have one as a backup.
And as said before, if it stuffs up bring it back no ?'s asked at Big W.

check it out...

http://www.hardwares.globalsources.com/gsol/GeneralManager?&design=clean&language=en&action=GetSupplier&page=supplier/Showroom&supplier_id=6008803660631&showroom_type=&action=GetPoint&point_id=3000000171761&catalog_id=2000000003844&prod_id=10641

the JD-102 looks like it's a goer! pitty BigW aren't selling this model

be interesting to compare specs with the max-air.
anyone!

OK, just bought the "Max-Air Copy" (and that's what I'm calling it!)
from BigW for $89.77. Will give a good workout over the weekend.
I'll see how many times I can pump up my 265/70R16's from 18psi to 40psi,
until it cuts out. Well that's the theory anyway.
If it's crap. bring it back, but I'm sure it will do the job.
Supercheap have EXACTLY the same for $179.00!
The money I save I will buy a set of Stauns. Then I'm all set. WOOOHOOOO.