Air Compressor

Nothing...and i mean nothing.....comes close to the max air. I am so sorry i sold mine. Spend the money and get yourself one, its forever. Saves you carrying 2 of the cheaper ones when ever you go away.
Maybe I hould have bought 2 real cheap 4wd's and take them both when i go away..that way im sure id get back home with one of them ay...sheesh !!!!

Ditto - I had a cheap one - lasted 12 months.. Max Air now, very quick, but the 5 year warranty was what sold me. I'll cope if it fails now, cos I know I won't have to fork out again for at least 5 years.....

Agreed - I had a copy and it lasted about 8 months before it wouldn't pump any more than 30 pounds.

I've now had the genuine article for a year or so and am very impressed so far.

got a max-air from BCF on special for $199, that was last december and have seen that special advertised again since then.

Another happy customer here as well tried the mega grunter, lasted 6 months took it back got it replaced, 3 months this time now it's in the bin. I bought a Max Air and have had 3 years with no problems it's twice as fast as my ARB compressor. Returning things might be easy but think where you might be when it brakes down.

Another thing. You say you could buy 2 and still save money!

Are you thinking of running 2 compressors at once?

MAN.... it's a hassle..... running from one to the other, keeping up with which pump goes where, on, off, on, off, on again, off again, no it's not quite enough, a bit more, still not enough, bugger, this ones too high, ahh bleep , this is too hard, I think I'll just have another beer and keep an eye on one pump at a time.

Do you get the feeling maybe I've tried it ?????

Wonder if you could make up a little manifold so both compressors went into one manifold and had one outlet - maybe a TEE piece would achieve the same result. If you wired up the compressors with Heavy relays relays and controlled by a single switch - wonder how it would go pumping one tyre at a time to save all the running around.

Tim

Hi Roachie
Have just bought the same unit ,but having a hell of a time trying to find the same fittings so a can make extra line & hoses suitable for my needs may be u can let me know where did u find the quick connect fittings.
thanks for any info cheers Skip (nsw)

Skip,
You can usually pick-up brass fittings of various types at engineering type places or hose places like ENZED etc. There are many brands of fittings around and I'm not sure what type it is that is fitted to the MegaGrunt.
I use Ryco brass fittings on my other gear....this is one of the most common type and is the one I have most often seen in workshops etc.

As for the plumbing I've done on my vehicle, I have used 6mm plastic hose with Festo type fittings (push-in). These can give you heartache after a few years as they start to leak small amounts of air which is bloody hard to find. I recently bought some grouse-looking steel joiners (mostly "T" pieces) from Snake Racing www.snakeracing.com.au (bugga ....that was sposed to come up as a hyper link!!!!!!!!!!!).

Hope this helps

Roachie

Thanks Roachie
Any help is great will try enzed for the same fitting cya a long the track one day
skip

Hi Willem

You can be lucky and unlucky I guess, my B Tongue 3 died after 2yrs and developed
a leaky valve before it did. While I have an ARB (with a leaky seal) for the lockers
I picked up one of the clones.

At $89 from Big-W stores and with its 72lt , it is great, and easily outpumps others. On another site several
others got'em as well a year ago and no negative reports yet.

Hose and a couple of internals not as good as Max-air but I can buy another
235/85/16 for the price difference.

Most faults happen on opening and with this supermarket stuff its nice to just walk back in within a year with your reciept and exchange no questions asked.

With the B Tongue the dealer etc was to far away and cost of parts was such that its was just easy to try this particular cheapie.

But as per a previous post I always advocate that you have a backup plan.
In case of any failure and in this case its the good old air transfer hose for
$25.

Robin Miller

Hi Reiner G (QLD) 4124
It was once said that "The bitterness of poor quality lasts long after the sweetness of price is forgotten" Good luck with your compressor. I hope it gives you good service.
On Patrol.

Hi Reiner- just to let you and everyone else know- they're not the same compressor with different stickers- they ARE cloned chinese copies, and definately NOT of the same quality in construction- especially the rings on the copies flog out really quick and then you've got poor output.
The "MaxAir" brand in Australia is actually a VIAIR compressor, made in USA- talk to any air suspension specialist, and every one of them will tell you all day- VIAIR make the very finest 12volt compressors IN THE WORLD. Try these links-