Aldi air compressors

Picked up one yesterday...tried it out on a flat spare..seemed to pump it up ok..although I didn't time it/
Looks to be a solid unit & didn't get too hot.
I think it is off the same production line of a Bushranger model.

I was chattin to an importer last week, and he was saying (with the Chinese), they will run an order of a particular item of say 20000 thru for an order(say Bushranger)...then seeing as its tooled up- they run out an extra 10 or 20000 of the self same item, then flog em off with a different (or no) label..

Twice the spec for 10% of the life I hazard a guess

Hi Guys
Dont know about the aldi one but i have the bushranger copy i bought of ebay for $99.00 two years ago it has been brilliant for what i use it for. I only use it to air up after driving on the beach ect so four tyres from 20 psi to 38 ps is no problem. i relize it is not a bush ranger, or arb or blue tongue but for me it has proved to be good value for money and in practice it only gets used about 10 times a year so i guess it depends on the anticipated usage, if you are using it every day save your money and buy well known brand like bushranger but for occasional use mine has been great.
Ok i am ducking now
pmacks

I guess it is like maturing of a manufacturing state we are seeing too in this, the maufacturing for winches and the like. Remember when Japanese manufacturers made junk anyone? You have to be over 50s here for that one, after the war they made copies of good werstern products.

Now we are seeing manufacturers getting towards quality control standards of western producers and the price is still low but the quality control is improving.

There are margins though for some of the products and Aldi knows a lot. I bought one of their tablet DVD players with an inbuilt screen a couple of months back $299 was their price and I got one with the box - marked "Made for Aldi" on it at $194 landed at my door

Go and have alook at Big W. Same compressor there for $89.00. Supercheap were selling them as well but at a dearer price! I've had mine for 2 years now and is still going strongly.

I bought a 'heavy duty' compressor from BigW for $70. It had 72lt/min on it and it looked identical to Bushranger & Max Air. It work heaps better than my prvious one and so far has not broken down. Go for it! I'll be trying out their 300w inverter very soon.

My Project Cyclone compressor is holding up pretty well after I fix the heat cut out problem so I'm not sure I can justify spending $100 on another compressor. I will certainly be picking up one of their inverters thought. 300 watts with twin outlets for $59. That is a great price.

I love all these people who say all these compressors are identical. They are not, even physically they are different. There are subtle differences, but they are there if you look at them side by side. I know, because I did just this.

I'm not saying that for occasional use they won't work, just don't go buying them expecting the exact same product as one twice the price, I will assure you it's not. I used to import electronics for a local wholesaler from Taiwan and China and the whole "made in the same factory" storey you always here maybe true on occasion, but don't think that because they use the same outter case they fill it with all the same parts. It just is not so. Beleive me or don't belive me - I really don't give a crap, but it's how it is. I had the choice on most products of different "grades" of product. Some without certain components, some with stickers rated more than the actual rating, identical looking of course. It is common practice. In fact I used to get shocked looks when I actually wanted my UPS's and Power supplies to ACTUALLY BE the rating that was written on them. ie They wanted to know if I wanted my 300w power supplies to be 200w or 250w. It was an expectation that I wouldn't want to pay for 300w ones, I would just want the stickers to say 300w.

In saying this though, I love a bargin as much as the next guy, and some of this "stuff made in the same factory" is not bad for what you pay for it, and it all depends on you're intended use.

As far as air compressors go, I had two cheap one's and melted both of them. Over here in the summer, we are always down the beach, pumping 4 or 8 tyres up from 10-16psi in 40c+ temps is a common occourance.

I ended up going for the blue tounge, it runs everyday pumping my air tank up to 120psi and is not too bad out on the track. Yeah it's a little slower, but IMHO slow and steady wins the race. ie I don't give a crap if it takes me 5mins longer, as long as I know I'm not going to get stuck in the middle of nowhere with 10psi in all my tyres (happened once before, you learn from you're mistakes!). Besides with my air tank setup I get one tyre infalted "for free" from the tank, then pump up the other 3. Because I have a dash mounted pressure guage and everything is hard wired, I just plug the tyre into the outlet and sit in the aircon till it's down. It don't bother me it if itakes a few minutes longer! It's easy, and for me, that's the important part.

Brian

Checkout 4x4 Australia Nov 2004 edition.
A comparison of compressors.

One unit is from 4wd Warehouse and the specs are identical including weight (5kg),airflow,max current,max ambient operating temp, continuous running time etc. That unit was $269 and awarded "top Value".

All other included features were identical as well.

Also a Bushranger "Max Air" that looked the same and had similar specs but only weighed 3.7kg and cost $390. 5 year warranty

By the way. Of the thirteen tested only one the ARB RDCP was made in Australia.
All the rest in China.

Some things we pay for are marketing, warranty, service etc.

So just shows you that if it looks and smells like a "shinook" it probably is!!!!

Garth