Aircompressor. Which one???

Many comparisons have been done on these in the mags. The blue tongue did alright, usually pay for what you get here. What you've got to look at carefully is the hoses. Usually crap, fittings get hot and blow off or the hose blows a hole. I ended up getting Enzed to join some oxy welding ruuber hose on the compressor end which stands the heat (100 deg). $10.
John

Gerard,

I recently purchased the Projecta "Typhoon" twin head compressor after doing considerable research through the many forums available. Site Link
www.4wd1.com/i_tyre_pump_kit.htm

The other one I gave a lot of consideration to was the Bushranger Max Air, however I settled on the Typhoon as I felt it was better value for money for me. I If you hunt around, you should pick up one for a lot less than the Bushranger or the price quoted in the link. I did not buy mine through them.

Performance wise, more than happy with it. Very quiet, pumps my tyres from 15 - 35 psi in around 1 minute 20 seconds each and just keeps on going without a hint of stopping. Although I have not tried 6 tyres one after the other, from all accounts, this compressor will handle it easily without fear of overheating and cutting out. Obviously, though, seeing the winter chills are with us down here, I will have to wait a while to see how it performs on a stinking hot day!! As I read in other posts while researching, the point where the hose connects to the compressor gets quite hot, so you need to use a glove when disconnecting it. Don't know if others do the same.

I am sure you will gets heaps of other opinions, but this is just my two bob's worth.

Cheers,

DaveO

Maxair is the one I use to pump up my 315/75R16 (ie: 35") MTZs (and I've got of these big suckers. The Maxair has been copied by a few different Chinese manufacturers and these copies are much cheaper.....but I don't know how long they will last. My Maxair is about 4 years old and gets used frequently, as it is permanently hooked up to the whole air "system" on my Patrol. It keeps a tank pumped up to around 90psi all the time, for operating air horns, diff locker etc, and has outlets front and rear for tyre inflation.

I have been using a Blue Tongue IV single for 12 months now and have found it will pump up 285/75-16 tyres easily from 20 to 45 psi in about 3 minutes per tyre.
The most tyres in a single run was 16 ie.- 4 cars, and the unit kept going without seeming to lose efficiency. Ambient on that day was 31 celsius. It is regularly used for reseating tyres after changing, takes about 7 minutes to do each one. Have now connected it to a pressure tank, an acqual-ung actually and the 72 cubic foot tank has been helpful aroung the farm workshopas well.

I think the Blue Tongue would be worth serious consideration in your evaluations.

I have a big red and it is a great pump, it's performance under load when i bought it was probably the best although with no load there were a couple that had greater l/min. But since then there are probably a dozen different manufacturers in the market place, there maybe others that out perform ours now but u might want to check to see if u are able to buy spare parts if u are paying good money for it.

MATTIE

G'day Gerard,

Some of the above claims are pretty good compared to my ARB unit which takes around half an hour to pump both CT and car (6 tyres) from 20 to 40 PSI.

However, I happened to be away with a group in the VIC High Country a couple of years ago and one of our party had an 'endless air'. Very very impressive and takes seconds instead of minutes to inflate tyres; not sure of the ltrs/min spec.

Rather costly I believe although there have been posts on this forum in the past which suggest purchasing a standard auto aircon compressor, perform a couple of simple mods and fit it yourself. Brackets to hang it in-line with your belt could be a bit tricky; depends how handy you are. I suggest you do an 'endless air' search.

Good luck,
Paul

I have an ARB unit and a Max-Air, I would use the Max air every time. Much faster and easier to stow I reckon.

Endless Air are over the top IMHO but Lucy has one and they are fantastic, but they are fitted to one car and not a portable alternative.

Hi Gerard,

May depend on required use.

Cheaper unit will work OK if used for the odd weekend every month. Mid range unit is better if used every weekend with standard tyres. Top end (and expensive) unit will be great if you pump 35's every weekend.

Had and have an ARB compressor which worked well with 33's every second weekend, died when I went to larger 35's and required regular use (multiple times a weekend). Only use it for lockers and as a backup now. Not saying it isn't a good unit, just that it's designed for a specific purpose.

My twin tongue is used almost every weekend, pumps all four tyres no prob (and a couple of mates tyres to speed the process up, and hasn't complained yet.

Haven't tried/relied on one of the cheaper jobs so can't comment.

Ross.

New ARB unit pumps at over 60litres/min constantly and is same price as previous also smaller as well.
Old model does 27litres/min.
Cheers