Aldi - Air Compressors

TL

I think everybody should be alerted to these.

Ya gets wot ya pays for, or good quality don't come cheap???

Hi Landy,
We talk about price gouging in fuel, maybe there is more than an element of it to be found at your local 4by accessories outlet.....cheers,
silverback

I purchased one of these a year or so ago. I'ts given excellent service in dry conditions. It managed to re inflate all of the tyres on our 80 series and the camper trailer without a hiccup.
It was hot at the end of that task but no problems at all. We've put it to the test heaps of times now and it will be with us when we do the Cape York trip in July.
There may be faster ones, higher volume of air delivery etc, I wouldn't know because we've never seen another one in operation and have not had to borrow anyone else's.
I like the Aldi unit and have no reason to suspect that it will let us down after what we've already experienced.
Even if it did break, there are so many travellers around nowadays, help is never really very far away. I would buy another one, no problems.
Regards
Steve.

We brought one about 18 months ago, and it has worked well. A bit slow on 4by tyres and gets a bit hot but for the price its a knockout. It seems to be well engineered for the price. Aldi stuff is mostly good quality.
Cheers Pete

looks just like the one i bought from supercheap $159.00

was on special at repco some weeks later for $129.00 incl a tyre repair kit.

bummer for me.

buy 1, aldi have a warranty and you can return it anwhere in australia, they are a tad slow on 4wd tyres but if you need to get air into them they are great if you don't mind the extra time, i have 1, and my mate has a arb and it kept stopping due to over heating and my OHHH cheapo ket grinding away and still runs great.

i bought one,took it home to try it out,motor seized half way thru first tyre,got the replacement and it couldnt pump the tyre up beyond 25 PSI.took it back and got my dough back.bought a 2 cyl bushpig for $130 and its a beauty!! Paul

I bought an identical pump at Big W for $79 last year.

Only problem has been that the hose at the compressor end melted due to heat after extended use. Replaced with a proper 10 meter compressor hose and now not a problem.

Greg..

Hey folks,

To substantiate my earlier reply, I bought a S/cheep one about 4yrs ago and it died after approx 4 hrs pumping over the next 2yrs. At the time they were $129. Yip, it was irrepairable, rooted.

There are quite a few look alikes in this arena with a huge variation in build quality also, so tread cautious. Me, once bitten, twice shy.

This has since been replaced with a $280 compressor and has so far lasted about 10 hours compressing wind.

Not sure if any of the "Brains trusts" can figure what is meant by "ya gets wot ya pays for"???

Members, anybody???
Cheapskates!!!

Bought one of these from Aldi about 12 months ago It works fine - have had no problems & I use it on 4WD tyres.
Willy