12 VOLT AIR COMPRESSORS THAT LAST

I ditto that, exellent, so much so that when I air up a few of my club mates use mine too when their $50 specials drop dead. Mine is now 3 years old and as good as the day I bought it. Colin.

x2. Bushranger Max Air and yep, my mates borrow mine as well.

Yep got one too! Good unit.

I got one too and it still does 4 big tyres from 17psi-45 in 15mins after 4 years of regular use.
Guage not working after I lent it to somebody recently but Bushranger are willing to repair it

sorry for lack of Punctuation , just woke up -- Forgot to add -- a 5 Year warranty is useless to you when your stuck in the middle of nowhere with low tires... its only good when close to home where you can return it for repair

Boc

Yep, our ARB compressor has been under the bonnet of two 4WD's for 7yrs now and never missed a beat.Sure there are quicker but this one gets the job done.

Me too. Bluetongue has been good for me - 9 years old and had a lot of use. Made by Thomas in the USA.

Used a Thomas for 25 years. Its had a lot of use beach fishing and never missed a beat

Yes, I've always been an advocate of the Maxair too and recently replaced mine with a Grand Boss (a much larger compressor, but about the same inflation times).

However, I have read in a lot of articles/comparisons etc, that this new ARB unit is the ducks guts......

If I was in the market for a new one, that's what I'd be getting now too. The Maxair has sooooo many copies and clones getting around that look exactly the same (but aren't as good), it'd be hard to be sure you're actually getting a proper Maxair....aand as you say, the ARB is actually faster anyway.

Roachie

Is the ARB one the one that came out top in the recent 4WD Action test ??

Same as Roachie I bought a Grande Boss with air tank to go with the air bag suspension. Had it for about a year and works fine. About $400 so not cheap but I wanted a reliable one.

With my previous landcruiser I had a converted twin piston aircond compressor unit with a home made bracket next to my actual air condition compressor. Now that was the best and most reliable pump I had and with reving up the engine you could pump a flat tyre up quicker than any other compressor even my commercial work compressor. I did run the air into a tank with a 120psi relief valve.

David

I went down the same path as Serendipity of Mandurah's old landcruiser and installed a second hand air/con compressor [one with a sump] via a pulley to the motor and then an air line to an old "out-of-date" LPG gas bottle as the reserve tank. Ive been using it for 16 years now[a lot of beach work] and it has never missed a beat ,in fact it has pretty much beaten every other "shop bought" compressor that have been pitted against it.
It wont flatten a battery 'cause it is driven off the engine.
It can pump up a tyre as fast as you can let one down and I have used it to reseat beads.
The most tyres I've pumped up in one continuous go is 20[4 x 4WD + 2 x trailor]
and it didn't show any signs of failing.
If you want something very reliable and long-lived and have the space in your engine bay to mount a compressor on your motor, the above system ,IMHO, is the best way to go. Especially if you are a DIY type.
Welldone

Id also like to know peoples experiences with this compressor?