Recommend me an air compressor

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Permalink Reply by Mark Hatten on August 25, 2014 at 12:52pm

I have one of these -- super lightweight and will take care of inflating just about anything short of a semi truck tire.

http://www.amazon.com/Campbell-Hausfeld-FP2028-Compressor-Accessory...

I also have one of these that I use for powering nail guns, etc.

http://www.amazon.com/PORTER-CABLE-PCFP02003-3-5-Gallon-Pancake-Com...

The little Campbell Hausfeld will do everything you want, is very light and very small, and inexpensive.

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Permalink Reply by Dugafola on August 26, 2014 at 7:57am

thanks mark!  i'll check it out. 

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Permalink Reply by Mike Wood on August 29, 2014 at 8:53am

Talking of... I have a shop compressor in the garage and a 5 gal air tank and was thinking of bringing it to races since my generator is too large to fit in the car. 5 gal @ 150psi should be enough for a few tire changes I would think. I guess I should try it. 

I do have a small 12VDC compressor too but it's pretty slow but would re-inflate the 5 gal tank (and thus be good enough volume-wise). I tried a 1200W inverter to power a pancake compressor once and it was not enough - the poor inverter would flip out.

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