Lightweight 115vac, 1-2 gal, 100+ PSI air compressor

fj12ryder wrote:
I bought this one: Porter-Cable and am very happy with it so far. It's not nearly as loud as some of the oilless compressors out there which I like a lot. It builds pressure very quickly and will add air to my 110 psi tires with no issues.

That seems to be similar to the one I saw. I'll take a closer look at it. Price is good too.

12 volt compressors do have their place and are small.

2oldman wrote:
Very quiet. The HD ones are really loud.

My compressor.

What's "HD"?

I agree the tankless type air compressors are something slow to air up but they do work. In my case I am usually off the power grid and want to use the 12VDC tankless type air compressor.

This 12VDC tankless air compressor also serves me well for blowing out my water lines when I end up in a below ZERO camping spot... Being tankless the pressure is slow to build up and this gives me plenty of time to walk around the inside spigots and open up to blow out the water lines.

This setup works great for my situation...




Roy Ken

The Sears model 15309 1.5 gallon 150 psi compressor for $99.00 is a popular choice. It is small/light and will fill my 110 psi tires. Fits in a corner of a storage bay.

I bought a Harbor Freight compressor, about like this one

There's also 92575 and 60637 that seem to be about the same thing.
Budget and space permitting, HF has 67696 on sale $130.

That's not a very good HF sale price. At that price I'd look at Home Depot. They sell a Porter-Cable compressor with those specs along with a 16-gauge brad nailer, bag and safety glasses for around $150.

Our little HF 92575 CAN inflate our RV tires to their sidewall rating of 80PSI but it's a hike. To pick up 5PSI, say 70 to 75, takes a VERY long time even with the regulator two-blocked at 100PSI. But it fits the space we have for it and does many other projects very well. Car tires at 35PSI work wonderfully, and so do any bike tires. We have a boat trailer that calls for 50PSI and I think that's really the comfortable limit for 92575. I just bought HF's combination Tacker/Stapler 18-gauge and it operates that beautifully. Together, those two have given me a very nice Nailer/Compressor combo, with a Compressor that can do more, for around $75 total.

EDIT: Remember, for simply Inflating, you can choose (guess what?) an Inflator. It's basically the Compressor-Only part, no Tank, so you save space.

Very quiet. The HD ones are really loud.

My compressor.

I bought this one: Porter-Cable and am very happy with it so far. It's not nearly as loud as some of the oilless compressors out there which I like a lot. It builds pressure very quickly and will add air to my 110 psi tires with no issues.

I use the 150 PSI one form Sears. Saw it in a different color as a Cable Porter I think at Lowes once. They run $100 the last time I checked. 150 PSI is a good starting point. Even at 1.5 gallon we can pack it out to trailers, mowers and stuff and air up without being plugged in.

12 volts is OK if you have a week to do a 2 minute job.

We have a couple 125 PSI compressors from WM (oil in compressor) that are handly to have at different locations but taking the MH tires to 100 PSI the 150 PSI is NICE.