Battery operated air compressor --small

[MarkTwain]

Looking for a good, study and dependable small air compressor to fill air bag on my 5th wheel hitch.
thanks

[_DJ_1]

billsnp5 wrote:
For airbags and bike tires I have one of the 19V handheld Craftsman compressor. It airs up the bags or a bike tire quickly. They are fairly cheap and I carry a few of the 19V tools and a charger with me.

This one probably fits your request the best for a small battery operated air compressor. I also carry one along with drill, batts and charger. Works well.

[rickeoni]

I just bought a viair 300. Fills up my 19.5's effortlessly, nice and quiet also.

[jefe_4x4]

All good advice. This is one area you need to examine the duty cycle of each product. I was suckered into buying a cheap, china freight, high volume air compressor-twice. I am such a fool. The first one failed on the first trip. I used wet rags on the cylinder head to try mitigating the extreme heat the product produced. The second replacement version lasted one tire before it blew the fuse and stopped working entirely. I could find no replacement fuses for it. (35amp) Granted, they were big volume tires. (375x55R16's on 12" wide rims. Lots of volume meaning the pump runs into trouble with heat buildup.)
This is one area where you do not want to try to cheap-out. Via Aire has a good reputation. Luckily, for me, all these small 12v compressors were only a backup position against the CO2 tank. For years I've used various sizes of CO2 tanks( 5#, 10#, 20#) for blowing up tires after being at low pressure in loose sand or bottomless snow. For my conditions, this works the best. Day after day at Moab deflating and reinflating the tires at the trailhead. The trouble is I have to blow up 4 big volume tires, one after the other. Therein lies the problem. Duty cycle. I can get about 30 big tires inflated from 10 pounds or so up to running pressure, one after the other, and fairly fast; faster than any compressor can. It's enough to last 7 days at Moab. Lots of choices here. Choose well.
jefe

[languiduck]

Viair is probably the best, but I've been using this one for many years of trouble free service so far. And it will still easily pump up tires to over 80psi in just a couple minutes. Use it on my Jeep tires, airbags, mattresses, truck tires, etc.

http://www.amazon.com/Smittybilt-2781-5-65-Universal-Compressor/dp/B004K25GMG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid...

[billsnp5]

For airbags and bike tires I have one of the 19V handheld Craftsman compressor. It airs up the bags or a bike tire quickly. They are fairly cheap and I carry a few of the 19V tools and a charger with me.


http://www.sears.com/craftsman-c3-19.2-volt-cordless-inflator/p-00911586000P

[billsnp5]

For airbags and bike tires I have one of the 19V handheld Craftsman compressor. It airs up the bags or a bike tire quickly. They are fairly cheap and I carry a few of the 19V tools and a charger with me.

[Wanderin_fool]

I have a Bon-Aire and its awesome. Cheap and has worked on car tires,ATV tires, air bags.

[narcodog]

I have a Viair and that's the one I would go with. You may just want to inflate an air bag today but tomorrow it may be a tire for yourself or someone else.

[Moomba2002]

Extreme Outback Products. Great products and service.

[MarkTwain]

RoyB wrote:
For me the Q Industries MV50 Portable 12VDC Portable Tankless Air Compressors (AMAZON) works just fine. I can air-up my trailer and truck tires and also use it for blowing out my water lines in the trailer when the temps drop below freezing...

I have used this model from way back in my Jeep/tent camping days.. Stores easy in its own carry bag and fits under my truck back seat area. I can sit this on my dropped tail gate of the truck and connect directly into the trailer battery bank terminals. The long hose reaches everything from this spot.



I use this adapter from AMAZON to connect to the city water port to blow out my water lines in the trailer and then fill the P-TRAPS with RV pink stuff. With the tankless compressor the pressure is slow to build-up which allows to get to the spigots everywhere to drain the water out without fear of over pressure on the lines.



Great small footprint items to have around for my off-road trailer...

Works great with my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer and F150 TRUCK Tires. I can air up 65-80LBS real easy... The MAX air is rated at 150lbs. As old as mine is now I doubt I could ever get that much haha...

Roy Ken

Thanks for the info. How long is the electrical cord? I need about 20'.
thanks

[Kayteg1]

I had several of those cheap 12V pumps and they usually are good for couple of 35psi tire inflations.
Than few years ago I bought Firestone pump design for air helper bags.
I made it portable and used on 90 psi trailer tires and air bags at least 20 times and is still pumps up.

[bedrocker]

Roy B I have the same one works great
I have had it for over 5 yrs 🙂

[RoyB]

For me the Q Industries MV50 Portable 12VDC Portable Tankless Air Compressors (AMAZON) works just fine. I can air-up my trailer and truck tires and also use it for blowing out my water lines in the trailer when the temps drop below freezing...

I have used this model from way back in my Jeep/tent camping days.. Stores easy in its own carry bag and fits under my truck back seat area. I can sit this on my dropped tail gate of the truck and connect directly into the trailer battery bank terminals. The long hose reaches everything from this spot.



I use this adapter from AMAZON to connect to the city water port to blow out my water lines in the trailer and then fill the P-TRAPS with RV pink stuff. With the tankless compressor the pressure is slow to build-up which allows to get to the spigots everywhere to drain the water out without fear of over pressure on the lines.



Great small footprint items to have around for my off-road trailer...

Works great with my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer and F150 TRUCK Tires. I can air up 65-80LBS real easy... The MAX air is rated at 150lbs. As old as mine is now I doubt I could ever get that much haha...

Roy Ken

[jmcgsd]

I carry an air tank. Works quickly, doesn't need a 12v connection and has enough volume to at least partially fill a truck tire in a pinch.

As a CG Host at a National Park site with no hookups I was popular with the air mattress set last summer too. 🙂