Recommend me a compressor

[RossiT]

Hi,

I'm after some advice, looking to buy a mains compressor which will be used for airbrushing, spraying and powering air tools. Is it possible to get one that covers all these jobs?

Thanks

[netherfield]

Of course it's possible,what sort of airtools determines the cubic feet per minute required,and then how much you want to spend determines the rest.

[tr7v8]

Unless you have very limited demands, buy the biggest you can afford & power. I bought a small one which looked OK & within a year sold it to a mate & bought a 2.5HP V unit of around 9.5CFM or so. This powers most of my kit although struggles with the shot blaster & needs to be allowed to catch up every 10 minutes or so. Mine is one of the generic Italian jobs from E Bay but machine mart & others sell similar.
One tip either leave it plugged in or run it at least once a month otherwise the start capacitor will die, AMHIK.

[AndrewW-G]

Costco do them from approx £250 including air tools (impact gun, tyre gun, blow gun, ratchet etc) all with a 3 year warranty and significantly cheaper than machine mart

[Muncher]

I'd second that I'd go for a really big one otherwise you will regret it.

[Howitzer]

I'm incredibly pleased with this compressor....

http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Compressor-50ltr-Dire...

I have decided that as the pump is good, when the time comes for me to need a larger supply i'll simply add a 200 litre air receiver to get the extra volume.

Dave!