Air Jack

[cliffords]

Anyone have experience of the low cost air Jacks,seen on e bay etc .
Cost around £60. Lots shown I guess Chinese.
I would use axle stands and appreciate the risks.

I would like a quick way of raising the car easily from my compressor 250litres.

If you can recommend or otherwise please.

Thanks

Edited by cliffords on Tuesday 24th February 19:35

[Gassmi]

Avoid them. They're dangerous.
The rubber bladders burst, the plastic yokes snap, and they tip over. Seen it happen. A 250 litre compressor will fill it fine but that's not the problem.
Save up for a proper set like SGS or BendPak. The cheap eBay ones are scrap.

[JimM169]

They're not particularly low profile either so may struggle getting it under some cars

[cliffords]

Just following up my own thread.
I had a tyre fitter out this morning , after booking with Black circles .
He had an air Jack and I asked him about it . He said buy one with triple air bags and that all his were Chinese and had lasted well .
So its a bit of a confusing picture . His was unbranded .

[E-bmw]

cliffords said:

Just following up my own thread.
I had a tyre fitter out this morning , after booking with Black circles .
He had an air Jack and I asked him about it . He said buy one with triple air bags and that all his were Chinese and had lasted well .
So its a bit of a confusing picture . His was unbranded .

I suspect you will struggle to find anything like a majority of anything that isn't made in China these days.

[T697JVS]

Gassmi said:

Avoid them. They're dangerous.
The rubber bladders burst, the plastic yokes snap, and they tip over. Seen it happen. A 250 litre compressor will fill it fine but that's not the problem.
Save up for a proper set like SGS or BendPak. The cheap eBay ones are scrap.

I had an SGS trolley jack that failed when less than 2 years old. Wouldn’t but anything from them again.

[kris450]

T697JVS said:

I had an SGS trolley jack that failed when less than 2 years old. Wouldn t but anything from them again.

Have to second this. I couldn't be paid to use any of their stuff. Their prices are low for a reason...