rnln

Can someone give me feedback and suggestion on this brand (Central Pneumatic)?
I asked question on air compressor in the past and summarize my choice to veritcle cylinder, oil, and belt driven. For these, it cost a little high if I go to Sears or Lowes.
Harbor Freight is having a 2HP, 110v, 60hz, 115 PSI, 8 gallon for $100 and a 21 gallon for $150. I am leaning to the 8 gallon since being compact is what I am looking for. Anyone have any comment?
Thanks.

theiceman

What is your purpose for this compressor ? painting? tools? blowing up tires ?

What you need is adequate CFM. ( how much air in generates in cubic feet per minute ) . Tools will have a desired CFM, just make sure your compresor produces enough CFM to drive it.

Mine I think is about 8.0CFM and can pretty well drive everything i need. I think Die cut off tools and air hammers are high demand tools. maybe even an air drill.

Talk to the people in the stores, they will tell you what you need to know.

fixnprsh

You get what you pay for at Harbor Freight, jack stands and hammers are pretty easy to get right, Air Compressor? Go to sears and get a craftsman

az9oneone

I agreed with last post. Harbor Freight tools are usually good for one use. If you are going to use the compressor for anything but filling tires, I would go for better quality. Also from experience I would buy the compressor with the highest capacity/flow that you can afford.

theiceman

PS I have a craftsman.... If you blow up my avatar you can see it in the background.

Brett San Diego

I think I'm going to go with a cheap Harbor Freight compressor. For my garage it'll see sporadic use, not heavy duty. If I expected to use it constantly, I would go with a better name brand. I'm willing to experiment with the cheap one first and see how it goes. If it craps out in one year, then I learned my lesson, and I'll buy a Craftsman (or I'll look for a better quality pump and hook it up to the old tank since the tank should be perfectly good).

Brett

fixnprsh

spend the money up front and cry once

theiceman

Brett

Just make sure it has the CFM you ar looking for

Russ L.

JUST WAIT LONG ENOUGH TO SPEND 4/500.00 AND GET SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST LONGER.BELIEVE ME...IF YOU DO YOU'LL FIND OTHER USES THAN JUST TIRES AND POOL TOYS! : AIR NAILERS ,STAPLERS,ALL KINDS OF TOOLS...I EVEN MADE A TUBR TO BLOW OUT THE GUTTERS ON MY HOUSE!YOU WANT A UNIT WITH AT LEAST 10/14 C.F.M. RECOVERY TO KEEP UP OR YOU'LL COOK IT IN AN HOUR.ME ...80 GALLON TWO STAGE CAMPBELL HAUSFIELD 5 H.P. 220 V.A.C. WITH 19 C.F.M. RECOVERY AND MY LITTLE GUY 30 GAL 3 H.P. SINGLE STAGE HOPE THIS HELPS

scottb

Campbell Hausfeld sometimes has good buys on factory refurbished units. Here's the link:

http://tinyurl.com/yb7z7s

Scott

theiceman

Russ
.. now that's the cats ***.....

Russ L.

THE BEST PART FOR ME IS SINCE I'M AN AUTO TECH. BY TRADE... IT'S ALL A WRITE-OFF AND IT KEEPS THE WIFE FROM FREAKING OUT AT MY TOOL BILLS!LOL!

Brett San Diego

OK, OK. I'll get this one instead.



Brett

rnln

Thanks for all your opinons. Has anyone personally experience a Harbor Freight Air compressor?

Scottb,
Is Campbell Hausfeld a good brand, better than Harbor Freight brands? I went to the site you suggested and found similar recondition Cambell Hausfeld has similar price with a new harbor Freight one.

Thanks.

fixnprsh

A goo dplace to look is the recycler or craigslist, Alot of people buy them uses them a couple times and sell them, you can get a nice one on the cheap