*Construction seemed sturdier than other units I considered **MyBest.Tools** Noise level was reasonable. Good pressure and cfm capacity for a small reasonably light compressor.*
*This does exactly what I was wanting **MyBest.Tools** Price was fantastic, lower than Harbor Freight-and it included hose and attachments, and IT IS MADE IN AMERICA, unlike Harbor Freight*
Thank you very much for taking time to explain all the details of how to use this air compressor. I am a woman also installing trim and molding in my home. Other videos don’t go into near as detail as you do, assuming the user is already familiar with compressors.
Thank you, Mimi for this great video. I refurbish old tube radios & this would be good for blowing off the dust balls & drying the parts that I spray to clean them.
What a fantastic review from a 'real' person who isn’t spray paining a car or needs their compressor 25 hours a day. I have a little 24L which I think is 6 US gallons or 5 imperial gallons, it does more than I need which is mainly a bit of die grinding. When space is at a premium the small compressors are brilliant for those of us who only do small projects. I wish Harbour Freight would open here in the UK.
Hey thanks for the great video. You're so positive and just refreshing to listen to. Most review videos seem to turn in to ego pride opinion how they didn't make this $50 product with $1000 worth of quality. Anyway you showed exactly what I wanted to see and it looks lovely I will purchase today so I can clean my customers condensers on their refrigerators and clear defrost water drains that seem to plug quite easily with Gunk. As of right now and the last 10 years I have been using the 25lb can of hotshot r134a with an old gauge hose that I cut the threaded fitting off one end. It actually works quite well and is a lot of pressure. It's not toxic or harmful and I'd only crack it for 2 seconds tops and man some of those 10-15 or even 20 year old subzeros that have never had the condenser cleaned can make quite the mess. Anywat done rambling off topic this will be great and like many other versatile tools I have purchased I'm sure I will find plenty of other uses. My latest the infrared thermometer gun.
I have same thing but got mine at lowes. Love it but ready for bigger one to run grinders etc. great for grandkids basketball, bounce ball and tires. I originally got for an upholstery class. Don't forget to drain moisture out after each use.
HeyMimi DIY it might depend on where you live but I always had water to drain each time and my brother has a bigger one and he bought the auto drain attachment from harbor freight.
HeyMimi DIYThere's a misconception that a really big tire needs a really big air compressor. (Re 2:30.. "eighteen wheeler') In reality, the larger the tire, the LESS psi is required. My huge rear 10" wide tractor wheelsrequire less than 5 PSI .This little pancake will satisfy all but a continuous spraying of air for whatever reason. By the way, did anyone notice the difference between the pancake and hot dog? Both have identical compressor characteristics, but the hot dog lacks the electric cord caddy brackets, the small equipment storage compartment, and water blow off valve.
You can paint a car, you just need an external air tank for storage. It's easy if you have the Chicago portable air tank.just remove the safety valve fitting and skew the pressure outlet line from the portable tank . The portable tank I have holds 8 lbs but there are some that holds 10 lbs. Add 8 lbs to 3 lbs is 11 lbs @ 100 lbs. To paint a car you need 20 psi at 10 lbs minimum.
Ive never owned an air compressor, do u have to release the pressure from the tank once you're down using it or can u just leave it as is for the next time you use it?
Looking to get one of these for my little shed for some bead blasting and some usual functions. Anyone know if this works great with the Harbor Freight media blasters?
I just bought this for $40 at HF. Do I need to get a filter to for it to remove water and dirt? If so, do you have any recommendations? I see a lot of filters on the market have another regulator and adjustment on them. Not sure why, since this pancake compressor already comes with the adjustment regulator. Thx
Can l inflate new tires that is not seated on beads yet ? I want to start replacing my own tires remove and replace.Want to be sure this can inflate new tires with zero pressure.
I've had mine for about 4 years not. I love it. But suddenly it is having a problem. It pressurizes fine, but when I turn the air pressure tool knob on, I get no pressure coming out. The dial says it is pressurized to 100psi. So how do I get to use it if the air can't come out of the hose? I haven't figured it out yet.
Thanks for this review. Would you say at 3 gallon (100psi) this is good for just generally blowing away dried dirt or dust off of projects, or even wood saw dust? Also, Harbor Freight has a 3 gallon hot dog shape version. Is there a difference that you know of between the two? thx
i bought a 2 gallon one at lowes. it was 79.99 but it was small enough for me to carry without straining my body cause im disabled. all i need it is to clean my many computers.
Umm... ok, nice, but that's a pressure control valve, you don't have to turn it left or right every time you want to blow some air, you didn't explain that, it can always be left at full unless you want less air than the compressor has stored.
