"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" wrote:

"Stormin Mormon" fired this volley
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Wonder if the extra 5 gals of expansion will make a serious
difference in the ability to do car repairs.

Yeah... the pump will take 5/8 longer to pump up the 8 gallons than it
did to pump up the 3. In the meanwhile, your pressure is low for longer
than it would have been before.

Buy an Emglo (by DeWalt), and you won't need another $35 HF rip-off. And
it will cut back in at a pressure your tools can still use. You might
not _ever_ be out of air unless you're using a big D/A sander or a sand-
blaster.

But then, you probably paid only about $100-$150 less from HF than you
would have from a decent tool dealer for an Emglo. I got my 3-gal two-
sausage Emglo for $350, out the door. It handles everything I need in a
portable, runs acceptably on a 12-ga 50' extension cord (because it has a
head-relief valve -- although you can hear it struggle a bit on an
extension, until the motor comes up to speed), and is actually
"portable" if I limp a little carrying it ('bout 90lb) G.

I've had it for eight years, and use the hell out of it. It, like the
Chinalloy 4x6 bandsaw I bought, is one of the best buys I ever made.
Hell, the motor and pump are even repairable and replacable. Try that on
the "make believe 3HP" Chinese rip-alikes.

LLoyd

Your $350 Emglo would be at least $250 more than the HF compressor. The
HF compressor is not a "rip-off" by any means, it is not intended for
use with continuous air tools, nor is any other brand of "pancake"
compressor. The "pancake" compressors are intended for tools such as
small air nailers, tire filling and the like.

HF also has some compressors that are a closer match to the Emglo at a
higher price than the "pancake" but still considerably less than the
Emglo. I would want the Emglo if I were a contractor using the
compressor daily on a job site, but for occasional home use, the larger
HF unit would probably be fine.