How To Tell If An Air Compressor Is Any Good

Jean is a do-it-yourself kind of person. He prefers to do almost everything on his own. Whether it's installing the wooden floors for his home or decorate his kid's bicyle using airbrush.

It so happen that he needs a new air compressor now. His old one suddenly broken down a couple of days ago. Jean wanted a new compressor for a long time but unfortunately his wife won't let him buy one as long as the old one still working. Jean thought that lady luck happen to be in the neighborhood that day because the old air compressor finally broke. Feeling no less happy about it he loaded that old compressor onto his truck and kick it off on the dump site. "Time to find a new one", he grinned happily.

Jean really wants to buy an air compressor that will give him allot of bang for his buck. Mind you, his wife won't let him spend big bucks to buy one. She think it's such a waste to spend lots of money to buy a big boys toys.
He decided to spend some time thinking about it . Grab his little notepad and starts jotting down to list what are the essential things that he wants from his new air compressor. Luckily he agrees to share us what he just wrote there so let's take a peek :

Space saving

Jean always believe that small is beautiful and prefers small tools to do his work. If you take a look at his crowded workshop you won't see any bulky machines in there. When he was window shopping a while ago he stumbled upon some compressors with space-saving vertical design. He really thought that it will fit perfectly on his workshop. Since he didn't bring anything to write on that day he just tried to remember the brand and models because he intend to buy one of those.

Fast

The old compressor took almost two whole minutes just to reach 150 psi. Jean think it's a bit overkill just to reach that pressure. Just like anybody else he hates waiting. He want a compressor that is fast enough especially when he's doing non-construction works like pumping the bike tires, etc.

Quiet

Jean just can't remember on how many times his wife complain about the loud noise coming the old compressor. He wonders if she couldn't stand it why doesn't she just let him buy a new one a long time ago. Anyway, Jean never really mind about the noise because he thought that is just normal. But a couple weeks ago he visited his friend's workshop and found out that his buddy's air compressor make noise just as if a vacuum cleaner is running next door. It was so much quieter that his. He asked and found out that it was an oilless air compressor so it has lower noise factor. He is making note to make sure he'll buy an oilless compressor this time to make his wife complain less when he's working.

Wheels

His old compressor was bulky and really heavy so he was relying on really long cords and hoses when he wanted to work other that in his own workshop. He doesn't mind if he get one with wheels made of hard plastic. As long as he can move it around easily he is more than happy.

Easy maintenance

Jean really hates getting on his stomach to open and close the drain plug off his old compressor. And he also hate how the drain just can't drain the water completely from the tank in either the vertical or horizontal positions. He decided that before buying he will asked the seller to demonstrate draining the compressor and if seller is making funny poses while doing it then he won't buy it no matter what.

Now, those five factors on Jean's note aren't the only signs of quality air compressors. You will need to add your own personal preference of course. But i sincerely hope that the short list can help you finding the best compressor from all those choices in the market.