Over at Amazon, there’s a Dewalt DWFP55126 6 gallon air compressor, on sale today only for $119. This is a 6 gallon, 165 PSI max, 2.6 SCFM at 90 PSI, 75.5 dBA pancake-style oil-free and “quiet” air compressor.
User reviews seem to be pretty positive.
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Over at Home Depot, they have a big selection of air compressors, nailers, a Ryobi inflator, and a couple of bundle sets, also on sale today only.
I find the Dewalt 30 gallon air compressor to be particularly appealing. Does anyone have any experience with it?
A new Dewalt 27 gallon oil-free compressor also recently appeared on Amazon, and with a 78 dBA noise rating. It makes me wonder which is the better buy for intermittent use.
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That Ryobi inflator kit looks to be an especially good buy.
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These Amazon and Home Depot deals are all said to end at 3am ET 6/14/2018, unless supplies sell out sooner.
fred
The only 30 gallon air compressors that I’m familiar with are from Eagle – with Honda engines – more suited for mounting in the back of a service truck than in your garage. BTW – we always had good luck with both Eagle and Emglo compressors. I have no experience with Dewalt – but I believe they bought out Emglo – and hopefully gained expertise in the bargain
Daniel
Lowe’s also has the 18ga Brad/6 gallon pancake kit on sale for $149, $100 off.
James C
The tool-only Ryobi 16ga nailer is on sale this week for $150. If you already have a couple chargers and don’t care for the 1.3ah battery you might consider that deal instead.
Joe
Dewalt makes decent compressors. ..they last. We run framing crews with them. I use the ultra quiet 200psi in my shop,
Todd
I bought that “quiet” Dewalt pancake compressor a few years back for a job in San Fran in a multi-family home that had a newborn baby with the family that was living right below where we were working. Long story short, it is not quiet. In fact, it is one of the louder compressors I have ever heard as the pump seems to operate at a very high rpm, resulting in a higher pitch.. scream.. Needless to say it was not going to work for this job.
As an aside, I bought a “quiet” Bostitch ‘Trim Air’ compressor after the Dewalt turned out too loud, and it was marginally quieter, but still too loud. Ended up using (abusing) the Senco 1 gal and my Paslode framer that only works when inside the safety of its blow-mold case, until I broke down and bought a couple Milwaukee Fuel nailers.
Long story short, if you want a quiet air compressor, buy California Air tools or go battery powered.
I should add, if noise is not a concern, the pancake compressor is quite capable of running 4 trim guns or a framing gun, maybe two, so long as you’re not doing production framing.
Mopar
The tool-only Ryobi inflator is only $20 if you don’t need/want the small battery and charger for $40 more. It actually works fairly well for it’s size and cost, but I wish Ryobi would improve the trigger switch. It really needs a lock that works to both lock it on, and lock it off. The trigger is pretty sensitive, and it’s easy to get turned on in the trunk or a tool bag. Then when using it, you need to hold the trigger down. Not bad for bike tires and such, but a car tire can take 5-10 minutes.
Ryobi has a step up model, which locks on and auto shuts off at the desired pressure, and also has a high volume low pressure option which works WAY faster for inflating air mattresses and pool toys and such. Overall, a better compressor for $40 instead of $20, but it is a fair amount bigger. I run a Parks Dept, and we use the $20 one all the time for mower tires and stuff.
Also, HD has a deal going on where you can buy (2) of the bigger 3.0Ah batteries plus the charger and the better compressor for $99.
OBDave
Great little compressor – I had one for about a year and a leaky tire I needed to fill up on my work Jeep about twice a week. It eventually died (HD traded me for a new one) and I eventually got new tires, but as long as you’re not walking too far away one of those thick rubber bands that hold produce together at the grocery store wrapped around the trigger makes life much easier.
The bare tool is the way to go though – no sense spending $35-40 (bare tool fluctuates by $5 depending on holiday proximity) on a garbage battery and charger unless you need the charger.
Hang Fire
No direct experience with it, but the 30 gallon looks like a good compressor to me. I would definitely want to wire it for 240V.