I purchased this compressor because my 24' x 24' detached garage wasn't capable of a 220V compressor or a smaller oiled compressor (I have a voltage drop issue in my detached garage).
I picked the compressor up for $259.00 at Sear's. The compressor also comes with a air ratchet, impact gun along with 15' of air hose, Teflon tape and some quick connect fitting's
Knowing I was going to need an oiless compressor, I wanted something with a larger tank. I looked at the Craftsman 20gal vertical and the Powermate 26gal Vertical. And aside from the location of the regulator and some minor plumbing. They use the same pump and motor.Don't let the difference in the names fool you. They have the same mechanical's pressurizing the tank.
Brought the unit home and unboxed it. The compressor was packed very well, no damage.
Fit and finish on the unit is very good. No problems. For a compressor it's very good looking. I powered it on and It took about 10 min to go from a dead tank to 125 PSI. Not bad, but it is an oiless compressor filling a large tank afterall. Compressor had no leaks, which was a good sign.
Now on to the tool's. The air ratchet workeds as expected. No real issues. It's an air ratchet after all, so I wasn't expecting it to be a huge torque monster. The on/off flipper is kinda sticky. Doesn't really engage smoothly.
I then fired up the impact wrench and headed out to my car to see if I could break my lug's. Nothing..so I turn up the torque setting on the gun to 4 and increased the output on the line to 100. Still no dice. I then looked at the instructions and saw that the max torque applied from the gun was only a claimed 230 ft pounds. That really isn't enough torque to break lug's. So basically the gun is really best suited for removing other fastener's like nut's on tie rod' end's or ball joint's, brake caliper bolt's. Get a bigger gun with more torque for removing lug's.
Overall, a very nice package, the included tools are nice but could use some refinement.
I picked the compressor up for $259.00 at Sear's. The compressor also comes with a air ratchet, impact gun along with 15' of air hose, Teflon tape and some quick connect fitting's
Knowing I was going to need an oiless compressor, I wanted something with a larger tank. I looked at the Craftsman 20gal vertical and the Powermate 26gal Vertical. And aside from the location of the regulator and some minor plumbing. They use the same pump and motor.Don't let the difference in the names fool you. They have the same mechanical's pressurizing the tank.
Brought the unit home and unboxed it. The compressor was packed very well, no damage.
Fit and finish on the unit is very good. No problems. For a compressor it's very good looking. I powered it on and It took about 10 min to go from a dead tank to 125 PSI. Not bad, but it is an oiless compressor filling a large tank afterall. Compressor had no leaks, which was a good sign.
Now on to the tool's. The air ratchet workeds as expected. No real issues. It's an air ratchet after all, so I wasn't expecting it to be a huge torque monster. The on/off flipper is kinda sticky. Doesn't really engage smoothly.
I then fired up the impact wrench and headed out to my car to see if I could break my lug's. Nothing..so I turn up the torque setting on the gun to 4 and increased the output on the line to 100. Still no dice. I then looked at the instructions and saw that the max torque applied from the gun was only a claimed 230 ft pounds. That really isn't enough torque to break lug's. So basically the gun is really best suited for removing other fastener's like nut's on tie rod' end's or ball joint's, brake caliper bolt's. Get a bigger gun with more torque for removing lug's.
Overall, a very nice package, the included tools are nice but could use some refinement.
