• TehWorld@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I’m ready to sell my air compressor. 30 gal but not a ton of cfm. 18v hits plenty hard on my impact and tire inflator for the actual air need.

    • FoxAlive@lemmy.zip
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      13 hours ago

      You aren’t even going to keep it for blowing out crumbs in your keyboard? I got one of those tornado air whip guns and I bust that thing out everytime I need to work on the car just because I like to play with it. I’ll bust out all the floor mats and blast the with air to avoid doing any real work.

      Also I don’t like using tire inflators, you get a cheap 12v one and you burn out the motor trying to inflate all 4 tires at once. Its good to keep in the car for an emergency but it can’t be good for some of the smaller portable ones.

      Its just so nice to have compressed air even if you don’t plan on using air impact tools. And just having the compressor opens you up to a whole new world of tools not even car related. Sand blasting, spray painting, roofing, framing. Mine also doesnt have enough cfm to do air wrenches but I still love the thing.

      • TehWorld@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        I have an inflator for my chosen 18v battery system and have used it probably 100+ times. Going strong. If I was going to do any of the other things, a small pancake compressor would be fine and take up a lot less garage space.

    • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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      19 hours ago

      My little 12v impact will take the nuts of the lugs of my Subaru, but I need the 18 for the f350.