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    On board air

    Anyone have any experience with these, look like good value for the kit ?

    4WD On-board Air Compressor – Scintex Australia
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    No knowledge of those performance/quality wise but it does seem like good value!
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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    It does look like good value.
    the duty cycle and remote inlet and outlet options are good features.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil B View Post
    It does look like good value.
    the duty cycle and remote inlet and outlet options are good features.
    Plus the tank would give you options for inflating other items.
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    This is a pretty good comparison of compressors.

    12 volt aircompressor test - THE LONG PADDOCK

    I frequently use 2 different units, One is a permanently mounted bluetongue but the one I use mostly is an Aldi $99 job which way outperforms the bluetongue. I recently did a 3 month 22,000k trip & left the Aldi job at home as it does take up a bit of space and ended up using the bluetongue about 15 times taking the defender tyres from 25 to 36-38 psi. It is quite durable but you don't want to be in a hurry, it took about 5 minutes each tyre.
    I would say the 51 LPM quoted for the one you are looking at would be at 0 psi which should be quite reasonable.
    Personally I would buy a similar to the Aldi one and an air receiver etc & pocket the change.
    This is the closest to the Aldi one I have extensively used ( my mates usually "bot" the use of it.)

    Mean Mother Adventurer 3 Air Compressor 160L/Min

    This looks similar but less $$

    XTM Air Compressor 160LPM 150PSI | BCF


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    I have had one of their compressors pumping my van suspension to 100psi for 4 years now with no problems. My van has travelled 80k km so the suspension compressor has worked reasonably hard.
    I sometimes use the van system to pump the tyres on the van & D4 so the compressor gets hammered then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeeJay View Post
    This is a pretty good comparison of compressors.

    12 volt aircompressor test - THE LONG PADDOCK

    I frequently use 2 different units, One is a permanently mounted bluetongue but the one I use mostly is an Aldi $99 job which way outperforms the bluetongue. I recently did a 3 month 22,000k trip & left the Aldi job at home as it does take up a bit of space and ended up using the bluetongue about 15 times taking the defender tyres from 25 to 36-38 psi. It is quite durable but you don't want to be in a hurry, it took about 5 minutes each tyre.
    I would say the 51 LPM quoted for the one you are looking at would be at 0 psi which should be quite reasonable.
    Personally I would buy a similar to the Aldi one and an air receiver etc & pocket the change.
    This is the closest to the Aldi one I have extensively used ( my mates usually "bot" the use of it.)

    Mean Mother Adventurer 3 Air Compressor 160L/Min

    This looks similar but less $$

    XTM Air Compressor 160LPM 150PSI | BCF


    David
    I've got the Aldi one as well and it's been great.

    They usually show up at Aldi on Father's day weekend if anyone is interested.

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    I like the look of this setup and 100% duty cycle at 100psi is a lot better than most I’ve seen. Operation up to 200psi is pretty decent. I was running 120psi on my engine driven system but given I had to remove my air tank due to the Power steering box I’ve installed and that got me thinking I might use the AC compressor for actual AC at some point I’ve been thinking about a decent 12 volt system. This tank is smaller and would fit under the back somewhere no dramas.
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeeJay View Post
    This is a pretty good comparison of compressors.

    12 volt aircompressor test - THE LONG PADDOCK

    I frequently use 2 different units, One is a permanently mounted bluetongue but the one I use mostly is an Aldi $99 job which way outperforms the bluetongue. I recently did a 3 month 22,000k trip & left the Aldi job at home as it does take up a bit of space and ended up using the bluetongue about 15 times taking the defender tyres from 25 to 36-38 psi. It is quite durable but you don't want to be in a hurry, it took about 5 minutes each tyre.
    I would say the 51 LPM quoted for the one you are looking at would be at 0 psi which should be quite reasonable.
    Personally I would buy a similar to the Aldi one and an air receiver etc & pocket the change.
    This is the closest to the Aldi one I have extensively used ( my mates usually "bot" the use of it.)

    Mean Mother Adventurer 3 Air Compressor 160L/Min

    This looks similar but less $$

    XTM Air Compressor 160LPM 150PSI | BCF


    David
    Good to see the ABR Sidewinder is still right up there. I’ve had one for years and it’s done plenty of work too, been around Australia twice (not with me but mates) who both used it regularly and it’s still going strong. Wouldn’t use it as a fixed unit though, will keep it portable.
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    The only thing that I dont like is the pressure switch. Appears that 150 on / 200 psi off is not adjustable. Yes, you will have more volume at 200 psi, but it is making the compressor work a lot harder than maybe necessary.

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