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skibum:
Looking at 12v air compressors & need some advice.  Would like to keep it under $100 & must be portable.  Have been looking & can't decide on what is good & what is junk.  Just need something to air my tires up after a trail ride.  Can't afford an on board air system but will look into that in a few years. Looking at Central Pneumatic P#66399 for $60 at Harbor Freight.  Same one I used from Captin Rick at Dead Fall & it worked great but got real hot just after airing up 3 tires.  It never quit but have read several treads about this compressor failing after several uses.  Is it commin for all these mini compressors to run hot because seams the heat will kill them fast.  To me $60 bucks is a lot of money for something that might not last a year. Again any advice would be great.

footman:
I read up alot about this and was able to get a Puma Compressor from Buzzards Gulch really cheap (had to wait for a sale:))  From what I read this was the best option for me.  Unfortunetly I havent installed it yet so I cant give you and real world advise but it is on my list.

Flex:
if you can run a tank along with compressor it should keep the unit from working so hard, also it will give u more volume to use large air tools like an impact should u need to, or seat beads on tires.

smaug1911:
Look up the Q industries MV50.
I have seen lots of these on trails. around $50 and they are good up to about 35's.

i own one and aired my 33's up in about 2-3 minutes each.

Gr33NGoph3R:
small compressors do tend to run hot Ive been looking as well gonna have to check into Q industries though sounds good

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