Been looking for an air compressor for a while now.

I'd like to buy new and be able to plug it in to the wall socket.

Main objectives will be air tools - ratchet, air gun etc however i would also like to have a crack at painting bits here and there so sanding, paint gun etc.

So for £200 i can buy this 50L 3HP TUV Approved one off eBay (12 mth warranty) :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1709436838...84.m1438.l2649

Do you think this is up to the task? Ive watched an awful lot of guides on youtube and forums but theres a lot of conflicting info so before i buy i was wondering if anyone had any warnings/opinions?

The same litre/power Clarke machine is circa £100 dearer which i will buy if you guys say the eBay one is crap!

Many thanks

 

Hmmm,it might be a touch puny for what you want and their really noisy as well.
The main problem is the 50 litre tank,you could perhaps spray one side of a car before your looking for air again,but there's a way of expanding the tank using an old gas bottle which could solve your problems.
Good thing with a Clarke is if it's not up to the job you can just return it and get a refund or upgrade,not so easy on t'internet.

 

50 litre tank will be too small in my experience

i went from a 50 litre tank to a 150 litre tank and all of a sudden there were so many more tools i could use without running out of air, saws and grinders being the main ones that are air hungry

i bought this sort of one from machine mart

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...air-compressor

it was about £350 when i bought it a few years ago though with free delivery

may be a bit out of your price range though

 

ask Dakar matey,he`s ya man for comps


got mine off him,its not let spesh down yet....

 

50l tank is far to small for painting,
it will run ratchets etc but if your using it for any prolonged period it will run out of air and be trying to top itself up constantly
to be honest you'd be better off getting something a bit bigger

 

The wolf 3hp belt driven one on amazon is a good one for money has a 90 litre tank and have heard a good few reviews on it. I opted for a clarke Industrial 3hp 14cfm displacement one when I had a vat free voucher so much better than my old direct driven one. Whichever way you go take air feed from tank not the restrictive built in regulator.
This is mine in position before I wired and plumbed it in

 

Thanks guys!

The company i linked to in my first post do a 3hp 90L 14cfm belt driven one for not much more so i think ill go for that one.

 

I know this is going to make me sound abit of a special but im assuming this one just plugs into a normal wall socket then.. reason i ask is ive heard people say they should be wired into a caravan type socket as a normal plug cant cope?

Also has this been a good compressor 4u dojj?, as im looking at running a DA/spray gun/maybe a light bit of blasting with one of them re-circ jobbies and oc all the air grinders/saws i can get so just wondering what the difference is between yours and this... http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...air-compressor

 

its the cfm you need to take notice off more than size of the tank

 

Yes mate,a big tank is no good if the pump wont keep up,when people buy a compressor they are always obsessed with the size of the tank

 

Dakar i remember u gave me some advice on this over on FT.com...
but the threads vanished on there

So for a similiar amount of money as the clark's linked above, what would you recommend as i believe from the thread on FT your a compressor Guru, would appreciate the advice fella