Recommendations for a Reasonably Fast Mid-Tier Air Compressor?

[WILDHOBO]

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[WILDHOBO]

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[Zachanadandy]

I have a full CO2 set up in the garage and I never use it. Of course I went from a Cherokee to a JLUR and that big tank is just annoying inside a vehicle. Now that I have the mojave I might dust it off and mount it in the bed. The 2781 is small enough it has just started in the JLs permanently, I absolutely wouldn't do that with a CO2 tank. They all have their own quirks but using an underpowered air compressor is painfully slow. Comparing a dual compressor like the moab to the purchase price of CO2 is short sighted as you do have to refill the CO2 and that can be a pain depending on where you are.

 

[WILDHOBO]

I have a full CO2 set up in the garage and I never use it. Of course I went from a Cherokee to a JLUR and that big tank is just annoying inside a vehicle. Now that I have the mojave I might dust it off and mount it in the bed. The 2781 is small enough it has just started in the JLs permanently, I absolutely wouldn't do that with a CO2 tank. They all have their own quirks but using an underpowered air compressor is painfully slow. Comparing a dual compressor like the moab to the purchase price of CO2 is short sighted as you do have to refill the CO2 and that can be a pain depending on where you are.

Lots of off-road shops Do refills. Even in the mountains where I am, a local shop does it for $26.

 

[Uparms]

Sawa really smart comparison of this and ARB last weekend on Tube You. Looks like a nice package. Won the test. The did suggest a new hose though??

EZFlate - C.A.S.E.

https://ezflate.com/products/c-a-s-e?variant=44914852495641

 

[WILDHOBO]

This is a complete setup, minus hoses. I use a 4 hose setup I already had for the compressor.

 

[Zachanadandy]

Lots of off-road shops Do refills. Even in the mountains where I am, a local shop does it for $26.

Most off road shops aren't open early mornings, nights, or weekends, just bankers hours in the middle of the day where I'd rather be on the trail. Some prefer hauling around a giant tank and having to rely on someone else, drive somewhere else, and spend the time dealing with refills to save a few minutes airing up. I don't mind an extra 10 minutes, usually in some beautiful country, for the compactness and independence a simple compressor provides. Again, I own and have run both setups and CO2 has more drawbacks than its only benefit of being ultra fast in my experience.

 

[lotecredneck]

I bought this one that I can move from my Gladiator to my F-250 easily and it has worked great!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NFCZBBT?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

[jav_eee]

Most off road shops aren't open early mornings, nights, or weekends, just bankers hours in the middle of the day where I'd rather be on the trail. Some prefer hauling around a giant tank and having to rely on someone else, drive somewhere else, and spend the time dealing with refills to save a few minutes airing up. I don't mind an extra 10 minutes, usually in some beautiful country, for the compactness and independence a simple compressor provides. Again, I own and have run both setups and CO2 has more drawbacks than its only benefit of being ultra fast in my experience.

On top of that a lot of local shops don't refill anymore. No one around me does anyway. So I'm stuck exchanging tanks. It's not bad though, $25 for an exchange is totally fair. If i hadn't already had a tank it would've been $100 something for the first tank, much less than that preece empty tank poster earlier. Yeah it's not gonna look nice and pretty but.... Plus what if you come across a place thats exchange pnly? bye bye fancy preece tank.

 

[WILDHOBO]

On top of that a lot of local shops don't refill anymore. No one around me does anyway. So I'm stuck exchanging tanks. It's not bad though, $25 for an exchange is totally fair. If i hadn't already had a tank it would've been $100 something for the first tank, much less than that preece empty tank poster earlier. Yeah it's not gonna look nice and pretty but.... Plus what if you come across a place thats exchange pnly? bye bye fancy preece tank.

If there aren’t refill options near you, then it’s not the right choice. For many of us it ho do have reliable options close to us, it’s fantastic. People have talked about drawbacks. I don’t see many. I get that it’s no big deal to wait 10-15 minutes to air up. For me, especially when others are with me waiting in the Jeep after a long day, it’s a game changer. I agree with you regarding exchanges. I wouldn’t do that either. I don’t even do propane exchanges. I want a full tank, not mostly full.

 

[Warped]

Newbie here with a Mojave. I'm taking it real slow building up my rig. I've already got a set of Stauns, and now the next thing I really need to get is a proper air compressor. I don't want to spend $1000 on this nor do I want to use my little cheapo chihuahua compressor that would love nothing more than to run laps around my truck. Don't care about airing up in 2 minutes but don't want to wait around for 20-30 either. I'm located in the Southeast and typically a weekend warrior with around three 3-to 4-day trips every year, not really rock crawling. Hope this paints a decent picture of what I'm looking for.

On-board air is a little too involved for me at this point. Don't feel comfortable drilling, mounting in the engine bay just yet (does it really make sense to mount it next to a hot engine?), or running wire through the firewall into the cab for an underseat mount. ARB seems pretty expensive at the moment. Would like something I could eventually mount in the bed using the trail rail (but that would probably require drilling and running wires as well unless someone has an easier solution). So I guess I'm looking for a portable unit.

I've been looking into Morrflate, specifically their FiveSix unit. I haven't found any posts about this one in the forums since people seem to be going for the TenSix unit instead. With their two- or four-hose set up I'd be looking at around $500 for the whole kit. Is the convenience of the PSI Pro version worth the extra $125 if I could just watch the gauge at the manifold? Should I just bite the bullet and get the TenSix or an ARB dual?

Opinions? Has anyone given any thought to a similar set up? Any recommendations for equivalent products from other manufacturers?

I have the ten-six morrflate and it works very well with their kit to inflate/deflate all 4 tires at once. The five-six is a lot slower, and I would go with the Smittybuilt and save the money. Heck, I'd sell mine as the singles are so much slower than the double pumpers.

 

[Biggy]

Tozalazz 12v Air Compressor Portable, [2X Faster Inflator 11.65CFM/330L/Min] Heavy Duty Tire Pump for Trucks Car Suv 4x4 Vehicle RV Tires, Offroad Dual Cylinder Kit https://a.co/d/ak66Xwb

I use this with my homemade 4 tire inflation kit. It will air up all four tires from 12-32 psi in just over 5 min. There are a few vids on YT comparing this to the Morflate etc.

 

[MattK]

I saw you mention Morrflate. This YT'er did a review recently on one that has the pressure cutoff built in:

 

[Sw00per]

I like it but I think its over kill for my needs. I was looking at the FiveSix PIS Pro ($285.00 MSRP) + Single stubby hose (59.99) for $344.99 w\o tax.... I am also looking at EZ Flate MESA for a more palatable price of $229.00.

Visually they appear to be the same unit likely made in the same factory... In fact most of what I looked at besides the ARB portable just appears to be variations with different names. The QC might be better on some but no way for me to tell.

Anyone with experience with these?

 

[gatorboy]

I also bought an All-Top twin with LCD preset tire pressure gauge panel. 12.5 cfm-150psi
Got the Rhino 4-tire air down/up hose kit with
everything you need, on Amazon, all for less than 500.00. As much as I will use it, it should last a long time. Take a look at it !

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