Compressors. What to look for

[Martin Keene]

I've done a search but couldn't find much. I'm thinking of buying a compressor to go in the new garage and I'm not totally sure what I'm looking for.

It will be used for general garage things (blowing things out/off), inflating tyres, etc.

It will not be used for spraying or shot blasting.

What sort of specs should I be looking for.

Budget is ~£150.

TIA

[highwayman]

8 cfm is the sort of figure to go for you need more for blasting some sanding application. you can get one from Machine mart for that sort of price

[peterg]

if all you want to do is blow up some tyres and blow through hoses/pipes etc with the occasional spin of an air wrench then you could wait for the next Aldi offer, I got one last year for £50 and it's done all of the above  

[smegablade]

I originally bought a small compressor to do all the jobs you mention and it was very good at it.

But I found that once I'd had it a while I wanted to do other things with it, like sandblasting, impact wrench, nail gun, etc etc etc and the small one wasn't up to the job.

So I bought a second hand Broom Wade monster compressor from someone on this site (£125).  It's been fantastic and does everything without ever running out of puff.  Only downside was that it really was too big for the garage so I've now housed it in a shed next to the garage and ran the cables thru the wall