Onboard air compressor recommendations

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Old-Raptor-guy

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One of the things no one considers either is hose diameter. Most people run 1/4" air hose which is shit if you're trying to air tires up quick without the massive push that co2 has. You can see this when running air tools as well. O have a 3/8" impact gun that wont run off 1/4" as the cfm is too low. Hook it up to 1/2" hose though and its got tons of jam.
Meh, the flow rate of the on board compressors is not enough to over power a 1/4 in air line.

Make no mistake you are correct on flow. But when my air compressor at work has 4 pistons each 3 inches in diameter and flows about 21cfm without an air tank (75 gallons) and these little on board air compressors have a single piston with about a 3/4 inch diameter there is 0 comparison.
 
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