Thread: Harbor Freight vs Costco Portable 12v Air Compressor - In Depth Review w/Pictures

Ok, as someone with it mounted in the interior, how loud is it? Tolerable for the few minutes it runs to air up, or super loud?

Quote: Originally Posted by alwaysready its physically a smaller compressor. so is the special ops one or whatever theya re calling it. the spc ops one is pretty much the same one as that yellow one. the red tsunami is larger and more powerful.(hence more money.. ) $28.00 pep boys ( the smaller cheaper one) Model mv-40 aka mf-1040 at pepboys SPECIAL OPS M45 CORDLESS AIR COMPRESSOR /SEARCHLIGHT $99.00 at jcwhitney(think it was 89 at pep boys...

If you take the stock fitting out of the compressor and replace it and then use standard air couplers that is not an issue.

Quote: Originally Posted by RedHeep Boy, do I feel better. I've been sleepless all these nights since July just wondering if those compressors were genuine. Good thing some internet troll registered and drug up this thread to put it all straight. Probably lost a WHOLE bunch of sales on the $400 units to us cheap bastards buying 30 buck compressors and cheapo air tanks......

I Love my Costco one, the qmaxx/tsunami. It has worked flawlessly since I bought it and I air up everything.

Quote: Originally Posted by TellicoReadyXJ Thinking about pulling the stock airbox and seeing if it will fit there. If not, I'll probably just bolt it to the Tuffy box in the cargo area and live with the noise. Yeh, I've looked at fitting it between the airbox and the brake master....just doesn't seem to be enough room. I haven't taken off the airbox yet, but I'm hoping with that out of the way, maybe I could make it...

I missed that in the post earlyer. I did a bunch of research and figured it out later that night. I went back to pepboys and asked the lady working there about the tsunami and she was clueless. Oh the battery for the special ops only lasts 8-18 minutes and the extras kinda look cheap. but yeah I want the tsunami but cant find one. No costcos around and I dont know anyone with a membership.

while this thread is dredged back up..... rugged ridge has a compressor out for $99.00 that looks alot like the hf unit I own http://www.tellico4x4.com/product_in...ducts_id/25415

Quote: Originally Posted by w_howey The hose and chuck are meaningless to me. I'm planning to mount the compressor and run a mounted hose to a tank. I was thinking of mounting the compressor under the back seat where the stock jack sits. Problem #1 though.... No Costco here.. Yes, there are actually places in the world with no Costco..... Order a Smitty bilt from 4WheelParts for $69.99 and it'll be mailed to your door. IIRC the...

Quote: Originally Posted by RedHeep Boy, do I feel better. I've been sleepless all these nights since July just wondering if those compressors were genuine. Good thing some internet troll registered and drug up this thread to put it all straight. that's hilarious