If "quiet" is important, look for an oil lubed compressor, not an
"oil-less". They are quieter and last longer. They cost more and you
have to keep up the oil level. Sears has a little oil lubed unit at
around $100 on sale (don't know what the regular price is) that I was
looking at as an addition to my 30 gallon oil-less compressor. I want
one to take places with me or to carry around the house when using it
with my brad nailer. It is one near the top of the list, although I
keep getting sucked in toward cheaper oil-less units that have little
oomph and smaller tanks. The Sears unit is carryable but only has
about a 2 gallon tank. I don't remember the cfm's as that is of little
importance for what I would be using it for.

Dave Hall

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:14:53 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

basskisser wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:38:25 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Thanks. I'm looking at a couple of different DeWalt compressors. The
differences between them seem pretty minor in terms of output.
No one ever complains that their compressor has too much capacity. If
you have the space and electric power, I'd get the biggest within
reason. If you get one with a good sized tank (= 30 gallons) and
upwards of 8 or 9 cfm, there are some really nifty air tools available
at quite reasonable prices.


I don't need that much ooomph. Actually, I have switched from DeWalt to
Makita. It has a nice line of smaller compressors with good reviews.

Husky from Home Depot makes a good line, too.



I've seen those. I'm going to check out a few. "Quiet" is important to
me, too. Well, quiet is the wrong word. Less noisy. The Makita that
interests me runs at 79dB. Most of the others I've spec'd are
significantly louder.