Comments on: TM’s 2008 Favorites: Ridgid 5-Gallon Twin-Stack Compressor

By: walt

walt — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:47:03 +0000

Costco now offers a clone of this compressor for $100 (made in China, imported from Canada). Its got two aluminum tanks, 4.7 gallon total, with a 2.5 horsepower oil lubed compressor rated at 13 amps. Claims to out 4.2 scf at 90 psi, 125 psi max, weighing 22 pounds but the box it was in felt much heavier. If it wasn’t oil lubed I would take it out for a spin since costo has a 90 day exchange policy, but I do enough painting that I will stick with my old pancake compressor for now

By: David H

David H — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:50:39 +0000

Thanks. I’ll check ‘em out.

By: PutnamEco

PutnamEco — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:06:37 +0000

Re:
David H Says:
You can’t actually buy anything at that site,
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I believe they have discontinued that model.
There is always Ebay.

If you really have your heart set on buying new (with an aluminum tank), the Maxus EX8016 is very similar.

If I where you, I would also look into the Makita MAC2400 (oiled) or the Thomas T-2820ST (oil less) Either, IMHO, is a better compressor than the Rigid.

By: David H

David H — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:09:46 +0000

Re:
PutnamEco Says:

You can’t actually buy anything at that site, and none of the links provided will take you to a site where you can buy it.

By: Zathrus

Zathrus — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:35:47 +0000

HD was selling the Aluminum twin stacks (both 2.5G and 5G) a year ago for about $50 more than the non-Al versions.

And fully agree with paganwonder on watching Costco — you’ll have to drop by a store though and look on a regular basis since their in-store selection varies wildly and is generally not visible on their website.

I once saw a 12″ DeWalt sliding compound mitre saw w/ stand for <$300. Yeah, I still wish I’d bought it.

By: PutnamEco

PutnamEco — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:45:23 +0000

Re:
David H Says:
I can’t seem to find this particular model online. Anybody know where to get it?
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http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/Aluminum-5-Gallon-Twin-Stack-Compressor/EN/index.htm

By: paganwonder

paganwonder — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:19:43 +0000

Keep an eye on Costco, they have killer specials occassionally, and often 110V.

By: David H

David H — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:21:03 +0000

This looks like it might be similar.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200369763_200369763

By: David H

David H — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:01:14 +0000

It’s not listed on their website. This appears to be the closest match.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100618265&N=10000003+90043+524403+1600

By: fred

fred — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:14:40 +0000

Re David H Says:

If its like a lot of other Ridgid branded tools from Emerson - it may hve been sold exclusively at Home Depot

By: David H

David H — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:09:56 +0000

I can’t seem to find this particular model online. Anybody know where to get it?

By: PeterP

PeterP — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:18:00 +0000

What is the advantage of the twin stack over a pancake style? I’ve been looking at getting a decent compressor, but I have no desire to run 220 to my garage. I’ve even flirted with buying one of the gas powered ones, which seems to push a huge amount of air at the expense of more maintenance…