Comments on: Preview: Campbell Hausfeld 26-Gallon Compressor

By: bob

bob — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:59:15 +0000

R2D2 did travel ‘dolly’ style. ‘Tilt and pull’ denotes handtruck style transportation.

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Toolmonger » Blog Archive » The Week in Tools: Toolmonger Top 5 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:43:55 +0000

[...] Preview: Campbell Hausfeld 26-Gallon Compressor For all the sub-rock dwellers clinging to the dark and safe ways of yore, this is an air compressor. It is your friend. Embrace it, love it and bask in its many conveniences. The new 26-gallon Campbell Hausfeld compressor is specifically aimed at the challenges and objections homeowners have to an air-powered rig. [...]

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:19:50 +0000

This thing would get destroyed on a jobsite….Perfect for the corner of the garage.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:14:01 +0000

I had just purchased The DeWalt, 200 PSI compressor (Why? because it’s DeWalt! $400 bucks..OUCH!)…. 200 psi doesn’t mean a thing when your’e using sanders on a 15 Gallon compressor.
The sales guy said it’ll work fine…. NOPE! This CH Compressor is perfect for my son who is trying to be a Do-it-Yourselfer, plus These new line of Air Products coming out from Campbell Hausfeld are suppose to have much better quality… The company is a under totally new Management and is focusing on USA made parts… so I read in 2 separate magazines!!! Regardless, focusing on USA seems to be a great first step action this new managements attempt to revitalize Campell Hausfelds’ quality

By: fred

fred — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:25:46 +0000

There is quite a bit of difference between what you install in a shop and what you take to the jobsite. In the shop - you can do things. Based on what we have in 2 different shops - we’d buy another Sullair rotary screw compressor. Ours is V-belt driven, enclosed, 20 years old and still quiet. For the worksite this would be totally impractical (how many jobsites have 460V available - and who would truck a stationary machine to a work site. when you need this sort of CFM - you buy (or we rent) a Copco, IR or some other towable. This CH unit is proably aimed at home users - who want to run an ocassional pneumatic tool.

By: kyle

kyle — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:14:25 +0000

we have two campbell hasfeld compressors. One that i like, one that i dont like. The on that i like is a 60 gallon true 5 hp with a two stage pump. It is pretty old but runs great and works well. The one that i dont like is a newer 1 gallon oiless that would drown out a shotgun blast, in other word this thing is loud. It doesnt get used much for a reason. Plus I dont really like oiless compressors because of the noise factor.

By: KMR

KMR — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:11:20 +0000

I echo what Coach says… this thing is going to be LOUD! The last thing any wife wants to hear around the house. Oil lubricated pumps and belt driven pumps dampen noise generated by compressors.

By: Coach James

Coach James — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:16:46 +0000

I have a oil less compressor now and hope to never have another. It is so loud, I wear ear plugs when I use the thing.

By: Blairb

Blairb — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:56:30 +0000

Ok, the hose goes to 115psi, but the compressor will go to 150, how does it know? And if that hose is pressurized to 115, better hope you need that much, and not have something like a paint gun on there, or could be trouble.

I can’t speak for the rest, but around my shop the compressor gets used for tools a heck of a lot more than inflation, which seems to be the selling point of the hose pressurizing on the web site, although I have to say even that makes me scratch my head.

By: fred

fred — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:25:44 +0000

CH seems to make a lot of the pneumatic items sold at Home Depot and Lowes - under house names as well as their own.
We have had no experience with them - but can attest that Emglo (now Dewalt) compressors seem to hold up well on the jobsite. BTW - oiless might have an advantage in sub-zero weather - but that coiled hose is probably PVC and it doesn’t

By: jeffrey immer

jeffrey immer — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:21:34 +0000

but hey if you win the paslode guns you won’t need the compressor that much right? not so sure about the brand though, i have seen a lot of those compressors broken than functioning, but if casual user i guess it’s cool. however my thought is spend a little bit more for a good product if you can, i am a proud owner of many ryobi 1+ tools and love em’ so there goes that theory right!!!!!

By: Zathrus

Zathrus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:16:54 +0000

Nice feature list…

As for “the regular cautionary warning of oiling maintenance and the tales of woe that go along with them will be happily absent” — that’s only to be replaced by the woes of “when the pump dies, toss the entire thing” since there is no way to repair them. And the duty cycles are typically very low for oilless.

For casual homeowner use oilless is still probably better though.

By: beano_t

beano_t — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:09:12 +0000

Want this!