I have been looking around and found the smittybuilt 2.54 cfm air compressor, anyone have any experience with this one? How long it takes to air up 4 tires? Would I be better off saving up for a higher quality air compressor or will this work fine? Or any other recommendations? Thanks in advance for the help

 

Check this out.. Same thing. They actually don't make it. Just re branded. Been around for many years and works great for the $.. cheaper here

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I've been using that smittybilt one for a year. It's been totally fine but I will upgrade to under hood soon, I have a 2 door and even that small of cargo space is valuable

 

Comparing the specs of the smittybuilt vs Q industries they seem about the same to me. Am I wrong? How long does your smittybuilt take to air up 4 tires?

 

A little while, prob 6-7 mins each for my old rubi tires, but that's time just spent shooting the breeze and mingling anyways. Plus I'm at altitude.

 

You're right smitty doesn't make it.

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I have the Craftsman version of that pump and it gets the job done, albeit slowly. On my old truck with 35's on 16's it would take up to 8 minutes a tire up in the mountains from 10psi to 27psi. Under 1000 ft it wasn't too bad at roughly five minutes. One thing I have noticed up here in the wet NW is that when I got my tires changed there was a few cups of water in each tire. I have been spec'ing out compact in-line dehydrator to put on mine to keep this from happening. When I can afford it a Powertank is in my future.

 

That Q-Industries one is less than $60 on Amazon! I've never used one, but would adding an air tank to the system speed anything up?

 

Yes, it would.

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