Hi folks,
My hope is to collect data about their HPA compressor experiences and share it back to the AG community through this and the various other AG forums that I'm active in. This survey below should only take a few minutes to fill out. If anyone has any questions please email me at mcoulter@syr.edu.
http://bit.ly/hpa-compressor-survey
Thanks to everyone who has helped me identify the compressors that should be included. If you have a compressor that is not listed in the above survey please email and I will add it! mcoulter@syr.edu
To everyone who has posted your experiences in my earlier post, I will ask that you also submit your experiences through the survey instrument. Doing so will help me tremendously in managing the data that's submitted!
Thanks!
- Matt
Sorry no work for me. I tried again. Takes everything but $1300--1300.... FWIW I bought an air venturi from Pyramyd Air. After about 3 hrs it started getting hot and shutting down. Spit out tons of black oil. They did send me a new one after I paid $75 to return it. I sold the new one before I ever had the chance to try it. That is my info. Brian Smith
Hi folks,
So far so good… I have had 47 submitted responses so far! Here's a tease of which compressors I have data for (and how many submissions for each). If you have a compressor and want to share your experience, please visit this link and submit your data. It will only take a couple of minutes!
http://bit.ly/hpa-compressor-survey
Thanks!
|
Make & Model |
Percent |
Count |
|
Air Venturi |
10.64% |
5 |
|
Yong Heng 110v Non-auto shutoff |
10.64% |
5 |
|
Yong Heng 110v standard |
8.51% |
4 |
|
AireTex AireTex 45 |
6.38% |
3 |
|
Shoebox F10 |
6.38% |
3 |
|
Altros Booster |
4.26% |
2 |
|
Daystate LC110 |
4.26% |
2 |
|
Omega Air Charger (grey) |
4.26% |
2 |
|
Shoebox F8 |
4.26% |
2 |
|
Shoebox Max |
4.26% |
2 |
|
Vevor |
4.26% |
2 |
|
Zhong Yan |
4.26% |
2 |
|
Carette |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Crosman Benjamin Traveler |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Daystate DAY-Comp230 |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Hatsan Lightning |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Kidde 4.2 CFM (by Shelden) |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Omega Alpha 90 (original) |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Rix sa6 sweet air 4500 psi |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Shoebox early model |
2.13% |
1 |
|
SPA |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Stewart/Warner 3.5 cfm 3000 psi |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Tuxing TXES011 |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Unbranded (like Yong Heng) |
2.13% |
1 |
|
Yong Heng 220v Set Pressure Model |
2.13% |
1 |
82 responses covering experiences on 31 different compressors so far!
Keep your responses coming 🙂 If you own a compressor and haven't shared your experiences do it here!
http://bit.ly/hpa-compressor-survey <
Some relevant info I put together long ago.
I added my 2 cents to your compressor survey.
Cool survey!
Great info Diamondback 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
I'm trying to decide when I have enough responses for a first round of data sharing. I have collected 113 submissions so far. (I honestly didn't know if I would get 10, 100, or 1000 responses to this survey.) My gut tells me that I can probably start building my reports pretty soon and start sharing them here and on the other forums and groups. I'll have more on this in the next week or so...
Thanks!
In the meantime, here is a table showing the number of hours of run time submitted for the various compressors. It it sorted to show the highest average (mean) first. I am including the number of submissions (count) so you can tell how many users contributed their experiences to each report. I'll be getting into the other reports in the coming week or so...
|
Compressor |
Minimum Hours |
Maximum Hours |
Mean Hours |
Count |
|
SPA |
250 |
250 |
250 |
1 |
|
Shoebox Max |
40 |
350 |
180 |
5 |
|
Stewart/Warner 3.5 cfm 3000 psi |
160 |
160 |
160 |
1 |
|
Rix sa6 sweet air 4500 psi |
120 |
120 |
120 |
1 |
|
Shoebox F8 |
20 |
225 |
103 |
5 |
|
Omega Air Charger (grey) |
38 |
180 |
70 |
5 |
|
Altros Booster |
2 |
250 |
68 |
6 |
|
Omega Super Charger (red) |
6 |
106 |
56 |
2 |
|
Hatsan Lightning |
1 |
100 |
51 |
2 |
|
Shoebox F10 |
1 |
101 |
47 |
4 |
|
Carette |
9 |
120 |
41 |
6 |
|
Max Air 35 (Honda engine) |
40 |
40 |
40 |
1 |
|
Kidde 4.2 CFM (by Shelden) |
30 |
30 |
30 |
1 |
|
Shoebox early model |
30 |
30 |
30 |
1 |
|
Omega Alpha 90 (original) |
25 |
32 |
29 |
2 |
|
AireTex AireTex 45 |
10 |
20 |
16 |
7 |
|
Yong Heng 110v standard |
1 |
60 |
13 |
14 |
|
Air Venturi |
1 |
50 |
12 |
15 |
|
Daystate DAY-Comp230 |
7 |
12 |
10 |
3 |
|
Yong Heng 110v Non-auto shutoff |
4 |
20 |
10 |
8 |
|
Daystate LC110 |
2 |
18 |
7 |
7 |
|
Tuxing TXES011 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
|
Unbranded (like Yong Heng) |
1 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
|
Vevor |
1 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
|
Crosman Benjamin Traveler |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
Yong Heng 220v Set Pressure Model |
1 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
|
Zhong Yan |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Air Venturi Nomad |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
I purchased a Alpha Carette compressor 2 years ago from Air Tanks for Sale. Paid $1,300 for the unit. The unit worked perfectly in the beginning pumping 1,000 PSI per hour . This was pumping a 45 minute SCBA tank from 3,500 to 4,500 Psi. I changed oil at 5 hours as instructed in the manual. At about 10 hours of use the unit seamed to pump more slowly. Changed the oil again at 15 hours because it had gotten dark and was pumping even more slowly At 16 hours the unit had decreased to pumping 300 psi per hour. The unit now has 17 hours and now pumps 250 PSI per hour. I think The pump is still under warranty but finding someone to honor it has not happened. This is a Chinese product. It was suggested that I work on it myself. I would recommend you buy a unit that can be serviced in the USA.
