I presume this is good for nothing more than blowing up balls?
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Aldi compressor
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11 years ago
+tyres? Probably won't last long.
No good for air tools.
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Why? I have a battery compressor that's ancient and cost rather less which still works just fine.
Does it say or even imply it is?
Surely anyone contemplating using air tools knows how big a compressor they need?
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Well, that's the thing about it, innit?
What _is_ the point of it?
Nobody needs a £60 compressor for tyres/balls. A tenner will do that job at least as well. (BTW, I've been converted to the joys of the bike track pump, even copes just fine with car & van tyres - at least as quick as a nasty flimsy buzzy electric compressor. This kind of thing...
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But that ain't up to the job of a "real" compressor, like the 25l tank ones that the Germanpikeymarkets have occasionally been knocking out for similar money - they're a bloody bargain. Not exactly industrial, but they'll run a rattlegun just fine.
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Rather hard work, though?
I was wondering about the Aldi compressor as a source of compressed air for my indoor workshop - just for dusting off things etc rather than powering tools.
Both Lidl and Aldi regularly have small workshop compressors for not a lot. But those too would be marginal for some air tools and spraying.
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Fine for that, balls and tyres aand even some low demand air tools. I have had one in use for the past 6+ years and I need it, we have around twenty tyres to keep inflated.
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I have a jump start pack with compressor for that. Saves having to run out mains etc leads.
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One of those would be really useful. Be able to have a tiny Aldi in the corner of the Lidl car park...
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11 years ago
exactly, it had me puzzled
fridge compressor, though admittedly buying somethings a lot quicker.
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I have one of those for the bicycle - excellent things. But recently the connector seems to have broken. The plastic pin that pushes the valve open no longer operates. It's either snapped off or compressed to the point of having no effect. Or maybe the cam has broken. Is there a way of replacing this part?
Thanks, Rob
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I'd need to be paid to watch Australian TV.