Originally Posted By: Trav
The Makita will run the impact okay for this type of use, it had good recovery time for what it is. A pancake might not make it.
Whatever you buy stay clear of oil less, they have the durability of a wet noodle.
I have a Mac700 and I love it--but I have a 20 year old one of these with several hundred hours on it, and it still works. It's even louder now than when it was new (if that's possible), but it's half the weight of the Makita and sometimes I'm lazy.
I have a big shop compressor, the Mac700 for "portable" stuff and this, which I bought 20 years ago. Parts are still available (though I've never had to replace anything on it). Almost every contractor I know has one of these in addition to a "real" compressor, mainly due to the light weight and the lack of sharp edges (makes it easy when you're dragging it around inside a house--less likely to put a hole in a wall or something). As I type this, 2 doors down a guy is running a roofing nailer on one... I think guys like them because they're really light and if it gets stolen it's not the end of the world...
I've done countless inappropriate tasks with mine (spray-on texture a 1,400 sq ft space being the worst--how it didn't catch fire I'll never know!). For occasional use with an impact and blowing up tires it should last a lifetime.
Yes, the Makita is nicer--far quieter and very well-built, but the PC pancake compressor is plenty durable.
The Makita will run the impact okay for this type of use, it had good recovery time for what it is. A pancake might not make it.
Whatever you buy stay clear of oil less, they have the durability of a wet noodle.
I have a Mac700 and I love it--but I have a 20 year old one of these with several hundred hours on it, and it still works. It's even louder now than when it was new (if that's possible), but it's half the weight of the Makita and sometimes I'm lazy.
I have a big shop compressor, the Mac700 for "portable" stuff and this, which I bought 20 years ago. Parts are still available (though I've never had to replace anything on it). Almost every contractor I know has one of these in addition to a "real" compressor, mainly due to the light weight and the lack of sharp edges (makes it easy when you're dragging it around inside a house--less likely to put a hole in a wall or something). As I type this, 2 doors down a guy is running a roofing nailer on one... I think guys like them because they're really light and if it gets stolen it's not the end of the world...
I've done countless inappropriate tasks with mine (spray-on texture a 1,400 sq ft space being the worst--how it didn't catch fire I'll never know!). For occasional use with an impact and blowing up tires it should last a lifetime.
Yes, the Makita is nicer--far quieter and very well-built, but the PC pancake compressor is plenty durable.