Anyone out there used the super quiet twin-tank Makita comressor?
My tool guy said that they’re alright but had some issues, but I’m pretty tired of sending my HOs into cardiac arrest when the compressor fires up.
Paul
Anyone out there used the super quiet twin-tank Makita comressor?
My tool guy said that they’re alright but had some issues, but I’m pretty tired of sending my HOs into cardiac arrest when the compressor fires up.
Paul
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I have the single tank. I love it and it is alot quieter than others because it runs at 1700 rpm instead of 3600 like most do. The salesman at the store I bought it from said alot of people buy two of the single tank Makitas instead of one of the twin tanks. The twin tank is much heavier.
I've had the twin stack Makita for going on two years now and I love it. In that time I've come up with two complaints. The first being it's weight, that sucker can get heavy at the end of the day. My ONLY other complaint is the roll cage vibrating a bit when it's running. Overall, it's a very well-built machine and well worth the money. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.
Yeah I saw the weight of it. I've got the Hitachi twin tank which even feels heavy to me at the end of the day, and the Makita's 10 pounds heavier I think. But it looks like a pretty slick unit.
About the vibration, are you talking about it moving around, or just noise wise?
I used a rol-air pancake compressor for a couple years that would walk all around when it went off. I'd bungee cord it to whatever was around so that it didn't go flying off a ledge, or unplugging itself, but the Hitachi never budges.
No, this thing won't budge... at all. The vibration is isolated to the roll cage itself. I think it's more a side effect of it wrapping around and up, isolating the pump. Where it isn't fastened on the upper aspect, it vibrates a bit while the compressor is running. Really it's a minor quirk, nothing to affect the machine's operation.
Hope you like it.
Nick
I've got a single tank and the dual.
Most of my work these days is on boat-access-only vacation homes and the single tank is a lot more friendly weight-wise than the dual when I have to load and unload my boat and pack it up a ramp and stairs, etc.. Both styles are plenty heavy, but have been reliable for two years.
I love the quiet. I used Emglos for years 'till some tweaker decided he needed it more than I did.
But the Makitas are less expensive, provide the same air output and, hopefully, are too heavy to steal.
I also have the single-tank hotdog unit from Makita. I replaced my Hitachi EC-12 with it. I work alone mostly and the new makita will keep up with me and even my framing nailer for remodeling--I don't remember the CFM but it recovers so quickly that it never runs long if I push it.
It also runs fine on a 12gau ext chord, where the bigger Hitachi always needed to be plugged in at the outlet. Don't miss carrying that thing around.
Highly Rec. it. Sure is quiet.
That's one of the things I was wondering, if the single tank would run a framing gun. I also work alone so when I'm framing it's never more than a wall or two at a time, or a deck.
Maybe I'll take a look at that single tank. I was thinking of the double tank just for being able to run everything and not turn over all the time, but maybe that single tank is good. Is it also in the super quiet realm?
I run a few different tools on it.. my big bostich gun has a seq. trigger so I can't really tax it, but like you say, a wall, or new studs in door or window opening ain't much.
Lately I've been using it with a construction stapler doing fencing outside. It's so quiet that from time to time I look at the regulator to make sure it's plugged in because I don't hear it run!
Yes, it's definitely super quiet. It sits on 4 soft 'suction cup' feet that isolate it from the floor too. You can speak over it when it's running inside.
I'm sure the specs would tell you just how much CFM nd how many decibels it puts out. I just haven't looked--just use the thing.
FHB did a compressor article a while back and reviewed it amongst others. I remember they had an informal rating system as to how many tools each unit would run- "one framing nailer, two finish nailers" something like that. I think they said it would indeed run one framing nailer, but the CFM was as high as some larger compressors designed to run framing guns. Perhaps its CFM rating is so high because it recycles so quickly--and would just run constantly if you pushed it, but keeping up with the gun.