The MiGear 250psi Air Compressor is great for vehicle tyres and inflatable’s. DC12V powered, simply plug it into your cigarette lighter for instant use.
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How powerful is this compressor?
250psi
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They will pump things, just VERY slowly. Its more an emergency boot item or a bicycle item.
Ive used simmilar ones on a car tyre once. Took a hood half an hour to an hour to pump properly.
All the cheap ones i've ever gotten just don't last. Hows this one stack up?
cheaper than similar ones on ebay..
and plenty in stock near me
From Whirlpool:
"So I bought the 250psi air compressor from DSE, and it's a piece of s@#$.
edit: ended up buying a can of compressed air from Officeworks for 20 bucks, did the job but not very well.
http://whrl.pl/Rc7ZTA
compressed can of air is different than an air compressor..
can of compressed air - low volume but can be expelled at high speed (good for de-dusting pc for example)
Air compressor like this one - high volume (essentially for as long as it will run) but lower speed (fine for inflating a car tyre when you don't mind if it takes a couple of minutes)
I understand that, but it is more the way it was described. Cheap enough for the car though, now I just need a car!
These cheapies need to be used in 3-5 minute bursts, so as to not overheat too much.
Its just a basic one but chances are DSE did some kind of "quality" testing, so perhaps better than random Ebay Chinese ones.
Anyway $12 off the regular price @$7.98 is not bad at all.
I own a SCA bestbuy version. I use it for pumping up my bike tyres. This is a bargain at $8, even if you don't have a dedicated use for it. It lives in the car boot.
I have a compressor similar to this bought many years ago. It has had much use and continues to work well. This I suspect has rather alot to do with the fact that it was made in Taiwan as opposed to the PRC. As a general rule - if you can find a spanner, a garden tool or a piece of auto equipment that's still made in Taiwan as opposed to China, nine times out of ten it'll be better made from better materials.
By the way, if the recall of a DSE portable dvd player after one exploded and horribly burned and scarred a little boy (on Today Tonight the other day) is any indication, quality control on their el-cheapo + DSE badge-engineered stuff may not be too flash.
Citation needed?
The iPhone is made in China..
ditto. with basic bike pumps costing about the same, this is useful thing to just sit in the car (at home or out n about) for bikes & footy etc.
thanks OP
Anyone else thought about rigging it up to pump a spud gun?
I did just now.
I bought a similar one from Kmart (don't think it was this cheap though) and my biggest criticism is that it doesn't have an on/off switch on it. Basically I need to attach it to whatever I want to pump up then plug it into the cars power socket and then go back to the unit to watch the pressure. Once it's at the right pressure I have to realease it from whatever I'm pumping up then turn the cars ignition off or pull the cord out of the socket to stop the compressor. PITA if you ask me.
Does this have a switch on it?
Probably not at this price. Some of the cheapest ones don't even have a pressure gauge - which is nuts - unless you travel everywhere by air mattress.
Mine has a switch, and I'm glad it does, but it's very easy to install an inline switch on the cable itself. Two minute job. My suggestion is to put it a fair way up the cable as the further you are from the compressor when it's running the better. These things are brutal on the eardrums.
I have a very similar looking one that i got from Supercheap. I fitted a switch to it and connected it to an old computer power supply and keep it all in a fishing tackle box, along with a 240v lead.
Its usually used to top up the pressure in the car tyres and for bicycle tyres. It can pump up a car tyre from flat but it takes quite a while and gets pretty hot so i give it a bit of a rest about half way thru.
Its a very handy little thing at a great price. Mine is about 3 years old and still going strong. Think i paid about $12 for mine.
why not just use the ones at the servo while after you fill up your car, they are alot quicker
not from flat :)
not true, the servos in my area have a pump with digital pressure numbers and press switches for more/less psi. these particular units have a 'flat tyre only' mode which works well on flat tyres, obviously.
done. good to pump up tyres in emergency.
Bought one about 6 months ago ,didn,t pump the car tyre up at all,returned unit and got money back.Might have just been a faulty unit but didn,t want to try another one.
Sounds like you copped a faulty unit.
I have seen these dis-assembled and it would not take too much for you to have a leaky or bad valve. They are just a simple reed set up.
The pump body is all metal though, despite the plasticy looking enclosure
a bicycle tyre is like 10psi. Literally 15 pumps of the hand pump and its full. How lazy are some people?!
in the same way that a car tyre is like 4psi? you're totally wrong.
What bike you pumping,my kids bike is like 40psi, road bikes are 100psi. This pump would be useful for some.
Just purchased one to keep in the boot. Did a test and it runs but the air passing through this thing is slow. Still, better to have one for emergencies than not but I'll be using the ones at the servo still.
BTW, the price in the heading is 1c less than the actual price. Being an OzBargainer, I almost got into a fight with the store staff because of it :-P
Lol updated.
Could you use this to say blow air to clean out a computer case?
Depends on how big the compressor is. With this one, no - it's too slow
These small compressors all tend to pump out short rapid bursts of air. I've used at least five different brands of similar pumps (I bought one as a clearance item at Bunnings years ago for $6.99 and it still works well) and haven't come across one that puts out a steady stream of air.
They really are only useful for emergency tyre inflation or very small household inflatable items like footballs or bike tyres. After wasting nearly half an hour with one of these trying to fill up an air mattress for a pool, I gave up and hooked it up to the vacuum cleaner which inflated it in about three seconds. The right tool for the right job.
Anything that requires a steady stream of air, such as blowing out dust from a computer or airbrushing wouldn't be possible with a small cheapie like this. I did try using a much more powerful one (rated for 4wd emergency tyre inflation) to clean dust out of something, but even that simply didn't have enough air volume to move the dust.
Btw, how do you use vacuum cleaner to inflate something? Can you reverse the airflow with yours?
one more sold..
good deal - I brought one similar to this from Auto barn - with no pressure gauge for $12
just what i was after, thanks. be careful if you are using the included needle to pump up the footy. it shot out as it doesn't lock in properly. replaced it with a larger threaded metal needle and works great.
Out of stock in a lot of Sydney stores :(
Direct link here
http://dicksmith.com.au/product/D6352/migear-250psi-air-comp…