Air compressor question

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If all you want is to fill tires and blow stuff clean, a pancake one like Retsel says is fine. They don't take up much space so you can stuff them anywhere, even carry them in your car easily. And you can carry them out to the street to fill your car tire.

The tradeoff is that the small 3-gallon tank means that it has to cycle on/off more often, inconvenient if you are doing a lot of painting, use air tools constantly, or have an air lift.

Less than $50 with coupon:
https://www.harborfreight.com/air-tools/...60637.html

I have this same model. I use it for my 23 guage pin nailer at work, and light duty work around the house. It works great. Do not follow the break in procedure suggested in the manual. My first one died shortly after running it wide open for 30 minutes as per the manual. Swapped it out, and used the new one normally without issue.