homefixated.com: If you’re a trim carpenter, I’m betting the least-favorite moments in your day involve schlepping your compressor to and from your truck. They’re heavy and awkward (the compressors, not the trim carpenters), and if you’re like me, you’re also trying to carry a coil of hose and a nailer or two. Hey, that’s not being lazy, that being efficient! Then, once you’re on the job site, you need to locate a power source, which can sometimes be tougher than finding a Republican in Massachusetts.
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I always love me some tool articles! This summer when I was building and installing scenery outside we would always haul our little red electronic air compressors down to the outdoor theatre. They were obnoxiously loud, and really didn't have the power that we needed to drive staples. I'm glad to see that DeWalt has come out with an electric air compressor. This review was very helpful, both in it's description of the writer's needs: "If you’re a trim carpenter, I’m betting the least-favorite moments in your day involve schlepping your compressor to and from your truck. They’re heavy and awkward (the compressors, not the trim carpenters), and if you’re like me, you’re also trying to carry a coil of hose and a nailer or two. Hey, that’s not being lazy, that being efficient! Then, once you’re on the job site, you need to locate a power source, which can sometimes be tougher than finding a Republican in Massachusetts. Some of the new cordless nailers are great, but they can be pricey, and for those with a fair bit of money invested in pneumatic nailers, it can be hard to justify buying all new nailers. That’s what motivated the folks in Yellow to come up with the new DeWalt FlexVolt Compressor". The article then goes on to describe the work he did with the DeWalt compressor.
While I much much rather use cordless nailers when I am working because they tend to be far better for sound than compressors also no hose or heavy compressors. That all said if someone can make a good light compressor one would be foolish not to at least take a look at it considering like the article says many people already are fairly heavily invested into hosed pneumatic tools. Reading the review the compressor seemed to work fairly well for most of the things that we would use it for in the theatrical industry. One concern would be the noise and battery life. Noise because I see this as a likely candidate to be used in notes calls on the stage itself and not in the shop. And battery is a concern because if we were to need to have multiple batteries cycling through it you would probably be better off just using a corded compressor. All in all pretty neat.
IT'S NOT CORDLESS. How can you call something cordless when it clearly has a cord coming right out the unit into the gun? I am beginning to wonder how hard they had to try when they were filming that video without getting a wall outlet in the video. This is 100% the truth… I don’t see one positive from any cordless compressor. Maybe, just maybe, if they made it an AC/DC unit that could also plug into a wall they would have something, but it doesn’t. even the person who is writing the article was struggling to find positives. They say “Pop it out of the box, and it is ALMOST ready to go.” I’m sorry but the last time I went and bought a tool, especially a compressor, I didn't want to sit around and wait for a battery to charge.
What a cute little air compressor! I love these mobile and battery-operated versions of otherwise heavy and standard tools and accessories. The biggest surprise for me with this model is that its only power option is the battery pack. I would think to make it more marketable to jobsites in open framed houses with maybe only generator power the battery only option would be okay, but this compressor from the tests seems to be made for the trim and finishing life, making the lack of power cord seem a little short sighted. This compressor is a tough little thing, I love that it has a roll cage to protect all the bells and whistles and I would really love if all air compressors were self-regulating. I cannot tell you how many times I have needed to go back and forth to an air compressor just to adjust the pressure because it keeps building or draining after an adjustment.
This seems like a handy little tool. I would say that the advantage to the battery powered compressor over battery powered tools is the weight. The tool itself generally isn’t where the weight is – its in the battery. This way, the tool remains the same weight. This particular battery powered tool probably wouldn’t work out so well for us in the shop, but it might be great to have at the warehouse. Or for use on stage. One wouldn’t have to find where the air outlets are run an air hose all the way across the stage. They could simply grab the battery powered compressor, hose, and nailer and get to work. I’m always on the fence about new cordless tools. Personally, I might not mind a tool that had a bit more weight if it was truly cordless. I’m surprised that this little compressor was able to shoot as many framing nails as it did before cycling on again.
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