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My dually van's six tires run at about 60 psi; the front a little less, the four rear a little more. Max pressure is 80psi. A little 12v pump, even the ones that cost several hundred dollars, simply don't get the job done.I have 110v in the van and do not like the idea of opening the hood and reaching in to make a connection. You know what Murphy's Law says and it goes double in emergency situations so I started looking for AC/DC units. Same problem as the DC only units: Not enough CF/M to do the job anytime in my lifetime much less without overheating first. I have on of these units for my truck and car. Fine for them staying in the 30's psi but, I think I busted it trying for 58 psi.So I started looking for AC only portable units - HARD TO FIND. I saw one on a van builder's video posted three years ago and reached out. He bought it at Sears. Great, try finding a Sears store! So my search continued.I visited the big box stores to look, feel, lift, gauge size and weight of tanked compressors; hot dog and pancake styles. ALL were too heavy and too large for the space I want to dedicate to one in the garage of my van. Then after days of looking, I came across the PORTER-CABLE 1.5 gallon, oil free, air compressor kit. Pancake or hot dog, I don't know, its fully shrouded. It reminds me of a bowling ball bag. Description says it weighs 20lbs. Its very easy to carry.Its a kit so it came with a coiled hose and some attachments. I use a couple of them, they're not why I bought the unit. I bought a 6 foot rubber house, a couple of quick connector kits, and a tire inflator gun with an analog gauge. Now that's a kit!So I bought the PORTER-CABLE 1.5 gallon, oil free, air compressor because I installed steel valve stems on my van so I could reach the inner rear tires and add a valve cap style TPMS system. The tire shop that performed the valves install didn't seat the two front tires correctly (it is difficult) and I'm loosing air at the base in the right, then the left, front tires. I'll get that fixed but in the meantime, and always actually, I needed an air compressor capable of actually filling my tires - and quickly.Because of my valve stem problem, I've used the Porter-Cable compressor numerous times since purchase. While going to the lake and back, as much as 3 times a day (getting the valves re-seated this week). From my personal experience my Porter Cable compressor will take a tire with 18 lbs of air in it, basically flat, to 58 psi in about minute. With the attachments I have, it also fills my river tubes and inflatable kayak but again, that's not why I bought the compressor.I bought the portable, PORTER-CABLE 1.5 gallon, oil free, air compressor kit to inflate my high pressure RV tires fast, using 110v power and that's exactly what it does. Everything else, is gravy. Yes it's loud, but its quick and I'd rather have loud and do the job fast, than quiet and take for ever - or not at all.
