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Stephen Tashiro
01-11-2013, 8:31 PM
Is there a good (and somewhat quiet) 120 V tire inflator?

I have an old Craftsman inflator with an accurate pressure gauge that works very well, but it's so noisy that I don't like to use it. I have a 12 V DC tire inflator that is much quieter. Is there such a thing as a reasonably quiet 120 V AC tire inflator?

Charles McKinley
01-11-2013, 11:36 PM
I have seen an oil lubricated pancake compressor. It should be quieter but I have never been around one. It is larger than an inflator as it has a 2 gallon tank.

HTH

Curt Harms
01-12-2013, 9:04 AM
I have seen an oil lubricated pancake compressor. It should be quieter but I have never been around one. It is larger than an inflator as it has a 2 gallon tank.

HTH

That would be my thought. I have a Craftsman oil lubed direct drive that inflates tires and runs floor nailers and nail guns just fine. I doubt it'd run something like an impact wrench though.

Stephen Tashiro
01-12-2013, 10:09 AM
That would be my thought. I have a Craftsman oil lubed direct drive that inflates tires and runs floor nailers and nail guns just fine. I doubt it'd run something like an impact wrench though.

I don't want to run air tools with it. I just want a tire inflator, which would be quick for inflating tires and wouldn't require pressurizing and draining an air tank.

Dan Hintz
01-12-2013, 11:01 PM
I have a Ryobi that I picked up at a garage clearance sale... It's not a whisper, but you can talk around it without any issue.