01-26-2015, 05:33 PM
(01-26-2015, 12:40 PM)rleete Wrote: I have been looking for a small shop compressor for a while now. The problem with most of the small ones is that they're so damn noisy.
I'd be interested to hear how this one is, and if you think it's tolerable for inside. Would you consider using it when the wife is asleep upstairs? Would it startle you if it turned on while you were in the middle of something?
It's a pretty quite compressor. The reviews all stated they thought it was much quieter than they expected. I have it in the basement next to my mill for now and when it kicks in it's not so loud that I feel I need to wear hearing protection and I'm a guy who wears hearing protection to mow the lawn.
If I had a wife, I'd not run it if she was sleeping directly above where the compressor was. If the compressor was in the basement and she was sleeping on the upper floor of a 2-story house, then I would run it.
Hope this helps.
Ed