I bought a Champion (Quincy competitor at about same price/quality)
about 20 years ago...I open the cabinet its in about once a year and
change the oil, I plan on doing that the rest of my life.
It does have a auto drain on the tank for moisture/water, so oil
change is all it needs.
I don't want to EVER have to move that sucker again and I doubt I
ever will. But you are right about the price, the Harbor Fright one is
cheap and you can buy a few good ones for that price, how noisy is the
Harbor Fright one ? The Champion/Quincy's are quiet due to their low RPM.
mike
On 7/12/2015 7:43 AM, Scott Hall wrote:
> Setting up the new garage, was planning to buy a Quincy compressor (want to
> buy it once and be done).
>
> They're expensive, but if I only have to buy it once...
>
> But I was in Harbor Freight yesterday--they've got what I'm sure is their
> usual two-stage Chinese whatever for $599. I'm sure it won't keep up with a
> blaster, but for that price I could dang near buy two of them and still be
> less than half of a Quincy unit.
>
> Anyone have a Harbor Freight compressor and can talk about the quality? If
> it's just a name thing, and I'll get ten years out of a H-F unit, I might
> just consider it. If I'm going to have to screw with it more than once a
> year then I'll spend the extra money on the high-dollar one.
>
> I suppose if it lasts ten years, I could buy one each ten years and still
> be under the cost of a Quincy.
>
> Or should I revisit this and consider IR units again, etc.?
>
> Thanks guys.
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