/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I need to man up and get a compressor and I’m thinking about getting a small one this weekend to hold me over til I end up with a 30gal that can run real tools.

At this point, I need one to air up tires and use a blow gun. I can get a 3gal Briggs & Stratton for $55 and it comes with a cheap hose and fittings and an air chuck. But then I saw this Craftsman for $99. 2.6cfm @ 90psi, 150psi, so it might actually be a little useful. But no air hose, so even a cheap hose and fitting kit is ~$20. I’m not really expecting to run tools off of it but the 6gal could probably spin an impact wrench in a pinch.

So $60 for cheap B&S 3gal with hose and fittings, or $130 to get that 6gal running.

What says /diy/?