What portable air compressor do you travel with?

[e60ral]

if you need small i also had a viair 88p and it worked fine, it was a little slow though

Now i have the masterflow, it's marginally larger but much faster

in general anything that can plug into the cigarette adapter will be slow, but if you need small that's the compromise

 

[cdiset]

I just went off roading with a friend and when we stopped to air up, he pulled this thing out. A little slower than my mid sized air compressor, but super easy and compact. I bet its just as fast as the small ones you are looking at. And this is super cheap if you already have Ryobi batteries.

 

[gloveflip]

Another vote for the Viair 400P. Just a bit bigger and more expensive than some of the other portables mentioned here, but significantly faster. Once I found myself airing down more often, I had to upgrade to something faster. My favorite part is the lever style chuck, not the typical screw on type.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000X9AXR8/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Bumbo]

I have a Viair 400P that stays in the 4Runner... been an awesome pump.

It puts out more air volume than the 450 and you can fill 4 tires well before needing to worry about any duty cycle limits.

A part of me still wants OBA, but I took a liking to also having a portable option.

 

[raycie]

I used to have a portable Viair in my truck. When I got the 4R, I put a twin in the engine bay...

 

[Bumbo]

I like the twin, but there is no room under the hood for those who have dual battery setups... that compressor is generally mounted where the 2nd battery tray goes which is the main reason I stayed with a portable.

I might be able to fit an ARB single behind the passenger headlamp, but I haven't got that far yet.

 

[Rightside Up]

Mine.

 

[cutty01]

I like the twin, but there is no room under the hood for those who have dual battery setups... that compressor is generally mounted where the 2nd battery tray goes which is the main reason I stayed with a portable.

I might be able to fit an ARB single behind the passenger headlamp, but I haven't got that far yet.

Not necessarily true. Many install the dual battery in the front part of the passenger's side engine bay. It's almost identical to the stock location on the driver's side. Even if you use the Shrockworks air pump relocation kit, you can use the Bandi Mount to accommodate both the ARB Twin + the air pump.

If you prefer to have the 2nd battery installed in the rear of the passenger's side engine compartment, then you can use a Slee mount to mount the ARB twin on the driver's side.

 

[12Bravo4R]

I might be able to fit an ARB single behind the passenger headlamp, but I haven't got that far yet.

Or get the portable unit:

 

[The_Green_Wang]

Looking at the Vlair 450 auto. Has anyone installed a Vlair 400 or 450 under the hood or is it not recomended? If not i may just get a Arb single [emoji848]

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

 

[nb rob]

I use the smittybilt 2781. I will gladly give up cargo space for saving 20 minutes of standing in mosquitos and blackflies at the trail head.

Historically, however, this means I’m spending my precious time savings airing up another vehicle who brought a beer-can sized compressor

 

[cutty01]

Looking at the Vlair 450 auto. Has anyone installed a Vlair 400 or 450 under the hood or is it not recomended? If not i may just get a Arb single [emoji848]

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

[MENTION=74569]SOcalTRAIL[/MENTION] mounted the 450 inside his engine bay. Scroll down to the 11th picture HERE.

 

[steph.l.wain]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwauk...CwjsQAvD_BwE&dclid=CMjEjPjSwdsCFZqVyAodV18ExQ

This battery powered Milwaukee is great, you set the desired PSI and it does the rest.

 

[2012sr5]

Masterflow 12V

Uses battery terminal connectors.
Pretty fast (3-4 min per tire going from 16psi to 35).
Gets hot.
Pressure gauge isn't the most accurate.
$60 shipped.

 

[George718]

Another here for the Viair 88P. Have had it for 3 years now and fit it in that cubby with a shop rag over to conceal it. No issues whatsoever but indeed it can get hot. I belief it has a thermal shut-off?

Thanks for the idea. I picked up a Viair 88P and was scratching my head wondering where to put it. The Viair was replacing a 15 year old no-name 12v compressor from Strauss Auto Parts. The no-name has been reliable but slow. When the cold weather got here this year I went to use it to add ~6 psi all around. Took over half an hour, and as I was standing in the cold freezing my butt off waiting I said I'd look at getting something a little faster; hence hello Viair.

It looked like it would fit in the cubby but I wasn't sure the air hose would- but after reading your post I gave it a shot and voila. It's snug, but it fits!

__________________
2018 SR5

 

[slprciv]

Love my Viair 400P, it'll air up to 35" tires. I have 33" tires so whenever the time to upgrade to 35" tires I won't have to worry about the air pump struggling to air up those bigger tires :thumb:

 

[Good Nite]

Another vote for Viair 88. I haven't gone on trails where I need to air down, but for a general purpose small compressor it works great. I got a separate tire gauge however. The attached one didn't seem that accurate.

 

[Bumbo]

Mine is accurate enough, but you do have to turn off the pump to take a reading because the gauge is at the pump.

If I ever buy an aftermarket set of rims, I really want to find something with the ability to have two valve stems.

 

[pDubs]

I have the VIAIR 88p and it works great. Keep in in the back of the 4runner all the time.

 

[Jetboy]

Mine is accurate enough, but you do have to turn off the pump to take a reading because the gauge is at the pump.

If I ever buy an aftermarket set of rims, I really want to find something with the ability to have two valve stems.

You can add that to any wheel you'd like. Just drill a second hole and pop a valve stem in. If you have a big compressor like a York with enough flow to fill 2 stems at once - it's usually easier to just make up a hose that fills two tires instead of two stems per tire. That's how I do it in my FJ40. But none of the electric compressors I've seen would have any benefit of a second valve stem. They just don't flow enough volume to exceed a single schrader valve's limits.

If you're airing down a lot - you also are more likely to be in the kind of places where you tend to rip valve stems out. A lot of aftermarket wheels leave them very exposed. That's one of my favorite features of the OEM trail wheels. They actually protect the valve stems. All of my wheels are pretty chewed up from rocks. The rock that scratched my wheel here would have ripped off the valve stem of a lot of aftermarket wheels. Toyota did a good job designing these. Except the center caps. I don't think any of mine survived the first year.