California Air Tools 10020CHAD Ultra Quiet & Oil-Free 2.0 Hp, 10.0 Gal. Steel Tank Air Compressor with Auto Drain Valve

Buen equipo lo recomiendo

The auto drain will make you jump. It need not: tune the flow down with a needle valve. For a few bucks, bothersome LOUD periodic noise gone. With that revision, this is a good compressor. After a few days of minimal use, a leak formed at the threaded port at the tank top to the solenoid valve. Probably Teflon tape will fix it, but I am disappointed it wasn’t air tight and bombproof from factory.

Be sure to read the instructions and install the filters on the exhausts. It runs at 90 db without the filters and about 74 db with the filters. I still plan to build a box to put this in to further lower the noise. I do like that this is a steel tank. If you look at reviews of the aluminum tank version youll see time lapse videos showing the aluminum tank flexing while its pressurized and depressurized. Thats scary. Two problems so far: -The auto-drain feature is very loud. It happens on power up. It also whips the hose around (I had to remove it). Its a bit scary for little kids! -The quick connect coupling was jammed and wont connect to anything. Ill have to contact manufacturer for that.

This is a good quality air compressor and it was packed very well with no box damage, however, the small brass pipe and angle-joint on the bottom of the tank was busted off....so off I went to Lowes for the parts to fix it which seems to be the standard of today (buy something and then fix the damage). I think the damage occurred at the factory since it was double-boxed and there was no box damage. It was also packed with those expanding-foam bags very tightly.

My unit was also damaged like mentioned in other reviews. This thing is pretty big and cumbersome to send back, I wish I had an option from Amazon to get some kind of partial refund or allowance since the item was damaged. Important to note, there was no visual damage to packaging, so not sure if I received a used/returned unit? Other than that, the air compressor is great, very quiet and works brilliantly. I’d recommend it to anyone looking for a smaller air compressor for a garage where you might be concerned with noise.

It is a pretty well built compressor. It works as advertised.

Extremely well packaged. Exactly as advertised. Amazon delivery was excellent. Awesome compressor.

Noise level

Only thing better than a quiet air compressor, is one that works with reliability. Parts are readily available from manufacturer. Never had an issue with these small units. Be aware they are heavier than they appear. Was delivered in packaging suitable for shipping.

One support leg was bent (Id say when it was boxed from factory; not delivery. Box was not damaged). straightened out as much as I could. I sat it on a shelf and ran it. Cycle time is great and tried to empty tank while running but this one basically holds pressure at 90 while using an air nossle. Recovery time is short. Nice little compressor for my wood shop.