California Air Tools CAT-AUX10A Lightweight Portable Aluminum Air Tank, 10 Gallon, Silver

Pros: light (purchased the AL tank), nice design, nice features (1/4 turn drain, valve to isolate tank from brass, can be filled two ways) Cons: cheap brass, poor assembly Purchased this tank to match the California Air Tool compressor I purchased at the orange hardware store. I give in 3.5 stars because I really like the tank now that it works correctly. If you purchase this tank please be aware that your will need replace all most all the brass on that comes on the tank. It is cheap and clearly the part of the product that was skimped on the reduce costs. Had to replace all the brass in the in photo with higher quality products from the orange hardware store. The isolation valve and hose coupler leaked and the tee fitting split when replacing the leaky parts. Save yourself some time and have all of these on hand. All are 1/4” npt by the way. The tire chuck hose whip came with nipple finger tight only. Additionally it had an excessive amount of Teflon tape on the hose fitting end including tape covering the opening of the fitting. I also found this on the brass on the tank. This is very poor assembly quality that can damage your tools as the Teflon tape does not break down and clogs screens and jams tools. Sad to see California Air Tools put a sticker on the tank that proudly says it was assembled in the USA but has such poor assembly quality. Please leave the sticker off in future.

So $60 to double the capacity of my California Air compressor, which is awesome and so quiet. No brainer, since the CA compressor just wouldnt run my air tools. Yes, a Harbor Freight one is a little less money, but then you have to retrofit ($) the correct fittings to make it work. The CA one is ready to go Steel, so no, not super light weight. If you want that, get their aluminum version Had one loose fitting, so I removed the whole valve assembly, teflon taped it all up, tightened, reinstalled. I would recommend tape anyway, since they use a goop that if the fitting is turned it will be forever loose and probably leak

Very nice tank. Nice features include a drain and quick fill fitting. Has held pressure for months with no loss of air. The oddity is that the lines on the gauge are in six pound increments rather than the five one would expect. Weird. Also, surprised that the price has gone up almost $50 since November.

I bought this product for the aluminum tank alone, knowing that the air intake and exhaust valve system was inferior and would have to be replaced. Otherwise very good.

Contacted customer service about defective pressure gauge. The only thing I received from them were multiple form emails. I, finally, got tired of waiting and bought my own replacement gauge. Corona related, a possibility.

I have waited to give a reveiw.I gave it a 3 star because of the brass fitting that come with the tank.I have used this tank for a while.The brass fitting that comes with it are cheap junk.The tank is a nice light weight tank. I changed the brass fittings . It works very well NOW.So if you buy this tank i feel you will want to figure the cost of changing the brass fittings as an extra. FYI.( My tank was sent to some one else,Then shipped back to amazon. Then shipped to me)

So far so good. No complaints. So glad I have this for finish nailer and filling tires

I use this portable tank for inflating my garden tractor tires where there is no electricity. It holds the pressure in the tank without leaking for a very long time (weeks).

Lightweight and holds air with no leaks, so far. The brass fitting are junk, though. Do yourself a favor and buy fittings the shops use- Milton.

As previous posters have said, the hardware is substandard. However, I think CAT understands that 99% of purchasers are going to use this tank not as a portable tank, but rather to modify it for use as auxiliary capacity for a shop air compressor. Thus the hardware is going to be trashed anyway. Other quality attributes could have been done better though, namely the decal on my unit was full of air bubbles and poorly affixed. Other than those minor complaints, its a great tank and of sound construction.