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[SIR Philbutt]

Compressor and air tools on offer at Aldi this Thurs, if anyone interested ....

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thur-5-mar/

[EMD]

Is that just for the compressor 

[aaronjb]

Yes.. And it's a good price for the 50L twin..

[Webby the Bear]

Wonder if those air tools on sale would be any good for being so cheap. Or have I answered my own question 

[andyc]

They might be ok for the odd bit of weekend work but for everyday work i don't think they will last that long

Andy

[Marks DTM Calib]

They last well as long as you lube them, got a few Aldi air tools at the railway which get a real pasting week in week out and two years later still good. Plus a three year warranty

[Terbs]

Apart from the colour...that compressor is identical to the Rhyas one I have just bought for £197. I am pleased as punch with mine. Mine is 14cfm...I can't see a rating for the Aldi one. But me and swmbo are off to Aldi in Poole Thursday for some air tools

[Webby the Bear]

Always fancied an air ratchet and as we have comp. air at work . . .

[Kevin Wood]

Only thing I wouldn't bother with is the filter lubricator. Mine was all or nothing as far as the oil dosage was concerned, then, as I was adjusting it, the thread stripped on the oil adjuster and it blasted me with a fine spray of oil at 8 BAR until the reservoir was empty.

Then again, it came with a couple of air hoses, IIRC, so almost worth it for them alone.

[TheBoy]

That's identical to the Clarke & Airtools ones that machine mart are trying to shift for £100 more


Webby, cheap air ratchets will be a disappointment after your battery gun

[Doctor Gollum]

That's identical to the Clarke & Airtools ones that machine mart are trying to shift for £100 more


Webby, cheap air ratchets will be a disappointment after your battery gun

Differant application though. Smaller/less depth to the head means you can get in there easier, like once the oil filter housing is loose on the omega v6 engines, rather than banking away one click at a time with a normal ratchet.

But as you say, they only have about 20nm torque so very little power, and I rarely use mine. Other than for oil filter.

[Doctor Gollum]

Sure I paid £90 for a 50 litre with 2.5hp v twin from lidl.

I'm doubting my memory of the price though given the price above.

[aaronjb]

Only thing I wouldn't bother with is the filter lubricator. Mine was all or nothing as far as the oil dosage was concerned, then, as I was adjusting it, the thread stripped on the oil adjuster and it blasted me with a fine spray of oil at 8 BAR until the reservoir was empty.

  Sorry Kevin, but that raised a much needed smile!

My Aldi/Lidl lubricator had a hair trigger - oil dosage was either zero or everything-in-30-seconds and nothing in between.  I do have a much, much nicer Norgren supplied one which ... the plastic fill screw sheared off of the first time I tried to undo it.

[Doctor Gollum]

Never fitted the lubricator on mine, just drop a bit of oil down the air feed inlet on the tool after each use.

That probably won't cut it for work shop use but diy at home will be fine. Imo.

[Kevin Wood]

Never fitted the lubricator on mine, just drop a bit of oil down the air feed inlet on the tool after each use.

That probably won't cut it for work shop use but diy at home will be fine. Imo.

Yes, that's what I do now.