Opinions on air compressor
 

I have quickly figured out that I need to go ahead and get the permanent shop compressor for all the work I will be doing to the 68. Anyone got any pros and cons or preferences on what to get.

To run air tools it needs to be large enough. I use a 80 gallon husky from Home Depot and is a 230 model. If I were a commercial shop then I would have a more industrial oil lube one. But since I'm a home owner who only uses it once in a while it works well. I also have two water filters on it to keep the water out of the air hose. The key is the CFM out put for the air tools you want to use. You don't want to run out of air.

Ditto on what Ray said. I have an 80 gallon 7.5 HP Ingersoll Rand. It's at least 10 years old, runs like a champ. It has been used for air tools and painting cars, paid for itself several times over.

I have a 1.6 hp 33 gal craftsman and it works fine for air tools and things I do on my car.

CFM is the key. I only have a 25 gallon Devillbiss. It's good for an impact wrench and a spot sand plaster but with cutoff wheels or air chisel it has a hard time keeping up.

When mine goes out I plan on an 80 gallon dual stage unit ,more than I will need but my current one works hard to keep up .

10 years ago I bought a V Twin Puma. I was advised to get the V twin because the cooling on each cylinder was more even (versus the side by side cylinders) which increased the life of the compressor.