2.5 HP 24 Litre Compressor in Aldi (UK)

[dickdastardly40]

Happened into Aldi yesterday on an unrelated quest to buy a tile cutter and saw they have their 'own brand' power craft Air Compressor with a number of included accessories for £69.99. the compressor is rated at 120PSI at 9.5 CFM.

It comes with IMS: 10M & 5 M Hoses
3 sprayers of varous types
Tyre inflator & gauge
Blow gun
Jet Blast washer gun
Air brush set.

They also had separately lots of other air tools such as drills, ratchet spanners, nail guns, saws and die grinders which didn't seem expensive (£13 for nail gun).

On the boxes it claims a 3 year warranty. I know you get what you pay for but it seemed a reasonable offer and fair quality for the price to me.

If you are in the market, I'd look quickly, they never seem to have this stuff too long. Carpe diem as some say.....Fish of the day?

Best Regards & Happy Easter

[baggo]

Bought one a year or so ago (same model I think) but then it only had half as many accessories. Excellent piece of kit although a bit noisy. They also had some quite nice little bench drills recently for about £40 which looked better quality than your average Machine Mart version.

John

[weldsol]

Yes got one yesterday afternoon, got home upacked it to find one of the pressure guages smashed (I think due to too much being packed into a small box) (they do this to get as many as they can on a pallet)
So took it back today and they were very nice "exchange or my money back" So got another one opened it up there it looked ok
so of to home to set it up and give it a blast.
I know it was cheap I know it was made in China but to fit the handle there was four 5mm screws which would not thread into the tapped alloy block so out came the taps to re-cut the threads but the screws still refused to go in more than a couple of turns.
Back to the workshop found some 5mm screws and hey presto it all went together checked the screws and they were over size.
Tried it out on the air drill I also purchsed £9.99 and it works a treat although a bit noisey.
Moral of the tale if you do go for one please open it in the shop and check it out
Paul

[konkos]

Funny about ALDI's, I went and also bought 3 weeks ago a 30 ltr tanked 2hp job. It came with a spray gun, a blower and a tyre pumper. It seems to work just fine. I have also bought other tools etc from them and quite happy with end result.
konkos