SmittybiltAIR COMPRESSOR 2.54CFM - SB2780

I like to go back to some of my bigger purchases after a few years and revisit my review because so often reviews are written just weeks or days after purchase and do not reflect durability of a product, especially of that product has moving parts, motors, etc. I purchased this compressor in summer of 2018 and have had it for over four years and it is still working great.We've got a Rubicon with 34" tires, and a Subaru, both of which see a good amount of off-roading, overlanding and beach driving, a fair amount of airing down and airing up. We are also a family of five with bicycles, camping air mattresses, etc.I have to say I am very happy with it and it is working great after a good amount of use for more than three years. It has been in dust, sand, mud and rain. It has aired up 12 large mud terrain tires with a cool down of about five minutes between each vehicle (all but very huge compressors need this) with no problem. even with its 66% duty cycle (pressurizing 2/3 of the time , actively cooling 1/3 of the time), it takes my 33s from 16psi to 38psi in a couple of minutes. After three years of using it around 100 times and a total of a couple hundred tire inflations, (we beach drive on vacation in NC and Va. soft sand a few weeks a year and air down and up up to two times a day) the apparent CFM has not fallen. I have found that this will handle tires of pals with 35s and 37s, although I give it five minutes cooling after two tires in that case instead of after four tires.Pros:- Good 2.5 CFM/2 CFM@30 PSI. That 2CFM@30PSI is a about 85% of the 2.3 CFM at 30 PSI of the nearly triple price ARB- CKMA12 tests out on various Youtubes that these these pumps- Over four years and air up of over 100 tires and it is running great- Plenty of CFM for up to 35, will do 37s if you are patient- Kit has everything you need out of the box, and you can make minor improvements if you likeCons (they are minor):- Hose fittings are not proprietary but are Japanese standard. This has not been an issue for us. if I ever need to replace one fitting I will just replace them all, converting them to standard for about ten to fifteen bucks.- The gauge is not accurate when pump is running. This is the case with most portable compressors I have seen. The reason is that when pump is running it is measuring the pulse/pressor from the compressor (just like your battery charger maybe sending 5.5 volts to your five volt battery, which in turn is really 3.7v) , not the tire. If you switch off the pump when it comes up to a near indicated range you want, and then look at reading, will be accurate. Overall this is safer, the gauge does not read low, which would be dangerous (showing 35 when it is actually 50). Gauge is accurate if you are using it as a deflator (more important) without the pump running if you don't have screw on deflators

I got this mainly for airing up after being off-road. A week after getting it I had flat tire - likely completely flat. I decided to test this unit and was impressed that it was able to fully inflate a 33” tire fairly quickly even though the tire still had a leak. Very simple to connect and has enough hose and cable to reach the back tire opposite the battery on a full sized truck. Much more affordable than an ARB compressor and a good option for those of us who won’t use it “a lot”.

Will work for my remote camping on my big Dodge truck big tires are no problem with this product. Heavy duty built would recommend.

I got this to carry in my truck. It is a 4x4 but Im not into trails and such. I use it to pull my boat and do other truck things. I got this pump after the one I had forever broke(different brand). This one came in a bag and stores well in it but the material and zippers do feel a bit cheap. For my light use I think it will be fine though.The pump itself is very nice and it is not very loud. It was easy to hook up and all the hoses connected up easy. The only thing I would have liked to see is a different style chuck. The one on it is a screw style and it takes more time and effort than a locking chuck. It is also straight and when my old pump broke it did so when my motorcycle tire needed some air. I tired to use this and found it just would not work. The air tip needed to screw to far onto the stem and I did not have enough room to to make it happen. I could get it on but it took to long to get it both on and off and I ended up loosing all the air plus some. It just didnt work.Overall it is a nice little pump and it will suit me well. I used it today as the weather has been colder and my tires could use a top off. I got all four of my tires from 36 to 44 psi in no time. It did not struggle to get the tires there and the pump didnt even get hot. I have a four door Ford F150 and the included power cord and coiled hoses reach all four tires with ease.Update- 4-5-20Pump still great and I've actually bought the bigger model and moved this one to a Jeep TJ I bought. Recently I ran across these. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MXBYPT2/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_DSLIEb431G6ZC and they are awesome for the Smittybilt. Gone is the long screw on and off of the valve. I bought the two pack and threw them in the pump's bag. Now I can air up my motorcycle if I needed.

It works like a charm. every time.It's heavy but it inflates all 4 tires faster than any of my friend's kits (we all drive 35's). even the friends that have the fancy 4 tires at once with onboard air.I need to figure out a quick connect battery plug and/or permanently mount in the trunk (the soft carrying case is very flimsy and the Japanese connector isn't the friendliest), but otherwise this device is the one you need.

I had a cheap $30 one that lasted to top off tired for a few years (still works) but was very slow to do more than just top a few PSI. This filled up my stock 2019 Tacoma TRD tires from less than 15 PSI to 33 PSI in about 1.5 minutes. Now with that said it takes a few minutes to set up so the hoses cables. It gets pretty hot but as long as you keep the hoses in a different pocket like how it comes you won't have any storage trouble.The guage is small and hard to read. I end up using a different guage so this will increase the time it takes to fill by double. So estimate 3 minutes per tire plus 5 minutes to assemble and disassemble. So around 15-20 minutes to fill up 4 tires after off roading isn't too bad and a faster pump wouldn't increase this much more. It's all the other things that take half the time

Works great. Easy to use and pretty reliable. Its a bit heavy but no biggie. Great size to store in trunk as well.