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This is my second porter cable compressor. It appears to be as good as the first. This would make it great.
I purchased this as a smaller alternative to my 25 gallon when operating a finish nailer or airing up car tires. It is a little noisy but similar to much smaller capacity compressors. It fills up fast though and maintains good pressure without always kicking on and off while I'm putting up crown.
It still makes me feel alarmed even after a couple of weeks of steady use. I recently read a woodworking magazine that rated it at an incredible 92 decibels. Firstly, I don't expect air compressors to be quiet, but, this compressor is so loud it gives you a headache if you are within 40 feet of it. The one thing I like about it is that it is very light. It pisses off all other workers in the near region. Also, whenever the motor is refilling the resevoir tank, it always starts to "whine" and raises in pitch near the end so it sounds like its about to blow up or something. Thats the only thing I like about it. Honestly I would buy a different compressor if I did it over again.
Great compressor but I would recommend replacing the hose it comes with. Hose is fine for occassional use but is not of the best quality. For the price you can't beat this product and it is a Porter-Cable which is known for it's quality.
I had the exact same problem. When I bought the compressor, in my first use, the "panel" with the pressure gauges and the air connections began to pivot and turn back and forth. I ended up going back and getting the Dewalt D55146, which was much more compressor that I needed, but it is sturdy, pretty quiet, and works well. I got my money back, and debated what I wanted to do next.
I was new to compressors before buying this and in researching them learned along the way that what the compressor can push (framing, brad, etc). The other compressors that I was thinking of were much more expensive. So, I tried to purchase another C2002, this time I happened to do it at big box retailer #2. I didn't buy this product through Amazon, but I read the reviews here thoroughly before purchasing at the local big box retailer. If you are doing rapid-fire work then you would need a higher CFM but if you're not nailing so frequently a lower CFM like this has would do. Although it didn't leak right away, I could imagine what would happen over time and I would just end up having problems.
On the plus side, I will say that the C2002 was pretty quiet, very portable, and looks nice. Also, I was planning to do occasional framing nailing and didn't need a production compressor, and the C2002 could easily handle the type of work I was doing.
I did plug in my framing nailer with 3 1/4 inch nails to the C2002 and it handled them fine. I wrote Porter Cable and they said to return to the store, that this was not its intended functionality.
is a function of PSI, not CFM. I tried to connect a hose and the whole panel turned.
This is an issue because the way the panel is attached to the compressor is primarily through the air outlet coming up below from the tank. CFM is essentially a measure of how fast the compressor will return to its max pressure.
Hope this is useful.
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