Campbell Hausfeld FP209599AV 2-Gallon Mini Twin-Stack Air Compressor with 1 1/4-Inch 2-in-1 Brad Nailer / Stapler Kit

5 Reviews

1. I got this compressor/nailer/stapler combo for exactly what it’s designed for…..small jobs. And so far it works great for what I’ve used it for. I used the nailer/stapler with a larger compressor though and it worked perfectly without any problems. I have not used the nailer/stapler with the compressor it came with but I would assume it should be fine, albeit with more frequent filling cycles. I’ve used the compressor for small jobs such as filling small tires on dollys, bikes, and occasionally to top off a vehicle tire when it was necessary. It was nice to not have to lug around a long hose from my bigger garage compressor and this compressor fills the bill just fine. I did purchase a longer coiled hose for it though. Overall I’m quite pleased with both the compressor and nailer/stapler. I did buy this on Black Friday for only $49 at a local big box store so I feel it was a steal for what it does.

2. If you read someone saying this is a good product more than likely they haven’t used a compressor before. Before purchasing a compressor you should find out how much cfm you’ll need for what your doing (cubic feet per minute). This compressor is rated at about .5 cfm @ 40 psi. A good compressor starts at 2cfm @ 90 psi so this is absolute junk. That means that it takes forever for this thing to fill up on pressure and it’s LOUD LOUD LOUD!!! You will want to throw it out the window it’s so loud. The next part you need to worry about is that it’s oil-less. Your motor is not going to last. It’s just a matter of time before you start having trouble getting this thing started. I work in a woodshop and it didn’t take long for the dust to get into it, clogging it up somehow and making it hard for it to start.

   Sometimes you can pay as little as 50 bucks more and get four times the machine. Don’t worry about not getting the brad/staple gun, it’s junk and you can go to grizzly.com and get one for thirty bucks that you’ll actually be able to use.

3. I bought this compressor to keep my car and bike tires properly inflated. This is a marginal product and only slightly more convenient than a hand pump (bikes) and a service station (car). First, the attachment for inflating tires fits the hose very poorly and leaks air like crazy. This creates a problem when you’re trying to inflate something as the compressed air resevoir is losing a lot of its pressure just due to the leakage. Also, this compressor will barely reach 100 psi and, due to the leakage, it will lose that pressure very quickly. That’s not such a big deal for car tires that don’t inflate to anywhere near that pressure, but it’s a real pain in the neck for inflating bike tires. The only way I can inflate my 85 psi tires is to do it iteratively and even then I can just barely get up to 85 psi. Several of our bikes call for up to 100 psi and there is no way this compressor will inflate that high because the leakage runs down the pressure before the tire is inflated. Not only does the inflation attachment leak it’s pretty poorly designed and doesn’t fit over the inflation stem on a tire very well which further aggrevates the inflating process. Oh yes, the onboard pressure guage is about 20 psi inaccurate so you will want to use a separate guage to measure the psi of what you’re inflating. The tool kit that comes with this is a sorry example of the worst of Chinese manufacturing; very low quality stuff. Finally, the cord is very short and you will most likely need an extension cord. I’m considering just buying a good bike hand pump and using this compressor for the car.

4. This is not a good quality compressor. I expect more from CH. The air feeder lines from piston are car fuel lines and not air hoses. The two feeder hosed rub against each other (due to poor design) because of vibration and will wear a hole in each other. I have had this compressor for 1 year and 2 months, used it 5 times and now the hoses have worn through and air leaks out. What a piece of crap. I spent 3 hours fixing this, cutting away crappy fittings, reinstalling air hose and clamping off. Do not buy this.

5. this has worked well. Use it around the house with my Ridgid brad nailer, haven’t tried the included nailer. It’s light, easy to carry around, even for those small jobs where you don’t want to carry much. No problems. Loudness is in the ear of the beholder but I certainly don’t expect quiet from a compressor so would say this is average in that regard. [...] So far so good would be my evaluation.