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Hey AGN, I went all in and got an Impact M4. Now I need to get a portable compressor. I've searched around on the forum but I'm getting analysis paralysis b/c I'm a noob. I've looked at Tuxing, Vevor, Gx's and the comments. What was branded the same and what should I get? I don't plan on getting a tank and would like something reliable w/o alot of coin. I still need to get other things as well. Thanks in advance.
 
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The GX cs4 seems to be satisfactory for a LOT of airgunners. Stay away from Tuxing & Vevor smaller compressors. The Tuxing twins are OK but not portable. Down the road you just might want a tank & the GX compressors, though slow, seem to be fine with long run times & quieter than others from what I understand.
 
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CK6 said:
Hey AGN, I went all in and got an Impact M4. Now I need to get a portable compressor. I've searched around on the forum but I'm getting analysis paralysis b/c I'm a noob. I've looked at Tuxing, Vevor, Gx's and the comments. What was branded the same and what should I get? I don't plan on getting a tank and would like something reliable w/o alot of coin. I still need to get other things as well. Thanks in advance.
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What is your budget limit?. I still have my first compressor it was a $230 vevor. It still works. You can get by with something like that for a while. I didn't plan on getting a tank at first either, but after a while it made sense to purchase tanks. Then I needed a water cooled compressor to fill them. I have a tuxing twin cylinder $370. Not a portable compressor though. The only portable water cooled compressor that i know of is the gx cs4 $589
 
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Gerry52 said:
The GX cs4 seems to be satisfactory for a LOT of airgunners. Stay away from Tuxing & Vevor smaller compressors. The Tuxing twins are OK but not portable. Down the road you just might want a tank & the GX compressors, though slow, seem to be fine with long run times & quieter than others from what I understand.
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Thanks. I appreciate the info. Should you think I need to know anything else about what is desired, let me know. Assume I know nothing (because you might be right)!
 
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What is your budget limit?. I still have my first compressor it was a $230 vevor. It still works. You can get by with something like that for a while. I didn't plan on getting a tank at first either, but after a while it made sense to purchase tanks. Then I needed a water cooled compressor to fill them. I have a tuxing twin cylinder $370. Not a portable compressor though. The only portable water cooled compressor that i know of is the gx cs4 $589
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I really wanted to stay around the $350.00 mark. I wanted portable b/c I do have access to a place where I can push out 75 to 120ish yards. That way I can just recharge from the truck should I need to.
 
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Cam Armstrong said:
I bought a cheap vevor as my first compressor over 2 years ago and it still works like new, I think it was less than $200. I now have that a young Wang and also a cs4 on the way.
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I hear they last or die on the first charge. I like the price but dang it seems they are hit or miss. Are you getting the others because of tanks? Since you had the VEVOR for 2 years, are the moisture filters good and are they easily found along with parts?
 
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I have a GX Pump's CS4 and a L3 (battery powered). The CS$ is awesome and will fill tanks. The L3 (same as a CS3) fills airguns great. The L3 is great for when you're in the field and don't have an external power source. They use Makita Batteries, so spares are easy to find. You can check out the specs of all the GX Pump Compressors here.

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Purchasing direct from GX Pumps will save you sales tax and they also have a coupon code (GX10OFF) that will get you a 10% discount on any compressor purchase.

I have had my CS4 for going on 3 years and it's still working great. They make a good compressor and have a great reputation and great customer support.
 
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CK6 said:
Thanks. I appreciate the info. Should you think I need to know anything else about what is desired, let me know. Assume I know nothing (because you might be right)!
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Read up on compressors here on the forum. There's tons of useful information, probably covering any questions you'll come up with yourself. From basic what you need to start, to tearing down & rebuilding. Read up!
 
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CK6 said:
I hear they last or die on the first charge. I like the price but dang it seems they are hit or miss. Are you getting the others because of tanks? Since you had the VEVOR for 2 years, are the moisture filters good and are they easily found along with parts?
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For just filling a gun the built in separator with the little in line filter is sufficient. I have the others for filling tanks.
 
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FLgunner said:
I have a GX Pump's CS4 and a L3 (battery powered). The CS$ is awesome and will fill tanks. The L3 (same as a CS3) fills airguns great. The L3 is great for when you're in the field and don't have an external power source. They use Makita Batteries, so spares are easy to find. You can check out the specs of all the GX Pump Compressors here.

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Purchasing direct from GX Pumps will save you sales tax and they also have a coupon code (GX10OFF) that will get you a 10% discount on any compressor purchase.

I have had my CS4 for going on 3 years and it's still working great. They make a good compressor and have a great reputation and great customer support.
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Thank you.
 
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I have 2 of the compressors mentioned. The GX cs4i and a Tuxing Twin (042).
I rarely use the GX lately. The much cheaper ($360 when I bought from Aliexpress)
Tuxing is sooo much faster. I have rigged up extra liquid cooling to both.
Started with a small $200 Amazon cheapie. It fills guns but I quickly went to Larger
bottles of 9 and 6.8 liters.
 
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I agree with Jack and others that the CS4 makes sense for a compressor that can both fill a bottle and be moved around. But those requirements conflict with each other to a significant degree. The CS4 weighs about 30 lbs which most of us can handle but the CS2 is only about 15 lbs. The CS4 will take over an hour to refill a bottle but my old Yong Heng can do it in about 20 minutes. Another sensible option may be to buy a CS2 or 3 (3 is bulkier but only slightly heavier and has auto off, CS2 does not have the auto off feature) now and but a bigger compressor later for bottles. The CS4 is almost enough more expensive that you could buy a CS2 and Yong Heng for about the same money.

Another tip is you do not have to buy the CS2 or 3 with a battery to have that capability. I added a battery dock and 18-12V step down converter from Amazon for about $20 to do this with my CS2. I have a lot of 18V Milwaukee batteries and wanted to use them. Works fine. Usually I use 120V (that converter does not come with the battery version I believe) but I have used my Milwaukee batteries and I think it is a better option for a range day that using a vehicle (since the vehicle needs to be running). You can easily do the same thing with other brands of batteries if that is what you already have.
 
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I agree with Jack and others that the CS4 makes sense for a compressor that can both fill a bottle and be moved around. But those requirements conflict with each other to a significant degree. The CS4 weighs about 30 lbs which most of us can handle but the CS2 is only about 15 lbs. The CS4 will take over an hour to refill a bottle but my old Yong Heng can do it in about 20 minutes. Another sensible option may be to buy a CS2 or 3 (3 is bulkier but only slightly heavier and has auto off, CS2 does not have the auto off feature) now and but a bigger compressor later for bottles. The CS4 is almost enough more expensive that you could buy a CS2 and Yong Heng for about the same money.

Another tip is you do not have to buy the CS2 or 3 with a battery to have that capability. I added a battery dock and 18-12V step down converter from Amazon for about $20 to do this with my CS2. I have a lot of 18V Milwaukee batteries and wanted to use them. Works fine. Usually I use 120V (that converter does not come with the battery version I believe) but I have used my Milwaukee batteries and I think it is a better option for a range day that using a vehicle (since the vehicle needs to be running). You can easily do the same thing with other brands of batteries if that is what you already have.
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Wow, that is something to think about.
 
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The cs4, being portable, you can take it anywhere. If you are an airhog.. your option is to use both, a bottle and compressor at the same time. Shoot your guns and fill off the bottle, and refill the bottle as you shoot. My brother and I run a cs4-i nearly non stop between the two of us when using the big bore guns. The cs4 models can handle running for hours and with the auto stop, we set it and forget it. By the time we come back to refill, the tanks topped off and the water is usually cooled down too.

We used to use one of those big gold filters, total pain since you can't easily mount it. We have the new GX filter on it now. You will want a filter for sure if doing this as you'll be consuming a lot of air and you won't want to be going back and forth bleeding the air.

If you're not in a position to get all of that, the cs4 you can grow into. If you do not think you'll be going to a bottle and or using a ton of air the cs3 would be ideal.

If you want a total home set up 5k1 or 5k2 the YH is cheaper, but it's very loud and you'll be spending more and more money just to support it. I ran a YH for about 2 years.

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