Amazon currently has the cheapest of the 3 Air Venturi hand pumps for $69. The Four Uncles is $63. Is the Air Venturi any better or is it also a rebranded Chinese pump? I think the more expensive Mk4 is made by Hill but I don’t know about the base pump.
Air Venturi vs Four Uncles hand pump
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They are all pretty much the same. I think the hill is different but in my opinion I wouldn’t consider spending the price of a hill. No reason to. I have two 40-45 dollar un branded China pumps and a 4 uncles. They are all the same and work exactly the same. They are solid with basically the only thing needing replacement is a small oring in the bottom of the pump in the check valve. I think it is an 006 or 007 size and you can get 100 of them for 5-6 dollars on Amazon. Just buy the cheapest 4500 psi pump you can get on there.
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Totally agree. Keep it lubed and good times. I did just score a sale on the GX Cs2 compressor. I plan to always check temp and stay close when filling my guns anyway, so i did not want any auto shutoff or other junk for more things to just go bad.lol, sometimes just keep it simple.
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I’m almost there on the compressor front. I’ve had a hard time accepting they have a finite life span and reliability issues but I will probably pull the trigger soon. I have really been leaning toward a gx as well. They seem relatively simple and easy to work on. Let me know how it goes with yours.
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Actually just bit the bullet. I ordered a gx cs2. I probably found the same deal. Right on gx website you get a discount for signing up for their newsletter. The cs2 ended up only being 268 dollars shipped. Figure I probably won’t do better than that.
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Be careful without that auto shutoff. That's a pretty major feature to me. Keeping an eye on the pump while it's filling sounds like a boring waste of time, but you gotta do it without auto-shutoff. Not even a piss break!
FWIW I have an Air Venturi hand pump and a Hill MK5. The Air Venturi was cheaper and it's just as good if not better than the Hill. Even though it doesn't have that probably useless moisture filtration system.
FWIW I have an Air Venturi hand pump and a Hill MK5. The Air Venturi was cheaper and it's just as good if not better than the Hill. Even though it doesn't have that probably useless moisture filtration system.
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I plan to keep an eye on the compressor at all times when running. I know what heat can do to it. I have worked on enough cars, tractors and aircraft that i trust nothing with an "auto" shutoff. I constantly watch both gauges.lol kinda like checkimg mirrows while driving. Fills any of my guns from 2000psi to 3000 in 2min and 4min to get to 4300. Much better than hand pumping already. Lol, i fill in the bathroom most of the timeand never planto run more than 4 minutes at a time. Plus you can just flip the switch and let the fans run.
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Yeah I will keep an eye on it as well. Honestly they don’t fill that fast so you would have to space quite for awhile to get into too much trouble. Do you guys run an extra inline filter with your pumps? One that you can change the drying media out in it? If so what one? Thanks a bunch.
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I wasn't thinking about heat so much as accidentally filling a 3000 psi gun to 5000
Sounds like you've got it covered though. Enjoy it
Sounds like you've got it covered though. Enjoy it
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I would love to join the parade to purchase a CS2 pump. I got the emailed code last night but the given code comes up invalid. Sent message to support at gxpump. I hope they answer.
*Edit* They answered 24 hours later with a valid code.My pump is on the way!
*Edit* They answered 24 hours later with a valid code.My pump is on the way!
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