How much did your setup cost?
How often do you use it?
How often do you perform maintenance?
How reliable is it?
Nice set up, but we need to have a conversation about a missing cover on that breaker panel.Altaros booster $600 when I bought it. It’s been extremely reliable, no issues in 7 years. I use it to fill my SCBA probably 10 times a year. Pre filter was $250 and high pressure filter was also $250. It’s not fast but it creates no heat to speak of and is very well made. This setup gives me dry air as I have taken my guns apart and they show no signs of moisture.View attachment 444646
Hes got 3-phase.Nice set up, but we need to have a conversation about a missing cover on that breaker panel.
Thanks, and I agree. I sometimes think that it would be great if a Chinese company would do a knockoff of the Shoebox, and nobody would care much since it is out of production . It really is an optimized design - Tom Kaye made a great product.you are a very lucky air gunner to have those . IF i see a shoebox i will buy it .
Altros is a nice replacement but still $800 to $1200 but you can use a shop compressor /or another tank / even C02 tank to power it i found out .Thanks, and I agree. I sometimes think that it would be great if a Chinese company would do a knockoff of the Shoebox, and nobody would care much since it is out of production . It really is an optimized design - Tom Kaye made a great product.
Unfortunately, everyone seems to want a "fast fill" and thus undervalues the real worth of something that is a real "set it and forget it" solution, and thus there simply is not as much money to be made with it, so I expect it won't happen. I'll take the Shoebox compressor over anything else out there I see. Don't get me wrong - I love the Alkins and the like, but they are so over the top for what I (and probably most of us) really need - resulting in minutes of run time a week from something meant to run darn near continuously . . . .
As my loving , mostly understanding wife says "when it comes to airguns / high pressure air , you're a rebel without a clue or limits". No truer words were ever spoken.Awesome. You’re like a compressed air prepper. Beautiful.
That’s a Louisiana skeeter trap!Nice set up, but we need to have a conversation about a missing cover on that breaker panel.