Hey guys, I am excited to say that I picked up a Max Air 35 (Coltri made) from a local dive shop yesterday. Actually, it wasn't quite local, as I drove to Ft. Lauderdale to get it (about 3 hours south of me). It is the model with the gas engine on it and mine has a 6hp Subaru.
It has 22 hours on it and is in excellent shape. It pumps so fast compared to what I have been using, very happy so far. I ended up paying $1500 cash for it. Anyone looking for a good compressor deal in Central or South Florida, I can give you the info for the shop I bought it from. They refurbish a lot of dive compressors and have great service. They are a Bauer dealer and took this compressor in on trade, but went through it completely. I also got a 6 month warranty with it.
My Davy twin cylinder compressor, that only had about 4 hours on it, crapped the bed last week. I would not recommend a Davy compressor to anyone! Stay far away...
I have tried to read up and watch as many videos on the Coltri, as I can find. From what I have read, most problems are caused by not changing the oil often enough. Coltri says like 50 hours, but the techs from the service dept. say to do it at 25 hours. They also recommend keeping the filters fresh. They said the letting moisture and contaminates build up in the 4th stage head are the problem that they see most often, caused by not keeping the oil and the filter changed. If those two things are addressed, they say this is a good unit.
This is about the same compressor as the more expensive Daystate model from what I can tell.
One question I have, is do any of you know how to adjust the safety valve? Mine is the 300 bar one, but it has been adjusted to open at 250 bar, for scuba fills. I am thinking that you probably tighten the star nut on the front of it? I plan to order the 330 bar version asap.
It has 22 hours on it and is in excellent shape. It pumps so fast compared to what I have been using, very happy so far. I ended up paying $1500 cash for it. Anyone looking for a good compressor deal in Central or South Florida, I can give you the info for the shop I bought it from. They refurbish a lot of dive compressors and have great service. They are a Bauer dealer and took this compressor in on trade, but went through it completely. I also got a 6 month warranty with it.
My Davy twin cylinder compressor, that only had about 4 hours on it, crapped the bed last week. I would not recommend a Davy compressor to anyone! Stay far away...
I have tried to read up and watch as many videos on the Coltri, as I can find. From what I have read, most problems are caused by not changing the oil often enough. Coltri says like 50 hours, but the techs from the service dept. say to do it at 25 hours. They also recommend keeping the filters fresh. They said the letting moisture and contaminates build up in the 4th stage head are the problem that they see most often, caused by not keeping the oil and the filter changed. If those two things are addressed, they say this is a good unit.
This is about the same compressor as the more expensive Daystate model from what I can tell.
One question I have, is do any of you know how to adjust the safety valve? Mine is the 300 bar one, but it has been adjusted to open at 250 bar, for scuba fills. I am thinking that you probably tighten the star nut on the front of it? I plan to order the 330 bar version asap.
