Omega or Air venturi?

I have an Omega Super Charger that has served me well. Have experienced two failures along the way but they were easily corrected via advice and support from their terrific service advisor Todd Brown.

I have the Omega Trail from AOA and it's really great. It's water cooled and portable. The reliability reviews are higher on it too. Yes it's a couple hundred more than the Air Venturi Nomad 2, but it get returned or repaired a lot less then the Nomad.

This is from Utah Airguns. - "the Air Venturi Nomad 2 does come back for warranty for returns more often than we would like" - this is paraphrasing some...

AOA - "we almost never see an Omega Trail come back to us for repair or replacement". 

I bought the Omega Trail.

My Omega will fill bottles but only 20 minutes at a time, then it needs a break and it takes a while. But in a pinch it will do it and not have any issues. If my primary function was to fill bottles and not directly fill guns I would get the Omega Super Charger however. 

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My Omega Trail Charger has been working great, but I only have about 5 hours on it. I use it to fill my 30-minute SCBA bottle, which it does without a problem so far. Going from 0 to 4500 psi took a few cycles of pumping/resting, but now I pump it back up after a shooting session and it does it in one go. A 45 or 60 minute bottle would be different territory and you might look at a bigger compressor at that point, as has been mentioned.

I received my AV 4500 10/17/2017. I have never had an issue requiring any type of repairs to test the PA service on them. I fill two tanks...A 60 minute and a 30 minute SCBA. Always to 4500 psi and typically from below 3000 psi. I shoot .357, .30, 25, and .22 cal. I like to do a lot of testing and tuning with cast pellets and slugs which takes a lot of air. I don't know anything about the Omega or any other compressors.

I received my AV 4500 10/17/2017. I have never had an issue requiring any type of repairs to test the PA service on them. I fill two tanks...A 60 minute and a 30 minute SCBA. Always to 4500 psi and typically from below 3000 psi. I shoot .357, .30, 25, and .22 cal. I like to do a lot of testing and tuning with cast pellets and slugs which takes a lot of air. I don't know anything about the Omega or any other compressors.

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Thanks!...I may have to look into the AV

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I have heard a lot of trash talk about them over the years. Mainly because of being China made, or them being compared to some similar knock-offs calling them the same, but I would not agree with those statements. I use Ingersoll Rand All Season Full Synthetic oil only. I change it out every six hours as directed. I also use 50/50 antifreeze with Royal Purple wetting agent in the cooling reservoir. Have never changed it since new, but do monitor the temp gauge it comes with.

My AV didn't last but 25 days....Just sayin

My Omega super charger has be fast quiet and reliable. I don’t see it offered anymore though.