Omega Turbo Charger

Excellent advice, which I thank you for sir!

Todd told me the same thing a few years ago at EBR. I try to use mine weekly which is easy since I only use it to fill my guns. My Air Charger is over 4 years old now and still running well.

Thanks for sharing!

My compressor history;

I won an Omega supercharger 5 years ago on an Airgun Nation Contest! Used it for 4 years and 260 hours. I was using it once a week to fill my 75 cubic foot tank from around 3300 to 4500psi. Gave it away to a fellow airgunner who was a better mechanic than me. It kept blowing burst discs. 

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/745-p-m-omega-compressor-is-in-the-house/

Last May I bought a HPDAVV High Pressure Air Compressor - 3HP - 110v / 60Hz / 1ph - 2.5cfm @ 4500 Psi - Scuba Tank/PCP Rife/Paintball Air Gun Filling Station Adjustable Digital Gauge Control. 2 cylinder very fast fill. First 6 months were great, The last 6 months it has been out of commission. Dealing with China has been a P.I.T.A.! Total of 12 hours use. I bought a warranty so I'm going to try to get a refund.

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/hpdavv-high-pressure-air-compressor-3hp-issues/

So last month after looking at a lot alternatives, I ended up buying an Omega Turbocharger off of the AGN Nation Classifieds. The owner had recently bought it from AOA and never used it because of some major medical issues. It had 1.4 hours on it, now I have 3.1 on it. Glad I bought it. It is 2x's as fast as the supercharger. Some people say it is old technology but it works and it has the best compressor support in the U.S. for a compressor built in China. I dealt with Todd a couple of times with my Supercharger.

One thing I've learned with 4500 psi compressors. Sooner or later you are going to have a problem of some kind. Make sure that you have a solid support system or that you are a superb mechanic!

Ya, mine died after 17 hours. Disappointing!

I bought an Alkin several months ago. If I had of talked with Todd before I bought that. I would have gave the Omega another chance. Running it more often. Funny any more I seem to waste money. But maybe my post can save yours. After Todd makes sure the Omega is good I probably will put it up for sale. I can’t see how I would run it enough having two compressors.

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Are you disappointed with the Alkin? I feel re-justified in my decision to purchase one with every fill. 

For those who are unaware, the first service interval on the Alkin is 1000 hours! I'll consider it as having paid for itself several times over by then.

GsT

The great thing about owning the Alkin is that it's built like an Abrams tank. It's plug and play, not plug and pray like most hobbyist compressors. Everybody loves their comparessor regardless of brand after the first few fills. If guys add up the cost of multiple purchases of el-cheapo compressors and compare it to the residual value of a dive compressor after 10 years, it becomes a no brainer as to which choice is the better value. Coltri Alkin, and Bauer are in a league of their own reliability wise and value wise.

The great thing about owning the Alkin is that it's built like an Abrams tank. It's plug and play, not plug and pray like most hobbyist compressors. Everybody loves their comparessor regardless of brand after the first few fills. If guys add up the cost of multiple purchases of el-cheapo compressors and compare it to the residual value of a dive compressor after 10 years, it becomes a no brainer as to which choice is the better value. Coltri Alkin, and Bauer are in a league of their own reliability wise and value wise.

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Reliability wise-yes. Value wise-not a certainty at all. But all opinions count.