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Originally Posted by Dpmulvan
If had to buy another I would spend the extra dough and go with a screw compressor.
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Screw's are quiet but everywhere I worked that had one we had trouble with them and almost no one understood them enough to fix them. Had a big IR screw and when it went down we called IR and they sent a Tech out at $200/hr. He "screwed" around with it all day, like 6 hours and then pronounced that he had no clue what was going on. We got a bill for $1200+ and nothing was fixed nor did we have any idea still what was wrong. Luckily a friend of the Owner who was a plant maintenance tech for many years, came by one day and took a look at it and had it running in 15 minutes! I can't remember what the issue was but they are complicated and not that reliable in my experience. Your experience may vary but I've seen enough that I don't want one for my Shop now that I work for myself.
Current one I have is a 7.5hp 2 stage 25 CFM IR with an 80 gallon tank. Good compressor but it's loud. It does all I need it to do though so I can't complain too much. My next compressor will be a Saylor-Beall. One I'm looking at runs at around 700 rpm (= quiet) and puts out 35 CFM. When I build my new shop that is what I'm going to put in it. Not cheap though but it will last for many many years.