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| Manufacturer: Slime |
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| List Price: $19.99 |
| Sale Price: $18.60 |
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Product Description |
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Slime's Air Compressor is easy to use. It features a dial gauge measuring up to 300 PSI, and a powerful light for optimal visibility in a range of conditions. Independent on/off switches for both the light and compressor increase the unit's versatility, and it is powered by the car's 12-volt cigarette lighter. Slime's 300 PSI Air Compressor helps maintain optimal tire inflation, which minimizes tread wear, increases gas mileage and improves handling, fuel consumption and maintenance.
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Product Details |
- Air compressor pressurizes up to 300 PSI
- Includes a dial gauge and powerful light
- Independent on/off switches increase unit's versatility
- Powered by 12-volt cigarette lighter
- Helps maintain optimal tire inflations, saving money on gas and maintenance
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 *...It really works...* |
| Review Date: February 17, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Elvette Parry, Caribbean |
| I bought this little guy more than 6 months ago, used it a few times and this compressor worked like a champion all the time. I even used it to inflate while under load (three barrells of water was in a pickup). This little device is working great for me. The light is a handy addition too |
Great product for the price!
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| Review Date: February 27, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Historyf24, |
| What can you say, every car should have one. I ordered two, one for my car and one for my wife's. Works great, no problems with it at all so far. The gauge on it lets me use it just to keep my tires properly inflated between rotations. Great to have in case of an emergency. |
Slime is Real Fine
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| Review Date: April 18, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Robert H. Yee, Mission Viejo, CA United States |
| The Slie compressor really turned out better then I could imagine. I had read some reviews that indicated problems with the seal, but I have not run into those problems. The real benefit of this compressor is the ON/OFF switch and the pressure indicator. I tested the accuracy against a standard pressure guage and found it right on the money. It makes it much easier to fill to the desired pressure. Great product. |
It works very well
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| Review Date: September 2, 2008 |
| Reviewer: ragrillo, Winston-Salem, NC |
| I got this compressor like a year ago. I agonized deciding between this cheap option and other fancier, more expensive compressors. Boy, did I make the right decision. It works perfectly well. I keep my SUV tires in perfect shape. It does the work. The only tiny caveat: make sure you have a proper tire gauge. The gauge incorporated in this compressor goes into the 100's, so it is impossible to read the difference between, say, 28 psi and 32 psi. |
High performance at a Low cost
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| Review Date: January 21, 2009 |
| Reviewer: mechanic80, Albuquerque NM USA |
| I went through 3 cheap portable compressors (made in CHINA..... go figure) before I decided to spend a few extra bucks on this one. I use it to inflate the air shocks on my El Camino (20 to 200 PSI range) And it tops them off in less than 2 minutes. Granted, the volume of air needed is small, but the pressure is significant and this unit's up to the task! |
Good value and amperage less than expected
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| Review Date: November 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: D. Heinrich, Michigan |
Value is good in my opinion: attractive, self storing, very compact and light weight, illumination and compressor each have their own switch, current draw (amperage) tested quite OK for my 10A cigar lighter, electrical cord is flexible and feels substantial, and the plug that came on my unit appears to be high quality. Inflation performance is slower than I would like but in the end OK due to selecting the Slime unit primarily for emergency road use where the priority is simply having a working compressor, whether it is fast or slow being secondary. Gauge accuracy was comparable to several other tire gauges on hand. Noisy but again OK for the price.
Somewhat concerned about reports of high amperage draw, I rigged up the plug with alligator clips and connected the unit directly to my car battery so I could check the actual amperage draw of my unit with two well calibrated ammeters. Both ammeters tested the Slime unit to draw 6.2 amps when pumping at 42 psi. This is well below the 15A fuse rating that is stamped on the fuse holder that comes integral with the unit's cigar lighter plug. (The fuse in the holder was in fact a 15 amp fuse.) My car is a 2000 Nissan with 10 amp fused cigar lighter. Using the particular Slime COMPO3 unit I purchased gave me no trouble on this subject and neither the plug nor the cord ever got hot. Keep in mind that a fuse rating does NOT necessarily indicate normal current draw. The fuse is there to keep the unit from catching fire in case of malfunction. Therefore, actual current draw (except for brief transients, say, at a startup) should always be well below what would cause a fire if maintained indefinitely in the subject unit and therefore actual current draw under steady state conditions should in fact normally be well below the fuse rating on any equipment.
I purchased the Slime COMPO3 for road emergency. I would not use the Slime COMPO3 for this routine maintenance unless it was all I had. Routine maintenance of proper tire pressure is something I perform in my garage with a low cost 120 VAC compressor that is satisfyingly fast and far more convenient. It has a small tank, 25 ft coiled hose and quick release air chuck with integral pressure gauge. It is always plugged in and ready to use, reaches everywhere I want without hassle, and then stores immediately by virtue of the coiled hose. Five minutes every other weekend or so is plenty to keep four tires always just about right.
Although the toggle operated tire chuck that comes with the Slime COMPO3 appears more or less similar to what comes on all tire inflators regardless of price, none of the toggle operated chucks are very satisfactory in my opinion: sometimes awkward or actually impossible to operate with a weak hand, or cold and numb fingers, and then difficult to remove without wasting air from the tire anyway. Therefore, like I would do for any tire inflator, I immediately cut off the OEM tire chuck and installed an inexpensive lock-on tire chuck of the quick release variety. This adds three to six dollars for the chuck plus another two dollars for a fitting (1/4 ID hose barb X 1/4 MPT) required to properly adapt the tire chuck to the hose. The quick release tire chuck makes it effortless to connect or disconnect with the tire valve stem while suffering negligible air loss (a very brief "pffft"-sound) even with cold, wet, aching hands and fingers in a January snow storm - the very time the Slime COMPO3 may be needed. If you make this modification, you will want to wrap the hose with electrical tape in the vicinity of the cut when cutting off the old fitting. This will keep the fabric cover from unraveling.
Very satisfied for the money.
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Great little gadget!
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| Review Date: August 5, 2007 |
| Reviewer: T. Cotham, |
| This compressor works like a charm! I use it to keep my car tires inflated to their appropriate level. My step-daughter used it to inflate her bicycle tires and really liked it! If you have tires that may need to be pumped up - get one of these - it works!! |
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