Hi guys

I wanted to get a compressor and get some air tools for it, I actually wanted to do this this for quite a while, but I have a few questions.

I know that some tools have a minimum scfm requirement to run propperly, so I went looking at Home Depot.

There were a few choices. The most obvious was a husky 13 Gallon 5Hp compressor that could provide 5.1scfm at 90psi, along with some other variables, I forget all the details.

This is quite a big machine, but comes with all the tools you could ever want except for one of the big air ratchets for big bolts.
cost was $400 canadian

My main concern is the size of these things, there was another one by Hitachi, only 4 gallon, 2Hp, and it provided 4.0scfm at 90psi, but looking at the bigger tools, I would not be able to use them with this one although it's perfect in every other way, and it does not come with anything, price is $100 less.

Now I know a lot of people have these, and i wanted to know what would be the trade off between one or the other. I'm buying this to last me for the rest of my life, and the hitachi is an oil fed model while the husky is oiless.

Another concern is, if I get the smaller hitachi one, would I still be able to use some of the bigger tools but not as effectively?

TIA

xp

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