[russgoodman]

I just bought a new compressor recently. Did lots of research on what I needed such as at least 15 cfms @ 90 psi, 80 gallon, 5 hp. I then found 2 different IR 80 gallon, one at TSC and one at Lowes. I was surprised when comparing the 2 that the one at Lowes had much higher cfm ratings - same size tank, motor, pump, and price. I was set to drop $999 on one but read some bad reviews on them online. Many of the reviews said that within 1 year they had troubles, and the majority of them said that IR was not helpful about fixing it.

So I ended up with an 80 gallon, 2 stage Quincy that I love. It has an engine life of 50,000 hours vs 8000 hours on the IR. 5 yr warranty vs. 2 year on the IR. It is a good compressor but really expensive. They do make a 60 gallon that was on sale for about $1100 or so last time I looked that should work. This is @ Northern Tool by the way. Free shipping on it.