Can the compressor keep up with your tool?
Choosing the compressor for your tools with real data: delivered rather than intake air, tool consumption, hose and tank.
Which compressor for your air tools: calculator
Choose a tool and a hose: which compressors give the air needed at the working pressure, and how long the tank air lasts, from manufacturers' data.
The calculator gives estimates, not measurements: it combines the delivered air declared by manufacturers with the tool’s consumption and the pressure lost in the hose.
You will need:
- the tool, or its air consumption and working pressure
- air hose length
- hose inner diameter
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Delivered air, not intake air
When a manufacturer states only the intake air we flag it and make no estimate.
Not yet measured by us
We have not yet measured the compressors ourselves, and we say so on every page.
Never ranked by commission
Compressors are ranked by the air they give your tool, never by commission.