Becoming increasingly fed up with buying 750ml Badger compressed cans of airbrush propellant, I'm considering buying a small compressor. Can anyone suggest please not only good ones but also any to be avoided.
Read the review on home page, I bought the exact same compressor as this of ebay. I think it is very good it came with 2 air brushes, 2 hoses and a pressure gauge. I found the discription a little confusing as I expected the compressor to stop and start at the pressure at the regulator. I found that the regulator is of the leak off type hence when the gauge is set to 20 psi the compressed air escapse and the compressor runs constantly to keep that pressure up. Back to ebay I went and found a gas pressure regulator (it was about £14 inc postage). Because it is a gas regulator it is not the leak of type and the compresor switches on and off keeping the vesel charged but delivering between 15 & 20 psi constant pressure to the air brushes.
You might have had a faulty regulator, it doesn't run constantly it cuts off when the correct pressure is reached and only starts again when it needs filling back up again.
Thanks for all the helpful comments, I've ordered the Spraymaster compressor that is recommended on the forum. No feedback as yet as it hasn't arrived yet. I'll let you know what I think of it.