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Anyone use or used the Badger Airbrush Compressor.
It is a piston type and natrually it has a cut off and pressure regulator with mousture trap.
Reviews please on this product. Cheers guys

Awins wrote:Anyone use or used the Badger Airbrush Compressor.
It is a piston type and natrually it has a cut off and pressure regulator with mousture trap.
Reviews please on this product. Cheers guys

BADGER makes two different types...one is a diaphragm..the other pistion...as far as I know...badger doesn't make the piston model anymore ..and the one they did make doesn't have auto cut off...I use a foot peddle ...unless you are getting a good deal on a diaphragm unit Awin.... don't get it...there are better models out there

Good Luck Awin

ALPHA

ps. the piston model if in good shape puts out a good amount of air I own two...and have one for parts

This one dosnt appear to have a tank (resavoir) for the air. There are several buget airbrush comp's out there that dont have an air tank and I was wondering if you would get a spatter effect due to the pulsating if this makes sense.

Awins wrote:This one dosnt appear to have a tank (resavoir) for the air. There are several buget airbrush comp's out there that dont have an air tank and I was wondering if you would get a spatter effect due to the pulsating if this makes sense.

Most don't have tanks Awins... it's a nice feature...but really not necessary for airbrushing...the difference would be storage and portability ...the plus to the tank is a more constant supply of air...and condensation is better controlled.... but nothing an external and inline filter can't handle with a non tank set up...and no there is no "pulsing" effect as the air supply line dampens that

ALPHA

My advice is not to bother.
I do a lot of airbrushing from 1/100 tanks upto 1/6 scale and have got through 3 cheap or budget compressors in the last 5 years. These budget compressors fail and unless you are a VERY occasional user, i would avoid. There are much better airbrushes and compressors than those that Badger make.

I personally use Iwata airbrushes, and Sparmax are NOT Chinese and in fact make all of the Iwata compressors.

Get yourself a Sparmax compressor. I got a Sparmax TC-610 this year and have been totaly astounded with it so far.

Check out some online reviews and then decide for yourself.

Cheers

Tim

Swamprat33 wrote:My advice is not to bother.
I do a lot of airbrushing from 1/100 tanks upto 1/6 scale and have got through 3 cheap or budget compressors in the last 5 years. These budget compressors fail and unless you are a VERY occasional user, i would avoid. There are much better airbrushes and compressors than those that Badger make.

I personally use Iwata airbrushes, and Sparmax are NOT Chinese and in fact make all of the Iwata compressors.

Get yourself a Sparmax compressor. I got a Sparmax TC-610 this year and have been totaly astounded with it so far.

Check out some online reviews and then decide for yourself.

Cheers

Tim

NAH....I've had my badger for over 25 years...still going strong...bought the second one then the third mainly for back up...both of those still work too ...just designated one for parts just in case...Anything mechanical can fail...even tank mounted compressors...it doesn't make a difference...it comes down to how you care and maintain it ...I also have two similar to that Sparmax...hardly ever use them because of the noise... the compressors themselves are basically the same in design as the shall I say micro designs ...I've actually seen more of the Tank mounted compressors fail than the micros ...

So I would say it depends on Awins...if he paints primarily in the day...and doesn't have a family or neighbors...yeah go for the tank mount...if he does have a family/neighbors to think about ...and would rather have varied times to paint...get the micros...this is what I mean by portability...because they are much less obtrusive ..space wise as well as audibly

ALPHA

No tank? get one, its well worth the money. much easier to control the pressure plus the air flow is smoother, sometimes you get a bonus of being cooler and drier as well.

FreakyDude wrote:No tank? get one, its well worth the money. much easier to control the pressure plus the air flow is smoother, sometimes you get a bonus of being cooler and drier as well.

Quieter too right Freaky

ALPHA