I bought one of these, and like a lot of things Ozito it’s so and so. The compressor function stopped working about six months. Back to Bunnings and swapped it no worries. It’s done a good job on bike Tyers and soccer balls. Had a party recently and was really surprised that the blower function didn’t have enough guts to inflate a balloon. Oh well. For the price and 5 year warranty, I still recommend it.
Hey Gerard, I didn't try to inflate a balloon and out of all the things that would have been good to try in the video. I would have thought it should have done that easily. If I had one handy, I'd be out there trying it now . I might have to buy some. Although I'm not sure what I'd with the other 29 of them from the packet though. Would have been quite handy if it worked though I reckon.
I used this unit coming back from the beach with 20 psi. Managed to get to 30 psi on all four tires in less than 10 minutes. I guess the pump cycle is 5 minutes on and 5 minutes off, it is nowhere mentioned. But 30 psi bring me safely to the petrol station. Ran it off a 300 watt inverter, the unit takes at max load 112 watt ( 90 watt stated). Given more time, it can easily pump the tyres to 40 psi. The boat is happy, the air mattress is happy, the car is happy. I use a 300 watt inverter that plugs into a 12 volt cigarette lighter and runs the fridge while driving. The 240volt option is a much better choice than a 12volt plug as 12 volt would reduce the efficiency by 30%. The battery option I use around the house and factory, very handy.
Hey Miki, yeah, I found it much handier than I expected. For tires on wheel barrows and that sort of thing its excellent. I've also found it useful for blowing out dust from computers too . good tip on the 240v .
I purchased one of these and it's handy for smaller stuff but the pressure gauge is very inaccurate. The gauge was about 3psi low on my machine. Just double check with a second pressure gauge.
Might be the luck of the draw. The final pressure from my Ozito (after it does its little song and dance of going over then backing off) matches my pressure gauge reading to the nearest PSI. That's on a 35 PSI car tyre.
@@kshred3043 mine would not go over at all and just stops 3psi short every time. Going to take it back for an exchange as it's a handy device and worth the trouble.
only on that trailer tyre in the video. Id probably go a dedicated tyre pump if I didnt need the multifunction for air beds etc. theyre just going to be quicker
why was it no good for 4x4ing? what about car types where over time you lose psi say to 20 psi from say 32psi etc? or a flat on the side of the road and you slap your spare on to find its down on psi due to in never being topped up and is on like 15psi. says for cars on product information but no time indications on tyers sizes etc etc
Just purely due to the tire size on 4wds and the speed at which it inflates.. It would still work but it would be very slow. A proper compressor should be at least 5 times quicker.
@@DENMONKEY 205/75 14inch rims. i dont do beach only gravel and bush dirt i am disabled so soft 4x4 as cant self recover, only looking at a let down of 10psi per wheel. looking for something cheap due to being on the pension
Hi, I bought this air compressor following your video - it works great! Just that I wonder if there is a way to set PSI as default? I have to switch to PSI from BAR every time I turn it on - it's a bit wasting time - thanks!
Have you had the chance to check the accuracy of air pressure? I ask because I bought another brand a while back & my mechanic told me that my tyres were over inflated. After checking my inflator against his, mine was not reading correctly.
evening Mr Haynes, No mate, she doesn't. There's a switch to select either ac/dc. So I believe they are 2 complete separate circuits. That is something I should have mentioned in the video, because I had the same question.
I can't say I do mate I'm afraid. Didn't know it existed. I do have some other gear from them coming this week in the 18v range pruner reciprocating saw chainsaw sharpener wet/dry vac buffer/polisher impact wrench. will get reviews on them done as soon as I can. Not sure that really helps what you're after though mate, sorry
I'm typing my comments b4 I watch your video first :) See what I think first. LOL OK. I don't mind this product. But as usual like most power X it could be better in some ways. Pro's: - It cuts out when it reaches the desired pressure. - Does airbeds etc as well as tyres. - Digital display. - Pump motor quality sounds to be a lot better then your normal small cheap DC pumps. - It will top up Car tyres quiet happily. Con's: - Cutout accuracy is OK but could be better and gets worse as the pressure goes up. ~0.5-1.5 PSI inaccuracy. @0-40PSI tested. - Really should have a 12VDC port for cigarette lighter in the car. This in it's self makes it close to useless for camping etc unless you have a separate 240VAC inverter for the separate battery charger, which would be terribly hard on the car battery anyhow. In fact a 12VDC port would be far more useful then the included 240VAC plug. - The fact it has a 240VAC plug it really could have also had a built in battery charging circuit. I'm sure it wouldn't have cost much more to add that. - A better way to make the device more portable would have been to have had a 12VDC socket for both an external DC Car lead & a 240VAC power pack stepping down to 12VDC. - Once turned off it doesn't remember settings. - Run time is very poor. One 4.0Ah Battery could not even completely pump up a flat 4WD tyre from 6-40PSI before running flat :( - Supplied adaptors do not include one that fits the larger size air input valve on most modern camping beds. Have I missed anything? ;)
Pretty much spot on. I didn't run out a battery on it, so can't comment on that. I really should do that on each of the devices. The adapter didn't work on my air mattress as expected but I put it down to my air bed. It was real CHEAP :) Yes, I did see the cut out around 1psi short of the set pressure but figured it close enough or I could set one psi above what I actually wanted. I'd love it if the power exchange range had a 12v battery charger. That's the main purpose for these types of tools. I do take along a 240v inverter but a 12v would make it so much more convenient . I believe I also touched on the no charging whilst on 240v . At least I hope I did. A number of people asked me if it did this. I guess it would have needed to be bigger to do that but would have been very handy. The chargers for these are cheap enough though as a separate unit. I used to stick a hand pump in the back of the car when I head off mountain biking. Now I just stick this in and everyone uses that instead. cheers for the detailed comment. It's nice to hear someone else's experience mirrors my own.
@@DENMONKEY Hi, Yea no worries. Although I tend to be fairly critical when reviewing a product I do think the Ozito (EinHell) Power X range is a good choice offering quality at a very competitive price point. A 12VDC charger would be a Godsend for this range. I'm betting that with enough pressure eventually they will release one. Being 18VDC it would have to be a Buck Boost type device however this is not a big deal you see this every day for things like Laptops etc that have to operate from a lower voltage. As for charging from the 240VAC, no very little would need to be added. I believe this was a deliberate design omission for various reasons. The biggest feature that would really make this a better product is a 12VDC input plug for powering. This would remove a lot of the 240VAC side of things to an external supply and allow the device to be run from the car's cigarette lighter plug. The Lack of 12VDC instantly has me leaving this device behind when leaving home for area's without 240VAC.
@@DENMONKEY Oh on a separate point Batteries. I have wondered and worried about the quality of the batteries. I've recently watched a couple of tear downs of the Ozito Power X battery packs and my concerns have increased 10 fold since then. There is a lot of cost in the battery packs and the complete range of products I have purchased instantly becomes useless if I find I am replacing batteries in the future often I might as well have stuck with petrol devices. Today I discovered I have my first dead battery. A 4.0Ah that was packaged with the Pole Saw + Hedger kit. It's a few months over 12 months old and has been used maybe 3-4 times in that time for about 10 minutes each time. So very little use. I noticed yesterday that the battery only reads 2 of the 3 lights after being fully charged. So I ran it flat today on the wet-dry vac. It only lasted maybe 5 minutes. I then put it in the standard charger and it was fully charged within 15 minutes. (should take 160Min). So yep it's stuffed :( Some of the tear down video's here reveal that the batteries contain cheap China Grey Cell's :( And that there is no individual per cell balance charging going on. So I would not expect these batteries to last much past their warranty period. This is disappointing since even the Aldi range use good quality Panasonic Cells. Tomorrow I will see how good the warranty system is and if I will be without a replacement for some time or if they will simply replace it on the spot at our local Bunnings.
I was about to mention the warranty, I think its 2 years on the batteries. Let me know how you go. I lost one of my supercheap tool pro batteries for the kit I have. It was probably under a year I think. it was the smaller one, so I'm glad there. I do have a tendency to leave mine on the chargers so theyre ready to go when I need them. I'm wondering if thats not good for them. I took my drone out the other week and tend to keep them full so theyre ready at the drop of a hat. they're also lipo. They had self discharged to about 50% . since they're smart batteries (you pay for it) they will do this if stored for a while as it's not healthy to store lithium batteries at full charge. So I'm thinking it could be my fault. I should really stick them away after a bit of a use and just charge up when I need them. No issues with my powerxchange stuff but I've been rotating them pretty well through use and have paired my 2 5ah for use with the 36v chainsaw only. so far so good. Ozito have mentioned they check out my videos, so I'm reasonably confident they should also see your feedback. cheers again for the comment. I like to get as much feedback as I can from both sides of the fence. good, bad and in between.
@@DENMONKEY No worries. Yes I'd be "Between" heading towards "Good" LoL! ;) Well here's a bit of quick schooling on Li-Ion batteries. Hope it's helpful. Things may have changed a little over the years since I first studied up on a lot of this but most of what I say now should still be relevant. Firstly I've never really been a big fan of Li-Ion batteries. I date back to the big change over from Ni-Cad to Ni-Mh then finally to Li-Ion and it's variants. My interests also include Ham Radio and Computing so battery knowledge over the years has ben a part of it all. Originally Li-Ion chemistry only had a 2 year half shelf life. So 2 years after manufactured the cells would only retain half their capacity regardless what you did with them it would never be any more. This of course continues to get worse over time. Ozito Battery and charger warranty is 3 years so hopefully the chemistry has improved. People like Elon Musk for example certainly have been working on this. He will soon release Li-Ion cells for his cars with a 1 Million Mile life cycle. :) Now as for charging and storage. It is recommended to store Li-Ion batteries in 1/2 to 2/3rds charge of their capacity. Every 3 months this should be checked. Storing them fully charged damages them and reduces their capacity and life expectancy. So it's best to only fully charge them the night before use if they are going to sit idle for months. This is why when you get a new Ozito Power X battery you will note pushing the button shows 2 out of the 3 LED's. This is for best shelf life. Li-Ions unlike the older Chemistry (NiCad's) suffer less with top ups. Where as exercising a NiCad to fully flat before a recharge was good for them it's bad for Li-Ions. It's better to top them up where ever possible. (Same as your Mobile phones). If your regularly using the batteries it's not so bad having them sit fully charged for a few days etc. All batteries vent. Heat is the enemy. So the slower you charge a battery and the less heat the less you boil off the electrolyte. So me personally I throw away all the fast chargers that have come with every Ozito Power X product I have bought and opted to buy several of the standard chargers. This *IF* the cells are any good should see me extend the cycle life of the batteries drastically. However with one Dead barely used 4.0Ah battery so far I am again concerned as to the cell quality used.
I bought one of these, and like a lot of things Ozito it’s so and so. The compressor function stopped working about six months. Back to Bunnings and swapped it no worries. It’s done a good job on bike Tyers and soccer balls. Had a party recently and was really surprised that the blower function didn’t have enough guts to inflate a balloon. Oh well. For the price and 5 year warranty, I still recommend it.
Hey Gerard, I didn't try to inflate a balloon and out of all the things that would have been good to try in the video. I would have thought it should have done that easily. If I had one handy, I'd be out there trying it now . I might have to buy some. Although I'm not sure what I'd with the other 29 of them from the packet though. Would have been quite handy if it worked though I reckon.
I used this unit coming back from the beach with 20 psi. Managed to get to 30 psi on all four tires in less than 10 minutes. I guess the pump cycle is 5 minutes on and 5 minutes off, it is nowhere mentioned. But 30 psi bring me safely to the petrol station. Ran it off a 300 watt inverter, the unit takes at max load 112 watt ( 90 watt stated). Given more time, it can easily pump the tyres to 40 psi. The boat is happy, the air mattress is happy, the car is happy. I use a 300 watt inverter that plugs into a 12 volt cigarette lighter and runs the fridge while driving. The 240volt option is a much better choice than a 12volt plug as 12 volt would reduce the efficiency by 30%. The battery option I use around the house and factory, very handy.
Hey Miki, yeah, I found it much handier than I expected. For tires on wheel barrows and that sort of thing its excellent. I've also found it useful for blowing out dust from computers too . good tip on the 240v .
I purchased one of these and it's handy for smaller stuff but the pressure gauge is very inaccurate. The gauge was about 3psi low on my machine. Just double check with a second pressure gauge.
Might be the luck of the draw. The final pressure from my Ozito (after it does its little song and dance of going over then backing off) matches my pressure gauge reading to the nearest PSI. That's on a 35 PSI car tyre.
@@kshred3043 mine would not go over at all and just stops 3psi short every time. Going to take it back for an exchange as it's a handy device and worth the trouble.
I looked at getting one but in my area of bunnings doesn't have the 240 volt cord..is this an old version
Have you used it on a normal car tyre, say pumping form 20PSI to 35?
How long did it take?
only on that trailer tyre in the video. Id probably go a dedicated tyre pump if I didnt need the multifunction for air beds etc. theyre just going to be quicker
why was it no good for 4x4ing?
what about car types where over time you lose psi say to 20 psi from say 32psi etc?
or a flat on the side of the road and you slap your spare on to find its down on psi due to in never being topped up and is on like 15psi.
says for cars on product information but no time indications on tyers sizes etc etc
Just purely due to the tire size on 4wds and the speed at which it inflates.. It would still work but it would be very slow. A proper compressor should be at least 5 times quicker.
@@DENMONKEY 205/75 14inch rims.
i dont do beach only gravel and bush dirt i am disabled so soft 4x4 as cant self recover, only looking at a let down of 10psi per wheel.
looking for something cheap due to being on the pension
Does the battery charge if the 240 v ac i plugged in?
Hi, I bought this air compressor following your video - it works great! Just that I wonder if there is a way to set PSI as default? I have to switch to PSI from BAR every time I turn it on - it's a bit wasting time - thanks!
Hi nhoc, I don't think so mate. Not that I found. Have to switch it each time.
Very good review, thanks mate.
Most welcome. Thanks for the comment and the sub.
@@DENMONKEY I subscribe your channel. Are you in any social media
Is power cable detachable? Be good if it had a standard IEC connector
no :(
@@DENMONKEY Shame. Would be good to not have to take it with you where you don't need it and be able to easily replace it if it gets damaged.
Have you had the chance to check the accuracy of air pressure? I ask because I bought another brand a while back & my mechanic told me that my tyres were over inflated. After checking my inflator against his, mine was not reading correctly.
I did. It was about 1psi out from my regular one. So close enough.
Would that work for a brad nailer to be use at home?
definitely not
What about potentially for a hobby airbrush?
Don't think so. You'd be better off with something with a small tank I reckon.
When on 240 does it charge the battery???
evening Mr Haynes, No mate, she doesn't.
There's a switch to select either ac/dc. So I believe they are 2 complete separate circuits.
That is something I should have mentioned in the video, because I had the same question.
does the digital pressure work for high flow side?
No mate. Only for the high pressure side. I was curious about that too
@@DENMONKEY Thanks for the info. Very helpful
No probs
Hey, do you know what psi it can reach in high flow?
thank you, can i get some advice please
if I can help, sure
@@DENMONKEY what are the social media you in
Hey bro, do you have a review for any ozito 18v water pump?
I can't say I do mate I'm afraid. Didn't know it existed.
I do have some other gear from them coming this week in the 18v range
pruner
reciprocating saw
chainsaw sharpener
wet/dry vac
buffer/polisher
impact wrench.
will get reviews on them done as soon as I can. Not sure that really helps what you're after though mate, sorry
May be it doesn't exist? I thought they would have one battery powered.
I've asked Ozito and will let you know when I get a response back. won't be long I imagine.
They have a 12v
My lost the pressure regulator function, how to repair?
No idea mate. I've not had to open mine to look
I'm typing my comments b4 I watch your video first :)
See what I think first. LOL
OK. I don't mind this product. But as usual like most power X it could be better in some ways.
Pro's:
- It cuts out when it reaches the desired pressure.
- Does airbeds etc as well as tyres.
- Digital display.
- Pump motor quality sounds to be a lot better then your normal small cheap DC pumps.
- It will top up Car tyres quiet happily.
Con's:
- Cutout accuracy is OK but could be better and gets worse as the pressure goes up. ~0.5-1.5 PSI inaccuracy. @0-40PSI tested.
- Really should have a 12VDC port for cigarette lighter in the car. This in it's self makes it close to useless for camping etc unless you have a separate 240VAC inverter for the separate battery charger, which would be terribly hard on the car battery anyhow. In fact a 12VDC port would be far more useful then the included 240VAC plug.
- The fact it has a 240VAC plug it really could have also had a built in battery charging circuit. I'm sure it wouldn't have cost much more to add that.
- A better way to make the device more portable would have been to have had a 12VDC socket for both an external DC Car lead & a 240VAC power pack stepping down to 12VDC.
- Once turned off it doesn't remember settings.
- Run time is very poor. One 4.0Ah Battery could not even completely pump up a flat 4WD tyre from 6-40PSI before running flat :(
- Supplied adaptors do not include one that fits the larger size air input valve on most modern camping beds.
Have I missed anything? ;)
Pretty much spot on. I didn't run out a battery on it, so can't comment on that. I really should do that on each of the devices.
The adapter didn't work on my air mattress as expected but I put it down to my air bed. It was real CHEAP :)
Yes, I did see the cut out around 1psi short of the set pressure but figured it close enough or I could set one psi above what I actually wanted.
I'd love it if the power exchange range had a 12v battery charger. That's the main purpose for these types of tools. I do take along a 240v inverter but a 12v would make it so much more convenient .
I believe I also touched on the no charging whilst on 240v . At least I hope I did. A number of people asked me if it did this.
I guess it would have needed to be bigger to do that but would have been very handy. The chargers for these are cheap enough though as a separate unit.
I used to stick a hand pump in the back of the car when I head off mountain biking. Now I just stick this in and everyone uses that instead.
cheers for the detailed comment. It's nice to hear someone else's experience mirrors my own.
@@DENMONKEY Hi, Yea no worries. Although I tend to be fairly critical when reviewing a product I do think the Ozito (EinHell) Power X range is a good choice offering quality at a very competitive price point.
A 12VDC charger would be a Godsend for this range. I'm betting that with enough pressure eventually they will release one. Being 18VDC it would have to be a Buck Boost type device however this is not a big deal you see this every day for things like Laptops etc that have to operate from a lower voltage.
As for charging from the 240VAC, no very little would need to be added. I believe this was a deliberate design omission for various reasons.
The biggest feature that would really make this a better product is a 12VDC input plug for powering. This would remove a lot of the 240VAC side of things to an external supply and allow the device to be run from the car's cigarette lighter plug. The Lack of 12VDC instantly has me leaving this device behind when leaving home for area's without 240VAC.
@@DENMONKEY Oh on a separate point Batteries.
I have wondered and worried about the quality of the batteries.
I've recently watched a couple of tear downs of the Ozito Power X battery packs and my concerns have increased 10 fold since then. There is a lot of cost in the battery packs and the complete range of products I have purchased instantly becomes useless if I find I am replacing batteries in the future often I might as well have stuck with petrol devices.
Today I discovered I have my first dead battery. A 4.0Ah that was packaged with the Pole Saw + Hedger kit.
It's a few months over 12 months old and has been used maybe 3-4 times in that time for about 10 minutes each time. So very little use. I noticed yesterday that the battery only reads 2 of the 3 lights after being fully charged. So I ran it flat today on the wet-dry vac. It only lasted maybe 5 minutes. I then put it in the standard charger and it was fully charged within 15 minutes. (should take 160Min). So yep it's stuffed :(
Some of the tear down video's here reveal that the batteries contain cheap China Grey Cell's :( And that there is no individual per cell balance charging going on. So I would not expect these batteries to last much past their warranty period. This is disappointing since even the Aldi range use good quality Panasonic Cells.
Tomorrow I will see how good the warranty system is and if I will be without a replacement for some time or if they will simply replace it on the spot at our local Bunnings.
I was about to mention the warranty, I think its 2 years on the batteries. Let me know how you go.
I lost one of my supercheap tool pro batteries for the kit I have. It was probably under a year I think.
it was the smaller one, so I'm glad there. I do have a tendency to leave mine on the chargers so theyre ready to go when I need them. I'm wondering if thats not good for them. I took my drone out the other week and tend to keep them full so theyre ready at the drop of a hat. they're also lipo. They had self discharged to about 50% . since they're smart batteries (you pay for it) they will do this if stored for a while as it's not healthy to store lithium batteries at full charge. So I'm thinking it could be my fault. I should really stick them away after a bit of a use and just charge up when I need them. No issues with my powerxchange stuff but I've been rotating them pretty well through use and have paired my 2 5ah for use with the 36v chainsaw only. so far so good. Ozito have mentioned they check out my videos, so I'm reasonably confident they should also see your feedback. cheers again for the comment. I like to get as much feedback as I can from both sides of the fence. good, bad and in between.
@@DENMONKEY No worries. Yes I'd be "Between" heading towards "Good" LoL! ;)
Well here's a bit of quick schooling on Li-Ion batteries. Hope it's helpful.
Things may have changed a little over the years since I first studied up on a lot of this but most of what I say now should still be relevant.
Firstly I've never really been a big fan of Li-Ion batteries. I date back to the big change over from Ni-Cad to Ni-Mh then finally to Li-Ion and it's variants. My interests also include Ham Radio and Computing so battery knowledge over the years has ben a part of it all.
Originally Li-Ion chemistry only had a 2 year half shelf life. So 2 years after manufactured the cells would only retain half their capacity regardless what you did with them it would never be any more. This of course continues to get worse over time. Ozito Battery and charger warranty is 3 years so hopefully the chemistry has improved. People like Elon Musk for example certainly have been working on this. He will soon release Li-Ion cells for his cars with a 1 Million Mile life cycle. :)
Now as for charging and storage. It is recommended to store Li-Ion batteries in 1/2 to 2/3rds charge of their capacity. Every 3 months this should be checked. Storing them fully charged damages them and reduces their capacity and life expectancy. So it's best to only fully charge them the night before use if they are going to sit idle for months. This is why when you get a new Ozito Power X battery you will note pushing the button shows 2 out of the 3 LED's. This is for best shelf life.
Li-Ions unlike the older Chemistry (NiCad's) suffer less with top ups. Where as exercising a NiCad to fully flat before a recharge was good for them it's bad for Li-Ions. It's better to top them up where ever possible. (Same as your Mobile phones). If your regularly using the batteries it's not so bad having them sit fully charged for a few days etc. All batteries vent. Heat is the enemy. So the slower you charge a battery and the less heat the less you boil off the electrolyte. So me personally I throw away all the fast chargers that have come with every Ozito Power X product I have bought and opted to buy several of the standard chargers. This *IF* the cells are any good should see me extend the cycle life of the batteries drastically.
However with one Dead barely used 4.0Ah battery so far I am again concerned as to the cell quality used.
The same like Einhell Pressito.
Have heard this but but seen any in Australia
@@DENMONKEY it's a German brand
İyi de bu einhell ya
cheers
Evet, Einhell Pressito