Milwaukee is my favorite brand. Every time I see Milwaukee tools at Home Depot I just stop and start looking at them like a 5 year old would look at the toys
Started for work at 4:00 AM this morning and found tire completely flat. Just happened to pick this up last week. So I gave it a shot. WORKS GREAT! Glad I had it! A great tool to have when you need it! I ❤️ Milwaukee!
Great tutorial. I received my inflator today and let me tell you that this is a working machine! No time getting 8 tires to its desired psi. I'm impressed. No more waiting in line for air at a gas station when I can do this in a short amount of time right from the comfort of my home garage. It's a great value buying the kit.
Nice inflator. My calibration drifted about a year after I bought it by 1.5 lbs. Luckily I still had the manual. Turn on, hold the power button down and push the plus 3 times to reset to zero.
Looks awesome. The "Set and Forget" is not only a time saver, but safer too if that tire ever blew. Thinking about picking this up because the cigarette ones tend to blow fuses and are limited to a cord.
Qua Phan Stay away from Makita. I went through 1 brushless hammer drill and now the 2nd is making strange noise and skipping out of 2nd. Don't even think about the cordless oscillating multi tool, on my 3rd in under 2 years. I definitely regret buying the LXT platform. When this Drill fails completely I'll be buying black and red.
Thanks to you I just ordered one. Important feature was the ability to stop at a set PSI, but I’m pretty sure that you’d want to quickly disconnect the chuck to save air.
I have the Ryobi 18v+1 and it is the best thing I ever bought as far as cordless inflators. What I also like is the fact that the tool is switchable and has a easy use for inflatables like kiddie pools and pool toys . When done the house can be reversed and makes easy work of deflation. All this for under $40 tool only..
I bought this tool.... Absolutely fantastic, I have a 3500 Chevy Diesel my tires are rated for 80psi and my Engine weighs more that 600lbs (not including the transmission) on the front axle. I also have a F350 Dually similar story... The trucks are GVWR 9,200lbs and 11,000lbs respectively, now I have not tested this thing with the trucks full of weight but even on the 1.5ah batteries it will work fine... But definitely set your phone for the 10 min mark... The 4.0ah battery will do Two a a half tires from around 50-60psi to a proper 75-80psi, the 1.5ah will do one tire maby 1 and a little bit more. But yes it gets hot. So set your phone/watch and use this for touch ups and if you are doing work on your ride like oil changes and other maintenance..... The 10 min on and 10 min off is not a big issue if your doing something else right at the truck.
I’ve had mine for 2 years. Still works great I also have a 3500 duramax that needs 80psi it will fill all 4 tires and 4 rv tires on one 6.0 ahr battery. Definitely takes quite a while getting tires up to 80psi. Mines got an auto shut off when it gets too hot. If it gets to that point it takes 30 minutes to cool down. Won’t make that mistake again
Just got this on sale. Not a bad little deal especially if you keep it and a fully charged battery in the truck on road trips. I used it to save some ladies ass after her spare ended up being flat.
Great explanation. Thank you for the benchmark tests and details. I just bought this and going to start using it to reinflate my tires after washboard driving. 🙏
I am a milwaukee user and fan and have over 50 m12 and m18 tools. However before this came out I bought the ryobi inflator/deflator. The ryobi has the hose wrap up and has onboard tools and uses 18v which is better for runtime. Also the ryobi will also do low pressure (air mattresses etc) inflation as well as deflation. This flexibility covers many more uses. I use the ryobi with my m18 batteries with an adapter that uses a gutted ryobi battery and m18 socket/dock. The ryobi can set the target psi also and stops .5 /1 psi higher which is nice because you loose a little when disconnecting. This milwaukee only does tires and not low pressure like the ryobi. The ryobi is only around 60 dollars bare tool. With batteries I do not feel the need to have ac or 12 lighter socket use at all anymore. I also use the same adapter with a ryboi hot glue gun and 1/4 sheet sander which milwaukee also does not have. (although at nps18 they revealed a round orbital m18 sander for later this year, but I think 1/4 sheet is better for dealing with sandpaper replenishment)
It would be cool to see a heavier duty/usage compressor on the M18 platform, whether it would be something that could take over for a standard compressor is unlikely, I doubt one would be running a paintgun off an electric. Depends I suppose. But this one is clearly meant for the smaller usages, maybe toss in your Jeep to go wheeling and air up when hitting the highway again. Small footprint is good for that. I'm personally invested fully in BOTH the M12 and M18 lines, too many great tools in each and I simply can't go all-in on one or the other. It's all red, and that's all that matters (I refuse to run multiple platforms, wanted all one platform and Milwaukee M12 and M18 are very closely tied together in the form of chargers. Love my Milwaukee stuff.
MoparProud The longer we have this unit the more we love it. Checking psi on trailers and side by side is easy and fast. We throw it in the side by sides for the trail just in case. Yeah, it has a 10 minute run limit, but it is really meant to just pump up tires a few PSI, not fully inflate them. But it can fully inflate tires if you need it. Awesome tool. I too hope they come out with a larger M18 model that is the size of a radio with a longer cord and so.e storage, but we would still want the small one to travel with.
I have a 2016 Chevy Silverado. I just topped off one of my tires. It was down to 45PSI. I set it to 75PSI it took 13 minutes to hit that target setting. I checked it with my digital gauge it was spot on. This inflator definitely got hit! Starting bubbling up the sticker on the side by the motor! It worked though. Took half of my 4.0XC battery.
It should not have taken that long and it cannot run more than 10 minutes without a 10 minute break before running again. What do you mean that it got hit?
Damn “I” is next to the “O”. Should have typed “hot.” Didn’t think it would take 13 minutes to add 30PSI. Thermal shut down didn’t engage. This was my first time using it. I was outdoors, on asphalt, outside temperature was in the low to mid 80’s. Don’t know if that affected it. I’ll try using it again tomorrow. This time though, I’m only going to add a few pounds to another tire.
WorkshopAddict question- I watched a couple guys on YT really push their inflator until a thermometer popped up on the display screen indicating it was too hot and then it shut down. Know anything about that display icon?
@@treebossmike8818 Yes, that is the thermal timeout. What I was referring to was the timer that would stop this at the proper interval of 10 minutes of use. Sorry my previous post was confusing. The tool allows you to use it beyond the recomended time
I wish it was offered in both m12 and m18 with a longer duty cycle. Unfortunately this would basically be unusable for airing back up after off roading. I was hoping to replace my alligator clip to car battery compressor with this.
No issue with a lot of air escaping when you disconnect inlet hose to valve stem? I always have problem with that on my portable inflator unit. But I notice this Milwaukee unit has screw-in connection to schrader valve instead of the type that must be secured by a lever.
DonnieChapman I was looking in the comments to see if anyone bought one for doing pressure tests for gas work and how do you like it. I’ve been thinking about this little compressor for awhile now
Great idea... BUT... why oh why didn't they have it use M18 batteries? Then you could just grab the battery from one of your tools and go. With the limited duty cycle combined with the battery choice and screw-style valve stem attachment I'm going to skip this one.
I read this critique a number of times, but don’t understand it. Anyone who is invested in the M18 system is very likely invested in the M12 system. Hell, the M18 kit chargers can charge M12 batteries, so I don’t see the issue.
True, they have a charger that can charge both but the M18 and M12 batteries don't interchange so why would someone have both? I have several M18 tools but I don't have any M12 tools and quite frankly don't see myself buying any. I was thinking selfishly I guess when I said I wish this tool worked on M18. But after seeing the duty cycle limitations and the screw-on valve stem connector I'd probably just buy a Ryobi battery powered air compressor. I mean, this thing is $80 for the bare tool and another $80 for the 4.0AH battery. Don't get me wrong, I love Milwaukee stuff but this tool is a miss.
I tried mine on my truck extensively the last two days after I got it. It will not go above 7,8 bar (113 PSI) for me. The 10 min on 10 min off is a bit optimist I think, mine does not cool enough in 10 minutes, I'd say 10 mins on and at least 20 off, at least when working at high pressure. That said, it is quite sick for a 12V tool to perform this well. I would buy an M18 model in a heartbeat if they guaranteed 9 bar or more!
Thanks for sharing. I was trying to hold out for this but I recently got the Ryobi P731 pump for $40. Since it does both high and low pressure, I think it’s a better deal vs the Milwaukee pump for $70. I’m in the Milwaukee platform but Ryobi has enough other value tools to justify getting into the Ryobi platform.
Some of your competitor sites reviewed the Ryobi and it looks like a very sound tool. With their lifetime battery warranty Ryobi is really trying to come on strong. They used to be crap but the latest stuff is downright decent for the typical DIYer or home user.
First, I'd like to comment on the Blue Point pressure gauge. You spoke as if it was the standard. However, digital pressure gauges are inherently inaccurate. It was a great tool for comparison, but I didn't value it's accuracy. Unless, of course, you had it independently tested. Perhaps the Milwaukee tool was less or more accurate than you suggested. Albeit, you seemed to suggest it was plenty accurate. Also, I'd like to comment on my perception of how this tool can be best used. Currently, I live in a suburban neighborhood and have three cars, and a boat. I have a two stage, 25 gallon air compressor with two 25 foot hoses. Also, I have a 7 gallon portable air tank. Topping off the tires on all of my cars can be tedious. The fifty feet of air hose will only fill the tires of the two cars in the driveway. Sometimes, it gets caught under the tires. Also, it takes a few minutes to put away. Usually, I just use the portable air tank, but that takes a long time to fill. It always sets the air compressor off and I have to sit there filling, holding the hose next to the loud compressor. One fill will top off two of my truck's large off-road tires. I can't believe how easily this unit appears to operate. I think this will be a time saver, because I imagine I'll be able to hook it up, set the desired pressure, perform other small tasks in the area and return to switch tires when I hear it quit. I already have another M12 tool and battery. Also, I see it's for sale on Home Depot's website this week for $69. Knock another 10% off with the military discount and I should have one by next pay day!
Hi, great review. I am looking for something compact like this for my bike shop to seat tubeless mountain bike tires. This requires a fairly high volume of air and usually, shops use a standard air compressor. Do you have any thoughts about the volume of air this produces and do you think it is capable for this application?
Inflators are not high volume machines at all. There is no way this would be able to push a tire around to make it seat with high volume and low psi. This would work once the bead was seated. Sorry, not the right application for this. No inflator will work like you need it to.
Tough call. I use both and enjoy features both have equally. I would choose the Dewalt for larger items like truck tires going from 70-75 pounds. The Milwaukee seems to work great and super accurately for racing cars at 25-35 pounds.
I can’t see this being used in a shop for big tires and such, but I think this is great for atvs, mowers, wheelbarrows, dollies, etc. I have all dewalt 20v tools, but I use Milwaukee m12 for smaller stuff, because the just dominate the 12 volt lineup. I think this tool will be a great addition!
I can get it to set a target at 5psi. If you do not set a target, it will start to be accurate around 2.5 psi, then you manually turn it off. Perfect application.
If you go on the road on a trip, tire deflate a lot. I would use that to level up to 35 every morning. Plus keeping a car battery inflater in case. Spent so much $ inflating machine and waste time looking for one around the city.
Steven Odle I would guess the guage is slightly off in programming. If it bothers you I would return it. My guage does not start to work until about 5 pounds. It will stay at zero and jump to 5 or 6 pounds and count up from there.
I am suprised that it tool this long for another tool company to make an inflator. I have had the Ryobi one for over 5 years and it is still going strong.
I respect that, but there is a reason we do not have the Ryobi review up. We broke it while in use for a long period. I do not think either will last long using them at a 15-20 minute interval without a rest.
If you infalte bikes , motorcycles , basketballs , topping off tires once in a while this works. For inflating completely flat tires you need the Dewalt cordless compressor.
Thanks for the review. One question: can this work with Milwaukee's Red Lithium 3.0 compact M12 battery (with obviously shorter run time) ? BTW, I agree with some others that have said that they wish there would be a more powerful (faster) M18 air compressor from Milwaukee, because this thing seems a bit slow.
A bit disappointing that it doesn't manage it's own duty cycle. Why can't it throttle to half power after the first few minutes so you can fill unlimited size things?
I agree and it should be easy to do so, but I think people would be dissatisfied as the product would be very slow and not meet marketing claims. How many people read the instructions to know about the duty cycle.
5 and we use it at 13-16 pounds often for our side by sides and it is accurate there by about 1 psi. Pending the tires size, like on a bike, you can set it for 13 PSI and it will come up so fast it will end up with 16 psi... higher psi on bike tires works fine.
Purchased this for my small engine repair side hustle. Its okay for the 5-20 psi tires I need to fill, however when I tried it on my motorcycle tires, its WAY off. Set it to 40psi, and it consistently stopped at 42.5. Then I tried setting it to 39psi thinking it might stop closer to 40. nope, stopped at 42psi. Its nice that it stops over the desired PSI allowing you to bleed it down, but now you need to keep your own gauge around to double check it. Basically you cannot trust it. It also took what I thought was forever to bring the front tire from 38psi to 42.5psi. Its a super light duty tool that I regret purchasing. Milwaukee can do better than this.
@@WorkshopAddict No kidding that's odd, thats the most common range for me. My 2 cars, and truck all are around 35-40 psi as well! Its handy, but not accurate. With the mower tires I don't need it to be very accurate but on the motorcycle I do.
I have the same problem won’t STOP inflating at the target pressure I can’t trust it and is the second one I have to return I had a m12 and returned it and got the m18 and the same problem I’m going to return this one too I’ll set it 20 psi or 30 or 40 and both of them wouldn’t stop at the desired pressure I like Milwaukee tools but I’m going to pass on this one I can’t recommend this item at all very disappointed
Awesome! I have been waiting for these every since I saw the Ryobi! I was hoping it would be an 18v platform. Thanks for the awesome video! Now they need to make an electric air hammer and I'll toss my compressor in the trash!
I'm impressed how quickly it filled the keep tire given its size. These little compressors are great for smaller volume items like bike tires, lawn equipment, maybe a tire on a jet ski trailer. It's just easier than dragging out the extre long hose and untangling it or getting out the portable air tank. Large volume stuff like pool floats are better suited to a blower type inflator with high volume and less pressure.
2020: If you already own Milwaukee M-12 tools and own a few batteries. Then it's a no brainier. You can buy the inflater separately. I found a deal on CPO outlet, buy 2 pack 3ah batteries and got the inflater free. Sept. 2020.
We keep M12 batteries in our flashlight inside a black F350 in the summer all the time without issue. This tool will also live in our trailer all summer and winter.
Addict, would this work for filling road bicycle bike tires? Very low volume but high pressure, usually 100-120psi? Can you do a disassembly so we cN see the innards of this thing?
I wish it could run longer than 10 minutes without a 10-minute break, OR if they would have it time out on its own so you would not damage the unit by setting it and forgetting it.
Great review, covering off on the Temperature and duty cycle details for it; and noting that for the 'scale' of the inflator to have realistic expectations of it's output. Seems a shame I can only rate this up once!
Have only 1 ? When u have something like a wheelbarrow or snowblower tire that does not have a tube, u need to have a reservoir of air to make the tire inflate, it needs to grab from a burst of air, don't see how this device would work
What doesn't Milwaukee make? LOL
A variable speed die grinder. :( A worm drive M18 Circ Saw :( A battery operated Welder :(
Touche WorkshopAddict Touche.....
LOL.. We all have our wish lists!
No chainsaw or lawnmower
I hope they do a chainsaw, but I am really unsure of a M18 lawnmower. I would hope it takes 4 batteries or more.......
Milwaukee is my favorite brand. Every time I see Milwaukee tools at Home Depot I just stop and start looking at them like a 5 year old would look at the toys
im addicted to collecting m12 tools
Started for work at 4:00 AM this morning and found tire completely flat. Just happened to pick this up last week. So I gave it a shot. WORKS GREAT! Glad I had it! A great tool to have when you need it! I ❤️ Milwaukee!
That is so true. It is a tool that when you need it is priceless.
Great tutorial. I received my inflator today and let me tell you that this is a working machine! No time getting 8 tires to its desired psi. I'm impressed. No more waiting in line for air at a gas station when I can do this in a short amount of time right from the comfort of my home garage. It's a great value buying the kit.
Nice inflator. My calibration drifted about a year after I bought it by 1.5 lbs.
Luckily I still had the manual. Turn on, hold the power button down and push the plus 3 times to reset to zero.
I can’t wait for the store to open so I can return this Milwaukee inflator
Looks awesome. The "Set and Forget" is not only a time saver, but safer too if that tire ever blew. Thinking about picking this up because the cigarette ones tend to blow fuses and are limited to a cord.
Its the little things like these tools....that keep me from jumping over to makita... go team red!!!
Qua Phan Stay away from Makita. I went through 1 brushless hammer drill and now the 2nd is making strange noise and skipping out of 2nd. Don't even think about the cordless oscillating multi tool, on my 3rd in under 2 years. I definitely regret buying the LXT platform. When this Drill fails completely I'll be buying black and red.
Makita is killing it these days. wish I went with them instead. Just got this air compressor, its junk.
Goo video. I was hoping you'd show where the release buttons are for detaching the battery. Not finding that info in the manual.
Thanks to you I just ordered one. Important feature was the ability to stop at a set PSI, but I’m pretty sure that you’d want to quickly disconnect the chuck to save air.
It will hold that pressure when it stops.
I have the Ryobi 18v+1 and it is the best thing I ever bought as far as cordless inflators. What I also like is the fact that the tool is switchable and has a easy use for inflatables like kiddie pools and pool toys . When done the house can be reversed and makes easy work of deflation. All this for under $40 tool only..
How do you remove the battery? Nothing on diagram. If release button is the "M12" logo it doesn't work. Used it today for first time and it so fast.
I bought this tool.... Absolutely fantastic, I have a 3500 Chevy Diesel my tires are rated for 80psi and my Engine weighs more that 600lbs (not including the transmission) on the front axle. I also have a F350 Dually similar story... The trucks are GVWR 9,200lbs and 11,000lbs respectively, now I have not tested this thing with the trucks full of weight but even on the 1.5ah batteries it will work fine... But definitely set your phone for the 10 min mark... The 4.0ah battery will do Two a a half tires from around 50-60psi to a proper 75-80psi, the 1.5ah will do one tire maby 1 and a little bit more. But yes it gets hot. So set your phone/watch and use this for touch ups and if you are doing work on your ride like oil changes and other maintenance..... The 10 min on and 10 min off is not a big issue if your doing something else right at the truck.
Hows it holding up? Thinking of getting this pump. Thanks in advance!
I’ve had mine for 2 years. Still works great I also have a 3500 duramax that needs 80psi it will fill all 4 tires and 4 rv tires on one 6.0 ahr battery. Definitely takes quite a while getting tires up to 80psi. Mines got an auto shut off when it gets too hot. If it gets to that point it takes 30 minutes to cool down. Won’t make that mistake again
Use one of these to easily get my drag radials from 18 psi back to 30 psi after a day at the track!
I work at a shop for bikes and four wheelers so I’m very excited since I only have to pump up to 4- 20 psi at the most
Thanks for the review! I would’ve loved it if Milwaukee included a 12V adapter option in addition to the M12 battery
Yes I agree
Doesn't this have overheat protection in case you forget about the 10 minute cooloff?
Just got this on sale. Not a bad little deal especially if you keep it and a fully charged battery in the truck on road trips. I used it to save some ladies ass after her spare ended up being flat.
Spare ass?
@@ruseventyfour2948 that’s affirmative. Shit was so flat she damn near had negative ass.
How do you reset it cause every time it shows 8 psi it doesn’t show 0 on it
Time to send it back to Milwaukee for service.
Great explanation. Thank you for the benchmark tests and details. I just bought this and going to start using it to reinflate my tires after washboard driving. 🙏
I am a milwaukee user and fan and have over 50 m12 and m18 tools. However before this came out I bought the ryobi inflator/deflator. The ryobi has the hose wrap up and has onboard tools and uses 18v which is better for runtime. Also the ryobi will also do low pressure (air mattresses etc) inflation as well as deflation. This flexibility covers many more uses. I use the ryobi with my m18 batteries with an adapter that uses a gutted ryobi battery and m18 socket/dock. The ryobi can set the target psi also and stops .5 /1 psi higher which is nice because you loose a little when disconnecting. This milwaukee only does tires and not low pressure like the ryobi. The ryobi is only around 60 dollars bare tool. With batteries I do not feel the need to have ac or 12 lighter socket use at all anymore. I also use the same adapter with a ryboi hot glue gun and 1/4 sheet sander which milwaukee also does not have. (although at nps18 they revealed a round orbital m18 sander for later this year, but I think 1/4 sheet is better for dealing with sandpaper replenishment)
This any good for bike tyres ? Does is come with schrader and presta fittings
Can this use power from a car 12v instead of from the M12 battery?
It would be cool to see a heavier duty/usage compressor on the M18 platform, whether it would be something that could take over for a standard compressor is unlikely, I doubt one would be running a paintgun off an electric. Depends I suppose. But this one is clearly meant for the smaller usages, maybe toss in your Jeep to go wheeling and air up when hitting the highway again. Small footprint is good for that.
I'm personally invested fully in BOTH the M12 and M18 lines, too many great tools in each and I simply can't go all-in on one or the other. It's all red, and that's all that matters (I refuse to run multiple platforms, wanted all one platform and Milwaukee M12 and M18 are very closely tied together in the form of chargers. Love my Milwaukee stuff.
MoparProud The longer we have this unit the more we love it. Checking psi on trailers and side by side is easy and fast. We throw it in the side by sides for the trail just in case. Yeah, it has a 10 minute run limit, but it is really meant to just pump up tires a few PSI, not fully inflate them. But it can fully inflate tires if you need it. Awesome tool. I too hope they come out with a larger M18 model that is the size of a radio with a longer cord and so.e storage, but we would still want the small one to travel with.
with this little inflator it isnt like a traditional compressor that needs to have the pressure let out regularly right?
It does not need any pressure let out. It does not have a tank and stores nothing.
Where is the battery release? I can't remember where they are so I can charge the battery.
Two black buttons that you push in on the side of the battery
I have a 2016 Chevy Silverado. I just topped off one of my tires. It was down to 45PSI. I set it to 75PSI it took 13 minutes to hit that target setting. I checked it with my digital gauge it was spot on. This inflator definitely got hit! Starting bubbling up the sticker on the side by the motor! It worked though. Took half of my 4.0XC battery.
It should not have taken that long and it cannot run more than 10 minutes without a 10 minute break before running again. What do you mean that it got hit?
Damn “I” is next to the “O”. Should have typed “hot.” Didn’t think it would take 13 minutes to add 30PSI. Thermal shut down didn’t engage. This was my first time using it. I was outdoors, on asphalt, outside temperature was in the low to mid 80’s. Don’t know if that affected it. I’ll try using it again tomorrow. This time though, I’m only going to add a few pounds to another tire.
@@treebossmike8818 this unit does not have a thermal shutdown or timer, but it definitely should and would save a lot of headaches.
WorkshopAddict question- I watched a couple guys on YT really push their inflator until a thermometer popped up on the display screen indicating it was too hot and then it shut down. Know anything about that display icon?
@@treebossmike8818 Yes, that is the thermal timeout. What I was referring to was the timer that would stop this at the proper interval of 10 minutes of use. Sorry my previous post was confusing. The tool allows you to use it beyond the recomended time
would prefer a m18 version, or dual voltage.
I wish it was offered in both m12 and m18 with a longer duty cycle.
Unfortunately this would basically be unusable for airing back up after off roading. I was hoping to replace my alligator clip to car battery compressor with this.
Glad I watched your video before I went out and bought one of these. Think I'll stick to my air compressor.
No issue with a lot of air escaping when you disconnect inlet hose to valve stem? I always have problem with that on my portable inflator unit. But I notice this Milwaukee unit has screw-in connection to schrader valve instead of the type that must be secured by a lever.
No issue at all. There is a nice brass fitting that works well.
Can I use this with a low end nail gun?
Can't wait for it to come out it'll go great with my Milwaukee family great vid bro love the channel
Its out buddy! Home Depot has it..
WorkshopAddict No, they don’t have it yet. AcmeTools pre-order ships May 1st.
Jacob Hladik Tell Acme to get on it. 😂
This would be great for me doing gas lines, doing the pressure tests instead of getting a pancake compressor
DonnieChapman I was looking in the comments to see if anyone bought one for doing pressure tests for gas work and how do you like it. I’ve been thinking about this little compressor for awhile now
You think this thing would work or airing back up after four wheeling on all four tires at once?
Great idea... BUT... why oh why didn't they have it use M18 batteries? Then you could just grab the battery from one of your tools and go. With the limited duty cycle combined with the battery choice and screw-style valve stem attachment I'm going to skip this one.
Milwaukee labels it as a "compact" so maybe a larger one is coming?
Good point. Keep your fingers crossed.
I read this critique a number of times, but don’t understand it. Anyone who is invested in the M18 system is very likely invested in the M12 system. Hell, the M18 kit chargers can charge M12 batteries, so I don’t see the issue.
True, they have a charger that can charge both but the M18 and M12 batteries don't interchange so why would someone have both? I have several M18 tools but I don't have any M12 tools and quite frankly don't see myself buying any. I was thinking selfishly I guess when I said I wish this tool worked on M18. But after seeing the duty cycle limitations and the screw-on valve stem connector I'd probably just buy a Ryobi battery powered air compressor. I mean, this thing is $80 for the bare tool and another $80 for the 4.0AH battery. Don't get me wrong, I love Milwaukee stuff but this tool is a miss.
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Size man size!!!
Hey Bryan I’ve been having trouble with mine every time I turned it on it’s showing 4.0 psi how can I reset it to zero
Send it back to milwaukee online through e service for free
@@WorkshopAddict thanks
I tried mine on my truck extensively the last two days after I got it. It will not go above 7,8 bar (113 PSI) for me. The 10 min on 10 min off is a bit optimist I think, mine does not cool enough in 10 minutes, I'd say 10 mins on and at least 20 off, at least when working at high pressure.
That said, it is quite sick for a 12V tool to perform this well. I would buy an M18 model in a heartbeat if they guaranteed 9 bar or more!
I'm in the plumbing trade. Would this little guy be able to fill up water lines for a massive house?
Thanks for sharing. I was trying to hold out for this but I recently got the Ryobi P731 pump for $40. Since it does both high and low pressure, I think it’s a better deal vs the Milwaukee pump for $70. I’m in the Milwaukee platform but Ryobi has enough other value tools to justify getting into the Ryobi platform.
We did not review that Ryobi, but it sounds nice.
Some of your competitor sites reviewed the Ryobi and it looks like a very sound tool. With their lifetime battery warranty Ryobi is really trying to come on strong. They used to be crap but the latest stuff is downright decent for the typical DIYer or home user.
The big difference is durability. I have dewalt and ryob both good tools but as far as inflator, ryobi is trash
Will it work with the standard M12 batteries which are i think 2 amps? I am talking about the cylindrical ones without a flat base.
Yes
First, I'd like to comment on the Blue Point pressure gauge. You spoke as if it was the standard. However, digital pressure gauges are inherently inaccurate. It was a great tool for comparison, but I didn't value it's accuracy. Unless, of course, you had it independently tested. Perhaps the Milwaukee tool was less or more accurate than you suggested. Albeit, you seemed to suggest it was plenty accurate.
Also, I'd like to comment on my perception of how this tool can be best used. Currently, I live in a suburban neighborhood and have three cars, and a boat. I have a two stage, 25 gallon air compressor with two 25 foot hoses. Also, I have a 7 gallon portable air tank.
Topping off the tires on all of my cars can be tedious. The fifty feet of air hose will only fill the tires of the two cars in the driveway. Sometimes, it gets caught under the tires. Also, it takes a few minutes to put away. Usually, I just use the portable air tank, but that takes a long time to fill. It always sets the air compressor off and I have to sit there filling, holding the hose next to the loud compressor. One fill will top off two of my truck's large off-road tires.
I can't believe how easily this unit appears to operate. I think this will be a time saver, because I imagine I'll be able to hook it up, set the desired pressure, perform other small tasks in the area and return to switch tires when I hear it quit.
I already have another M12 tool and battery. Also, I see it's for sale on Home Depot's website this week for $69. Knock another 10% off with the military discount and I should have one by next pay day!
Can i use this for blowing out a water line?
No, because it builds pressure slow and does not have the volume.
Can you set it to tenths of a pound? Like 6.2 pounds?
Can you share the name and model number of your digital tire gauge that you were using to test the accuracy of the m12 inflator? Thx
Mine is a Blue Point and I cannot find it online... Sorry. It is very close to this one amzn.to/2rwVIVg
Hi, great review. I am looking for something compact like this for my bike shop to seat tubeless mountain bike tires. This requires a fairly high volume of air and usually, shops use a standard air compressor. Do you have any thoughts about the volume of air this produces and do you think it is capable for this application?
Inflators are not high volume machines at all. There is no way this would be able to push a tire around to make it seat with high volume and low psi. This would work once the bead was seated. Sorry, not the right application for this. No inflator will work like you need it to.
Great review! Which one is better or Dewalt or mMilwaukee inflator?
Tough call. I use both and enjoy features both have equally. I would choose the Dewalt for larger items like truck tires going from 70-75 pounds. The Milwaukee seems to work great and super accurately for racing cars at 25-35 pounds.
EXcellent review thank you Brian!
Really enjoy your reviews
What would serve double duty better(tires and blow off sawdust) this or the ryobi 747?
This won't blow off sawdust! You need a compressor. Maybe the DeWalt FlexVolt
I wouldn’t use this for large tires, but because I have low profile tires this would make a great addition to my m12 tools
MEOW MEOW as long as you just using it to pump up a few PSI you can use it and just about anything works excellent
I can’t see this being used in a shop for big tires and such, but I think this is great for atvs, mowers, wheelbarrows, dollies, etc. I have all dewalt 20v tools, but I use Milwaukee m12 for smaller stuff, because the just dominate the 12 volt lineup. I think this tool will be a great addition!
It is not a shop tool. You are 100 percent right there. It is great for car and truck tire to bring them up a few PSI. Not 10 PSI... but a few.
Is there a trick to removing the battery?
Not really, you just have to pinch the two sides of the battery.
What's battery ah?
What is the model of that blue digital meter?
Thanks
JustIce It is a Blue Point ditgital pressure guage.
Thank You
How low will it go ? Wanting to pump atv tires to 8psi or does it start at say ten ?
I can get it to set a target at 5psi. If you do not set a target, it will start to be accurate around 2.5 psi, then you manually turn it off. Perfect application.
which gauge did you use to check?
If you go on the road on a trip, tire deflate a lot. I would use that to level up to 35 every morning. Plus keeping a car battery inflater in case. Spent so much $ inflating machine and waste time looking for one around the city.
Need. This. Now! How much?
Thanks for the review, and nice Vette!
1928 Model A on a Pinto Chasis. Still has original cowl gas tank and rumble seat.
My Milwaukee inflator shows a PSI of 1 when I turn it on. Any thoughts?
Steven Odle I would guess the guage is slightly off in programming. If it bothers you I would return it. My guage does not start to work until about 5 pounds. It will stay at zero and jump to 5 or 6 pounds and count up from there.
80 psi. Wtf . Are you using the specs in the door jam or tire max?
M18 version has been said to be coming out March of 2022.
I am suprised that it tool this long for another tool company to make an inflator. I have had the Ryobi one for over 5 years and it is still going strong.
Whats the best air pump that you have reviewed out of all of them
For tires, this one has been the best so far. For pool stuff, I am unsure if this is great just yet.
Not even close, the Ryobi inflater is better then the Milwaukee, it doesn’t require starting and stopping....
I respect that, but there is a reason we do not have the Ryobi review up. We broke it while in use for a long period. I do not think either will last long using them at a 15-20 minute interval without a rest.
Joe Framer
Ryobi is cheap junk...go away
RAM TRUCKS lol they're both made by tti :)
Ill wait for the M18///😏...nice video.👍
We are all waiting for the M18! We might be waiting a while!
I'd buy it if it were 18v. I don't want another different battery. I can use shop compressor or a good quality manual pump.
You're gonna manually pump a car tire? Sure it's possible. But have fun with that
Bro I bought this because manually pumping is so whack lol works up a sweat and you look like a chump
If you infalte bikes , motorcycles , basketballs , topping off tires once in a while this works. For inflating completely flat tires you need the Dewalt cordless compressor.
allen speed NOT TRUE! Used mine this morning to do exactly that. Worked great! In just a few minutes.
Nice! Does it come with the battery? Thanks!
How do you charge the battery ?
Thanks for the review. One question: can this work with Milwaukee's Red Lithium 3.0 compact M12 battery (with obviously shorter run time) ?
BTW, I agree with some others that have said that they wish there would be a more powerful (faster) M18 air compressor from Milwaukee, because this thing seems a bit slow.
A bit disappointing that it doesn't manage it's own duty cycle. Why can't it throttle to half power after the first few minutes so you can fill unlimited size things?
I agree and it should be easy to do so, but I think people would be dissatisfied as the product would be very slow and not meet marketing claims. How many people read the instructions to know about the duty cycle.
Can this deflate to a certain psi?
I’m almost positive my dewalt jump starter / air compressor can do this.
I need a larger stocking for this year
I emailed Milwalkee about when they are gunna make one of these 4 years ago. 4 Years ago.
Where are those royalties right?
whats the minimum PSI this can be set to?
5 and we use it at 13-16 pounds often for our side by sides and it is accurate there by about 1 psi. Pending the tires size, like on a bike, you can set it for 13 PSI and it will come up so fast it will end up with 16 psi... higher psi on bike tires works fine.
Wow, uses half a 4amp hour batter to fill one tire. Would the tire even fill on 2ah stick battery before going dead?
How many completely flat tires are you going to encounter when you are out?????
Nice unit but i agree it should be a 18v version put a 9.0 in it and semi tires would be possible.
Purchased this for my small engine repair side hustle. Its okay for the 5-20 psi tires I need to fill, however when I tried it on my motorcycle tires, its WAY off. Set it to 40psi, and it consistently stopped at 42.5. Then I tried setting it to 39psi thinking it might stop closer to 40. nope, stopped at 42psi. Its nice that it stops over the desired PSI allowing you to bleed it down, but now you need to keep your own gauge around to double check it. Basically you cannot trust it. It also took what I thought was forever to bring the front tire from 38psi to 42.5psi. Its a super light duty tool that I regret purchasing. Milwaukee can do better than this.
It seems to have areas where it is very accurate and others where it is not. 40 psi is a bad area for mine also.
@@WorkshopAddict No kidding that's odd, thats the most common range for me. My 2 cars, and truck all are around 35-40 psi as well! Its handy, but not accurate. With the mower tires I don't need it to be very accurate but on the motorcycle I do.
I have the same problem won’t STOP inflating at the target pressure I can’t trust it and is the second one I have to return I had a m12 and returned it and got the m18 and the same problem I’m going to return this one too I’ll set it 20 psi or 30 or 40 and both of them wouldn’t stop at the desired pressure I like Milwaukee tools but I’m going to pass on this one I can’t recommend this item at all very disappointed
Perfect for when I go use my ATV since it only takes 4 PSI!
Awesome! I have been waiting for these every since I saw the Ryobi! I was hoping it would be an 18v platform. Thanks for the awesome video! Now they need to make an electric air hammer and I'll toss my compressor in the trash!
I'm impressed how quickly it filled the keep tire given its size. These little compressors are great for smaller volume items like bike tires, lawn equipment, maybe a tire on a jet ski trailer. It's just easier than dragging out the extre long hose and untangling it or getting out the portable air tank. Large volume stuff like pool floats are better suited to a blower type inflator with high volume and less pressure.
You got it! For around home, this will be my go-to air compressor. SUPER EASY!
WorkshopAddict once again, something to add to my shopping list!
2020: If you already own Milwaukee M-12 tools and own a few batteries. Then it's a no brainier. You can buy the inflater separately. I found a deal on CPO outlet, buy 2 pack 3ah batteries and got the inflater free. Sept. 2020.
Can the batteries tolerate being in a hot car all summer?
We keep M12 batteries in our flashlight inside a black F350 in the summer all the time without issue. This tool will also live in our trailer all summer and winter.
Sweet ! More cool stuff from Milwaukee !
Heck Yeah!
Addict, would this work for filling road bicycle bike tires? Very low volume but high pressure, usually 100-120psi? Can you do a disassembly so we cN see the innards of this thing?
Yes, works great for bikes.
Great idea. I’m on board with the M12 version. I like the set it and forget it approach. #WorkshopAddict
I wish it could run longer than 10 minutes without a 10-minute break, OR if they would have it time out on its own so you would not damage the unit by setting it and forgetting it.
I own it and love it. Still wouldn't mind seeing an 18v version.
Wish I could take a 9.0 M18 battery on that thing. Waiting for that next version. Hope it's good!! :)
Seems like it could be useful, but personally I’ll just stick with my little 2gal Kobalt compressor. Great video as always though!
Thank you!
it is need it to remove the tire
I think Milwaukee should bring out the M18 version.
Nice. Handy to keep stored in my atv.
Atv's, Bikes and garden tractors are perfect for this!
Great review, covering off on the Temperature and duty cycle details for it; and noting that for the 'scale' of the inflator to have realistic expectations of it's output.
Seems a shame I can only rate this up once!
Can't Milwaukee just make an "add on" to their drill line that pumps air?
My inflator says it’s over heated in cold weather and works fine in warm weather what could it be
Bad thermal switch. Send it back using e-service and they will send you a new one.
This looks like it work way better then the Ryobi air gun.
Have only 1 ? When u have something like a wheelbarrow or snowblower tire that does not have a tube, u need to have a reservoir of air to make the tire inflate, it needs to grab from a burst of air, don't see how this device would work
This is not meant to set a bead.
That would be awesome for a landscaping company
J & S LAWN SERVICE what do you need to air up in landscaping? Also btw how do i get tire marks out of grass?? Had to drive through my neighbors yard
Could you do a head to head with the ryobi? Was planning to buy it, but use both systems. Thanks for another great video
I will ask for another Ryobi. We broke the first one in our pump a tire up from zero test.
WorkshopAddict lol sounds like the Milwaukee won :)