California Air Tools CAT-AUX10A Lightweight Portable Aluminum Air Tank, 10 Gallon, Silver

Pros: light (purchased the AL tank), nice design, nice features (1/4 turn drain, valve to isolate tank from brass, can be filled two ways) Cons: cheap brass, poor assembly Purchased this tank to match the California Air Tool compressor I purchased at the orange hardware store. I give in 3.5 stars because I really like the tank now that it works correctly. If you purchase this tank please be aware that your will need replace all most all the brass on that comes on the tank. It is cheap and clearly the part of the product that was skimped on the reduce costs. Had to replace all the brass in the in photo with higher quality products from the orange hardware store. The isolation valve and hose coupler leaked and the tee fitting split when replacing the leaky parts. Save yourself some time and have all of these on hand. All are 1/4” npt by the way. The tire chuck hose whip came with nipple finger tight only. Additionally it had an excessive amount of Teflon tape on the hose fitting end including tape covering the opening of the fitting. I also found this on the brass on the tank. This is very poor assembly quality that can damage your tools as the Teflon tape does not break down and clogs screens and jams tools. Sad to see California Air Tools put a sticker on the tank that proudly says it was assembled in the USA but has such poor assembly quality. Please leave the sticker off in future.

Got the aluminum one. Nice and portable. Hooked it up to my 2.5 gallon compressor, so its like having a 7.5 gallon compressor. Then I can remove it to take it outside for super portability to top off some tires. Gage and fitting work good enough for me not to have to replace it with an upgrade right away. I can see how it could break off depending where you hold it (or dont hold it) in the right place. Im confident mine wont break off because of where I hold it while attaching the hose to it.

Lightweight is the consideration here.......

I used my air tank to take lug nuts using my air impact which worked well. I also used it for my air nailer which also worked well, over all I am well pleased with this product.

A+

This tank is just what I was looking for. It is light enough to carry and has 2 connect ports besides the fill port. Besides the Schroeder Valve for filling it has two quick disconnects. I use one of the quick disconnects to fill the tank while the discharge hose is connected to the other. It is a good balance between carry ability and capacity to do the intended job.

I would have liked to have threaded ends on the hose. I dont need this to put air in tires.

I read the reviews and bought it anyway. The reviews were correct, valves dont work right out of the box.I will have to replace all valves. The Aluminum tank is nice but the valves are junk

Works great and very easy to fill