When I’m tired of listening to music or podcasts while driving, I play this 15 minute video of air compressors to pretend I’m in a loud cockpit of some type of aircraft. It adds at least an additional 20mph perception to how fast I’m actually going. Thanks for the video.

3 years later and this video is the best on the the YT comparing these inflators.. thank you for your diligence

I own Milwaukee m12 tools, and dewalt 20v. I love them both. I was all set to buy the m12 inflator due to its compact size. Then I realized that the dewalt was able to use THREE different power options. Battery, cigarette lighter, and standard wall outlet. That changed my choice, if your battery dies, you have other options. Thats a win. Brought home the dewalt today

This video was a nail biting tension feast. I had no idea who was going to win. Happy with the result.

From experience 9320 miles trip. The Ryobi outtakes them all in battery life, that’s the most important thing. No problem doing 2 full-size 225/55/17 or 235/75/15 tires and having power left for emergency, like pumping up the kids beach toys at the beach 🏖. One or two 5.0 batteries from Ryobi with you and you’re good. If you’re still on the sensitive side you can buy the cigarette lighter charger or a Converter 110/220 and charge up Ryobi batteries. Great video stay safe

Milwaukee in second with a 12V tool. All of the others were 18V or higher. I’m impressed.

This was a great demonstration! I don't know much about inflators/compressors but this made it very clear which one I am gonna get for going off roading in my Black Series!!

Exactly the comparison I was looking for, thanks! 👍

I have a mixture of Milwaukee and Dewalt tools depending on the application. I went for the Dewalt compressor with the optional 115v adaptor. This gives me 3 sources of power. When I’m home I use the adaptor and when I’m away I can use battery or plug into the cigarette lighter.

The milwaukee is pretty sweet. I have it in my Ram 2500 with 80 psi. Pumps tires without any issues. I mainly use it to fill my airbags.

1. Ryobi big 4:50 2. Milwaukee 7:20 3. DeWalt 8:00 4. Ryobi 9:30

I've seen tests of the Milwaukee M18 Fuel with an 8Ah battery that were amazing. Very fast, delivered high pressure for truck tyres & did about 25 tyres in one battery. However, it is expensive & that is a HUGE battery. Of these ones I'd get the Ryobi Compressor (space is not really an issue for my vehicle) & I have about 12 Ryobi 18+ tools, so lots of 4 & 5Ah batteries.

Nice little comparison video. Would be interesting to see some of the other battery-powered air compressors on the market try to do the same challenge. I have a handheld Ryobi 18v inflator that does a pretty decent job for pumping most tires up. The only drawback is you have to press a trigger and read a gauge at the same time.

The Kobalt is a great one that I have had for a couple months the 24v line

Excellent review been looking for this thanks

Good comparison video. I think i'm going with the Dewalt since I already have a couple of the 20v batteries. Thanks for posting!

By far the ryob compressor. So much more practical all around. Bradnails, staple guns, sprayers...not to mention the fact that it filled the tire faster than you can get in and out of the car.

I own Milwaukee and use the snot out of it and ruff service life. That unit is the one I suggest. I mean it gets slammed around in my service truck and works every time I need it. And owned a long while now.

I have the Milwaukee it's fast and compact and will last a long time with the 6.0 battery.great for roadtrips.

I was wondering about this and thinking on these four. You got my sub 👍🏼

All this damn money you spent to just help us compare is truly appreciated cause you could’ve just bought an ARB onboard compact and called it a day

Nice video, I have the Milwaukee inflator and the new Milwaukee compressor. Both are great!

GREAT REVIEW... I am in the market for one of these!

I have the Milwaukee as well and it is fantastic even better and quicker with a 6 amp battery

The noise of all four of them going at once, in glorious stereo. :)

If you don't need cordless, check out the superflow mv50 12volt or the large $70 harbor freight 12v compressor, both are fairly quick and inexpensive

I enjoyed the comparisons. I didn’t read all the comments so this was probably mentioned, but many were commenting on the backup plan of needing to plug into the vehicle. It’s simple for me. I take my cordless compressor and all of my charged up batteries. But, I also bring their battery charger. Plug that into my trucks 110V outlet and keep my batteries charged. Pick the tool which provides the most versatility and practically for your individual needs. My batteries also run my 1/2 impact wrench, sawzall, and several other tools for the trail.

I compared myself taking off my flat and putting on my spare to your video. Got them switched and finished eating a burger and fries before the first tire was pumped up.

Love my DEWALT

Thanks for making this video it helped me make my decision. I am going to stick with what I have the batteries for.

I like the Dewalt option it's 100% the best the only reason why I got the m12 is because I was in a pinch and my tire was flat, luckily I wear a heated hoodie with a 6ah battery. Unfortunately my tire was bursted but overall it's a good choice for those who already own milwaukee tools and it's compact.

Good review. I still prefer the ones you hook to the car battery. I think they are way better. I even inflated a small wheel loader tire using it. The air compressor I used was a Canadian tire brand...

I own the Milwaukee and love it. Its small and powerful, and quick.

Nice comparison! I bought that same little Milwaukee M12 recently and was curious if it could handle airing up the 33" tires on my Jeep.

The Ryobi compressor will run for half an hour on a fully charged 4Ah battery. It could also have been a little quicker if you had set the regulator for 31psi and just used the air chuck's gauge to monitor the pressure.

Make a note that the ryobi with the inflator wears out. Ive gone through 2 of them. If i had to guess, i probably used them about 50 time from 15 psi to 44psi before the inside gives out (bearings i think wear out and starts making a really bad loud noise).

Sorely tempted by the Ryobi compressor, as I could use it for cleaning sawdust and gunk off stuff in workshop. But I’ve already got DeWalt tools & batteries, so for me in Brexitania, the DeWalt works out cheaper by £70 or $82 for an occasional use tool. Great comparison review - thank you.

Great video. Like others say, very impressive the smaller Milwaukee kept up w/ a 12V system. No surprise the air-tank Ryobi was fastest, but I thought Dewalt would've been faster considering 20V and size. For me, I'm going w/ the Milwaukee: smallest, have 2x other M12 tools in my truck (impact/ratchet) w/4maH and 6maH, so battery modularity is easiest, and I have confidence in Milwaukee products in my experience. I've had issues w/ Ryobi batteries in the winter not working consistently (18V w/ Brad nailer). To each their own. Thanks for the upload.

the milwakee one is the best because its small. I already felt shaded out buying a portable compressor when I have a air compressor in the garage and I think the #1 engineering thing I looked at was size. It stows nicely in the toolbox next to a band saw, die grinder and a sawzall.

I got the milwaukee and use 4.0s works good for keeping truck and trailer tires full I'm looking for a deal on 6.0s

My RIDGID R87044 went from 0 to 35 PSI on my truck tire, 33/12.50/16.5. It took about 8.5 minutes. Battery went down one light bar. I tried to take a screenshot of the timer, but when I sent it to my son, I didn't notice the time didn't show up in the screenshot until after I deleted it already. So that may be a good contender for this also.

I will go with the Ryobi air compressor, yes multi functions for me

I'm glad this was the quick version

I'm in bed watching a video of noisy compressors, and some how is still not waking me up. It's pouring me back to sleep

I use the milwaukee with a 6.0 battery . Great for atvs and motorcycles. Struggles on big stuff, but very convenient!

Milwaukee is the winner 🏆

Good informative video straight to the point not a lot of joking and nonsense talking.

I would check the PSI with a hand held gauge to see if the PSI the same as the air compressor readings.

I have the Milwaukee, it works fine. I bought some cheap aftermarket batteries on Amazon just to air up my tires when I need to.

Great video. I'm in the market for a portable compressor for offloading.

get a dual stage comp high volume low psi and high pressure for hi psi I Personally use a Smittybilt one clamps to my batter lugs and 37" 12.5" from 12 psi ro 37 in under 5 mins. used it for last 5 years weekend wheeling its solid !!!

The Milwaukee 2848-20 is abetter choice if you are already invested in M18 batteries and can take the extra volume (2x the little Milwaukee).

I bought a cheap unit off eBay. 4wd compressor. Pumped up my 31 by 10.5 tyre to 30 psi in 2 minutes but up to 40 psi it took another 5 mins

I have always preferred the dewalt tools, and those 1.3 and 1.5 AH batteries are always disappointing. I bet that compressor would have performed much better with a 4 ah battery

I love my Milwaukee compressor, just wish it was 18v I use it for pressure testing gas service lines to 100 psi. It takes about 2 min for a 1/2” line at 100’ and about 4.5 min for a 1” at 100’.

I had that small Ryobi, Gave it to my sister, and got the Milwaukee...

Excellent work

One guy did a review of the Rigid vs the Ryobi and it only took the Rigid 1:35 min or less than 2 min. I would love to see you do a comparison of it. Of course the Rigid was 94.8 decibel loud vs the other one was 90 decibel.

If you would shut down the noise we could hear what you are saying, how many minuets for the Milwaukee? You now answered my question I did buy the Milwaukee before viewing your channel other than being loud and trying to fit extra large thumb and four finger into the narrow slots to compress the battery release tabs I give it high marks and since I already have the 12-18V charger it makes good sense as for me Milwaukee tools and batteries seem to out last the others.

I kind of like the idea of being able to plug into the car with the dewalt, just in case the battery runs low.

Can’t wait for number two

I have a few of the Milwaukee pumps and they pump noticeably better and faster with a 4 amp or a 6 amp hour battery in it than it does with the two amp power batteries I don't even waste my time putting the two amp hour batteries in them anymore.

how can you include the ryobi air compressor in the test when you were not holding it continuous throughout the whole time that you were testing? sounds like the bias was already the milwaukee from the beginning

That Ryobi inflator has been replaced with a slimmer model, they probably both have the same pump though. It's by far the cheapest, right now it's $40 tool only, or $99 with two 4Ah batteries, a charger and a carry bag. You can set the pressure on the Ryobi compressor to whatever PSI you want and sit in your truck while the tire fills, you just need to swap out that trigger gun with a quick connect. If space is a concern, Ryobi makes a hand-held unit. It's on sale right now for $25. The Dewalt is the best quality unit, plus you can run it off of your lighter plug. Keeping batteries in the truck on hot days is really going to take a toll on them and you may even find that they won't work when you really need it to. Depending where you live, if it gets too cold out, it's possible that none of the batteries will work until you warn them up.

The larger ryobi was able to inflate the your setting in half the time as the others. Time matters thanks for selling me on the larger ryobi. Both ryobi air compressor batteries lasted longer.

Great video, this is just what I was looking for. I wonder if the Milwaukee would air up 4 tires on one charge? I would love to see a follow up review.

I have the M12 inflator and overall, it works great especially considering I bought it on sale BUT, I think the Dewalt version is better from what I've seen. Also, the Dewalt offers an alternative power source whereas the M12 doesn't. Love the tiny aize on the M12 though. You can't have everything, I guess depending on what batteries you already own will determine what you buy. I own about 9 M12 batteries at this point so Milwaukee all the way for me.

Nice comparison. You should have manually checked the air pressure once they hit 32 psi to see how accurate each one was as well.

You can have a standard lock chuck for the ryobi compressor and just set the gauge for the desired psi and you won't have to hold the handle. The compressor would have also done better if you didn't let the pressure build up as this puts strain on the motor, lowers the rpm and the evacuation efficiency of each compression cycle.

Thanks !!! Awesome video

Personally I would have gone with the DeWalt ONLY because it was the only one that could be powered by battery OR car

Milwaukee is great! Small, easy to use and set up. Would recommend a 4.0 battery, but 2.0 works well. Easily pumps up my trailer tires to 90psi when they get a bit low.

I found that if you put a 12v 6ah battery in the Milwaukee, it will fill up a large 19.5 truck tire from 0 to 110 with no problem.

Dewalt definitely Dewalt especially in cold weather . Batteries don't like cold weather . Being able to plug in to a cigarette lighter as back up definitely the DEWALT .

Good video helps me a lot

Thanks for a great test

Tractor supply sells a compact 2 gallon unit. $69.00. I put a 1500 watt inverter in my rig to run it. Having the inverter gives you plenty of options to run other things. Coffee maker, microwave etc. I hard wired it to my battery so I don't have to fool around with cables. Take a look. Have fun.

Sweet video!!

Nice review, you started with the compressor already full which gave it a huge advantage. You don’t store compressors full typically and should empty them after every use. Also the dewalt would perform better on a higher output battery. Those are the old 1.5 batteries and they don’t hold up well for long.

Check out the new 20v Worx pump. You can run their 2.0, 4.0 or 6.0 amp battery. Its smaller i dont know how it would compare to those but they make some good tools.

I think you should be more compatible with the batteries the dewalt only had 1.5 amp redo with a 4amp battery and let’s see if there’s a difference, love the video by the way

Nice comparison video

It looks as if the Ryobi air compressor started out with stored air in its tank, going by the pressure gauge? If so, this gives it a much greater advantage.

Good video I just bought the dewalt but I wonder if a bigger battery like a 4 or 5ah would have made a difference

I bought the Ryobi air compressor for $69. With a 9 ah battery it is a beast. 4 ah battery it doesn’t last too long. But for little trim jobs or stapling it’s awesome.

Hey brother, I have the Dewalt, and I got the 20 volt 5ah battery with charger and a carrying bag, and the battery lasts for months at a time even after using it multiple times, and it has an inflator for floats or what ever else you want or a deflater, and project farm did a long and distance comparison on Milwaukee and dewalt and the dewalt out performed and out lasted the Milwaukee, thats the reason I got my dewalt compressor but you need a 5ah battery

Great review

I have used a Ryobi inflator for a long time -- never had a single problem with it...

Wow Like Totally Fun and Awesome . Maybe soon they will develop small super powerful air compressors

Thanks for doing this video. Its a real world test head to head.

Thanks! Do more like this!

You should of used the same size battery batteries for all whether it’s a 2amp or 5amp. Also, if a person is already on a certain battery platform, it doesn’t make sense to buy a different manufacturer just to have something in the car. I happen to be on a dewalt platform, and I’m happy with the inflator, excellent for tire pressure maintenance.

I’m for Milwaukee tools myself. Have a lot of them, but I’d go with the dewalt that can plug into a cigarette lighter. In case battery is depleted by the time you need it.

Which on is the quietest?

I have a cheap arse inflator I bought like back in 2000 from like Walmart or something for like $30. It has a long plug that goes in the cigarette lighter. It is like half the size of the DeWalt and has saved my butt a few times when I've gotten a flat.

Did you also mention that the Milwaukee is only 12V compared to 18 and 20V?

Good test and vid

I will go with the DeWalt over the others only reason I'm already on the DeWalt battery platform but I'm very impressed by all of them if I wasn't so much in the DeWalt battery platform already I would love to get anyone of these

This is like watching compressed air

The large Ryobi R18AC-0. 👍