Surprise!
Carol bought me a surprise the other day. The KeenPower 21 volt portable air compressor.
Works pretty good. You can charge the battery via a wall plug in, or you can operate if off your vehicle’s 12-volt port. What you can’t do is charge the battery off your car. Why you ask? Because your car is a 12-volt system while battery of this compressor is 21 volts. You do the math.
There’s a convenient 4-bar LED indicator informing you of the battery’s current charge state. There are 4 settings for it with predetermined air pressure settings that you can adjust. Select Car and it starts you off at 36 pounds. You can adjust up or down to your liking. After charging the battery I used it on my truck. All the tires were at about 36 pounds. They should be at 40. I chose the car setting, increased the pounds up to 40, secured the hose to the valve stem and pulled the trigger. The compressor brought them up to 40 pounds and turned itself off. Next I used it on the motorcycle setting – 35 pounds. Good enough. They were both a little low and this brought it up to pressure much quicker than the truck tires.
The other two settings are for bicycle tires and balls. No, basket balls you pervert. There is also a flashlight function to it that is intended to light up the tire for use at night.
The compressor comes in a handy zippered carrying case for convenient storage and travel.
In the words of Agent Doaks on Dexter, Surprise, mother fucker! Surprise, indeed. And a good one.