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Review on ✅ Surebonder 9600B Pneumatic Compressor: Unnecessary Equipment No More by Michael Zambrano

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Don't judge a book by its cover or its brand, and that's true of OEM production these days. A few years ago we bought a heavy duty yellow D hand splint that cost over twenty dollars. It has worked well and probably will if you do a few odd jobs. We didn't have a compressor back then. We bought a pancake compressor cheaply at a flea market, the main purpose of which was to inflate tires and clean the air with compressed nozzles. Then the woman started obsessing over insulation and radiant sheeting to keep out the summer heat and high air-conditioning bills. We use this yellow heavy duty stapler first, but dude try stapling 1000+ times which can happen when doing a job like insulation (foil) stitching. The woman decided to buy a hammer clamp and it costs 35+. I said that since we have a compressor, there must be a pneumatic stapler. And there is. A large orange shop sells an arrow orange, which also costs more than 35. She has a trademark. After some reading around it appears to be the same cheap variety - just renamed - from Hb-Fr. After writing over 900 reviews I decided to give this one a try. After more than 1,000 sewing cycles, it still works jam-free. At $30 it's the same and cheaper than the hand tool. Of course, if you don't have a compressor. then you need to add this cost. Yes, T50 staples are good enough for insulation. You don't have to buy two hundred or even hundreds of dollars for a compressor. Just something cheap that can put out 80 psi (60 min). The time and labor savings on a job with more than 500 staples pays for itself in no time. One review complained about the pen's smell. I don't feel anything and there's a slight smell on closer inspection, but that's not something you can smell with normal use. It comes with a small bottle of air oil. Drip a few drops before and after use as good maintenance. If you're looking for something more sophisticated, you can purchase an air-powered automatic oiler that plugs into your compressor's outlet. But between just a few drops of oil and spending over $30 on a home use oil bowl, that's a bit reckless. When you buy a compressor, you need to buy an air/moisture filter. This ranges from cheap tens to 50 on eB. The one that came with my garage sale, the Porter Cable 6-gallon pancake compressor, started leaking because the clear bowl is plastic and started cracking. So now I have to spend another twenty plus to get a replacement. I have the PneumaticPlus but I think if you are a home user and can wait you can probably order these from China on eB which should serve you once in a while.

Pros
  • Easy-to-read control panel
Cons
  • New competitors are here