I wrote on the Maxus EX8016 X-Lite as a product compressor Editor's Choice "for our show HGTVPro HGTVPro.com Weekly news, but only recently has had the opportunity to use the tool for any length of time. Although not usually carry a double defense coverage with products included in the program, was so impressed with the 4-gallon double-stack unit and its bevy of smart features in real time the review had to happen.

Bottom line. Let's start with the BL. I used the 1.3-horsepower, 3.7 SCFM X-Lite on the three applications drainage higher than I feel like a home improvement contractor: stuck outside coating running a roofing gun, and use my old Shingle Saw Pro II. He kept the pace from start to finish.

I have absolutely no problem with the nails staggered while the rapid fire 8d ring-or nails popping out of shingles. And I was not stuck on any brand new 2×10 SPF Softy, I was doing fire 80 year old Doug fir beams 1×12 and 2×8 deck. I was four nails to board up the roof 1×12 – a program of more strictly than 1/2- inch nail roof decks, siding or basement wall. My hunger never air nailer.

It should be noted that the EX8016 is a breath strong and I liked having a dedicated cable directly from the power supply – You shoot the lame, or surge strip used as a multi-plug (not surprisingly, no demerits) – but in its own 100-foot cable runs well, even en temps right around freezing.

I also went Shingle Saw Pro II. This pneumatic shingle saw (no longer in production, it's been redesigned) consumes large air time. However, once the cuts were a complement of pebbles. Impressive. X-Lite and recovered quickly when the drain pan.

Weight a minute. When the weight of a tool passes a certain threshold – about 80 pounds – the performance becomes an experience of both the necessity and sheer terror. This is the case with most compressors I've owned. But – and I mean, all in capital letters, bold, italic, BUT – the X-Lite quality aluminum tanks of drops aircraft gross vehicle weight of this baby just 57 pounds. I will not say it is a light pen, but Mack saints, or (as my daughter), no comparison between the X-Lite and other compressors in which the lift-and-lug Toggles between a process of serious chafe at the minimum an exercise in managing blood pressure to week.

Details done right. Beyond the weight, the designers kept pushing Maxus during charrettes intelligent design and implementation, intelligent details that carry the X-Lite stages towards the top-of-the-heap status.

It begins with a carry handle / roll cage aces. See, the compressor is cubic – approximately the same way as other compressors in the class – but the handle is positioned to deliver optimal efficiency between trucks carrying and site or between floors. Combined with its lighter weight, can carry almost as a case of demand without having to speed dial a surgeon.

The roller cage part homes around the handle – the supply lines, meters and pump motor, to name a few biggies – so it will be damn hard to break when Bruno, the Meatball one shovel javelins or a stack of 2x6s in the back of his truck.

Speaking of the van and Cubism, the machine is really cubic! This means there are no fittings, gauges, string, or round / paste bizarre ways beyond straight linear perimeter of the tool. How much I love this loading the truck? Seriously, thanks, Maxus, the other weapon against entropy.

What I also love (but can not be recommended, of course) is that because the tool is really cubic, if you happen to load something on it in the truck or gang box, so what? Certainly, carrying boxes tools and equipment around it is easier than any other compressor I've used. This is a very intelligent design.

Here are other interesting things:

• The + / – Pressure line is easy to see, read, find and use.

· There are two (Thank you, Lord), ports air right at the front of the tool.

• The cable is long enough too. I like this cut jobs or floor, where I could have the compressor in the room with me and need to move here and there for any reason.

· Indicators are easy to see and read.

· Rubber feet means that you have to worry about putting the tool down in the finished floor. Tip: put a compressor in the finished space on a piece of cardboard helps reduce potential damage to floors.

· Has a lubricating oil pump, I do not mind changing the oil in all the many – ER – years.

My only complaint. I would not be doing secret code writer, if I have found at least one thing "wrong". Seriously, get nasty letters Writers Guild if they do not. Anyway, it's the same complaint I have with all compressors and one who is a super-easy solution: the drain valve. I valve existing exchange (one of the wires back 1 / 2 inch offers turn) with a ball valve. 'Nuff said.

Maxus-ed out. If you'll question, the Maxus EX8016 X-Lite compressor is the current industry leader in this category.

About the Author:

Mark Clement is a remodeler and author of The Carpenter’s Notebook and The Kid’s Carpenter’s Workbook, Fun Family Projects! To learn more about Maxus Tool’s aluminum air compressor, please visit Maxus Tools at http://www.maxustools.com

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