ABAC Ease-AIR 50 Silent Compressor, 1HP, 50L

The ABAC Ease-AIR 50 Silent sits at number seven in this guide. It is a 230V corded, oil-free compressor on a horizontal 50-litre tank, with a 1 HP motor, a listed maximum pressure of 8 bar and a listed sound level of 59 dB. ABAC sells it at £225.99, and it carries a 4.2 rating from 168 ratings.

Its airflow figure is the reason it lands where it does. ABAC gives one number — 130 litres per minute — and gives it twice: the bullet calls it "an aspirated air flow of 130 l/min", and the spec table repeats it as "Air Flow Capacity: 130 Litres Per Minute". Unlike the compressors at the top of this guide, the two figures agree with each other. The catch is the word that goes missing between them. In the bullet the 130 L/min is aspirated air — air drawn in — and in the spec table it is simply "Air Flow Capacity". The listing never states how much air the Ease-AIR 50 delivers at pressure, so the one airflow number on offer is not the one a spray gun or a die grinder actually runs on. The tank figure does hold up: 50 litres is listed both under Capacity and under Tank Volume, and 28 kg over dimensions of 76.4 x 38 x 57 cm is consistent with a 50-litre horizontal unit on wheels.

The star breakdown printed alongside the 4.2 is worth reading before the average: it puts roughly one in eight of its entries at a single star. Everything on this page is taken from the Amazon listing for this product — the specifications, the price, the rating and the quotes below. Nothing here comes from our own testing.