i keep a portable air compressor in my back machine shed for blowing off equipment, airing tires, etc. some time over the last few months it quit working. i suspect the motor but it really needed to be replaced anyway. no shields, questionable tank and possibly older than i am.
this followed me home yesterday, a fortress, 26 gallon, 175 psi oilless compressor. i wanted a vertical as it will take less space and the old horizontal was a bitch to move around. it will only see occasion use in an unheated building so i thought oilless would be the ticket. as a bonus the quiet feature is true to life. it is unbelievably quiet.