I understand (and agree) with what you are saying Crash, that's why I was looking at the 19 CFM@90PSI compressor. Painting probably pulls the hardest of anything I use the electric compressor for (I use Sata RP guns, and normally use an electric DA), and my current compressor is a 15 CFM that has been in use since 1989. It keeps up with everything fine, it's just showing it's age and getting tired, and I would like to make it a back up unit so I'm not down should anything happen, or in the rare case I need a little more air. The 19 should be a little bit over kill (very slightly), but I would spend the extra for the bigger one if I could blast some with it, and only use the big compressor if I needed to blast an entire car or something large.
Chris, I am not against the IR compressors, just trying to get other people's experiences with their brand compressor from a source I trust. I trust others in the business (that's why I am asking you folks here) a LOT more than I trust what I read in a google search, or on a manufacture website. I have been reading specs and comparing one to the other, and the Eaton just seemed the most reasonably priced, and built more like the old compressors used to be with the disc valves, steel rods, and slow RPM. Also, I am just a 1 man shop, with a few guys that help part time.
Here is a link to the one's I was looking at from the Eaton line, they seem very reasonably priced if they are a reliable unit. They also sell a "premium" version of the same models, but the only difference I can find is a choice of color and an auto drain, they even share the same part and model numbers.
Thanks,
Kelly