Reviews for Q Industries MV90 12 Volt Portable Air Compressor

I have gone through several portable air compressors over the years. The first two were Smittybilt: one burned the motor after a year; the other broke the air hose fitting shortly after the 1st year. The fitting was of an odd size; Smittybilt refused to sell me the spare part and wanted me to buy another air compressor. I threw it —and Smittybilt— away.

I’ve had this Q Industries for three years now. It is priced well, is reliable and fast: it takes 2 minutes to inflate a 33-inch tire from 18 to 36 PSI.

If you are looking for a portable air compressor, look no further.

Just returned from a trip to southern Utah where the pump was used frequently to air up my Tacoma and, occasionally, two other Tacos and a full size Dodge. Couldn't be happier with its performance. No formal timing was done but I'd guess it took around a half hour to get all four vehicles from 12 to 50 psi.

Quadratec price matched another vendor and customer service was excellent.

Excellent compressor.

So far, so good with this compressor. It works quickly and it's not as loud as I expected it to be. As a couple of other reviewers have said, the pressure gauge doesn't work very well. But since it has standard fittings, I can easily replace it with a better one. For now, I am using a handheld gauge and some caution.

Compressor works great. It inflates my 35x12.5x17 tires quickly. Although the gauge is not very accurate. I use the TPMS readout on the dash in my JKU and an old fashioned tire gauge instead.

Air compressor gets very hot but is a 5. Hose would be a perfect 0. The hose separated on the 6th tire it inflated, luckily no one was standing too close. It's now completely useless. On top of that, the rubber coverings on the hose quick disconnects at the compressor got so hot they melted.
Performance wise the air compressor filled up 2 33's from 15psi to 39psi before my friends dual ARB could even fill one 35in tire from 15 to 35. But it gets hot, and the hose cant handle the heat.

Nice product, but the pressure gauge does not work!!! Ordered the 1st one and returned it. Quadratec was very helpful and I had a new one in 2days from my call to complain. Outstanding job Quadratec. The 2nd one however had the same defect. Poor quality control by the manufacturer. Looks nice, works well, but the pressure gauge is stuck at 50p/si. Fix it or stop selling a flawed product.