Pros - solid brass fittings.
Cons - none. I wish they included a bag with fittings. i just keep my fittings in my bostitch 3 nailgun bag.
note - talking to my friend he said the red handle on the air gun eventually weakens and gun eventually fails to work properly. i guess we'll see.
Parm Ampro A1460 18 Piece Air Tool Accessory Kit Milton Type
I'm a home-owner who recently bought a small compressor (Bostich) around for lighter duty tasks around the house. I wanted an air nailer to speed up a fence project, some molding work, and potentially a kitchen cabinet rebuild. Also figured I could keep it around to inflate my car tires (got sick of paying $0.75 for 2 minutes worth of air at the gas station) and take care of my bicycle, basketballs, etc that I always seem to have lying around.
I bought this Ampro A1460 18 Piece Air Tool Accessory Kit from Amazon along with the Ampro A1430 Tire Inflator with Gauge to round out my connectors and base tools. The key components here are brass but I did have some problem with them not connecting properly and I had some air leaks at the seals. I cranked on the connections a couple of times with a wrench but still didn't get it 100% sealed. This isn't too big a deal for me but it was a tad annoying. Perhaps if I wrenched a bit more or used some tape I could have gotten a decent seal.
The main issue with this kit is as some others have mentioned: it does not come with any sort of case. The plastic it is shipped in is flimsy and as some of the parts are very small, you're bound to lose them over time if you don't come up with something else to store them in. Hey Ampro, if you're listening a small pouch would have been a great addition here!
This is a good collection of basic air tool fittings that you'll need to go with your air compressor. The brass parts are nicely machined, burr-free, and work fine. Yes, the air gauge is cheap but that's not unexpected as you could pay as much for a single pocket air gauge as you did for the whole kit. I checked it against my precision dial gauge and it's fine across its 0-120 PSI range. The kit does need a bag or small box to keep the bits ... the plastic tray does not even hold the parts during shipping (my postmaster was worried that something was broken in box as everything was loose and rattling around - they simply threw the kit in the box with no other packing. Lucky that the brass parts did not suffer damaged threads. Amazon needs to get it together w/packaging ... many items are shipped like this.
Very good price, great quality, and you can't beat brass for a bushing material on air tool fittings. It doesn't corrode or wear down like steel. I also recommend using a good liquid pipe dope with ptfe like rector seal instead of ptfe (teflon) tape. Teflon tape will gall your threads, pipe dope wont. - Air-compressor Accessories - Air Compressor'
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