Thanks for the video guys really helped in making an informed descision

@LockyourHubs4WDing

4 жыл бұрын

We're glad it helped! Matt (the owner of the Thumper) is now on his third and I'm still using the same ARB twin. Both get a fair bit of work.

@moahmedhaouli9799

4 жыл бұрын

Lock your Hubs 4WDing thanks guys, I think I’ll be going with the ARB compressor then 👌

thanks for your review, i am in the market for a new air compressor and i will be purchasing a Thumper its the best bag for your buck.

@LockyourHubs4WDing

4 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

Yeah i have the thumper air Max never had it overload. Great pump swear by it 100% powerful and fast and faultless

@LockyourHubs4WDing

4 жыл бұрын

They seem a little hit and miss, some people seem to have a good run with them, the owner of that one, is on his thrid.

@theblade66

4 жыл бұрын

@@LockyourHubs4WDing yeah I get that hey

Good one mate! That's a solid performance from the vastly cheaper Thumper.

@LockyourHubs4WDing

5 жыл бұрын

If you're not giving the compressor a hard time, the cheaper price of the Thumper can be hard to see past.

Why oh why didn’t we get the diesel Toyotas in usa? soda sad, rhetorical question

@LockyourHubs4WDing

Жыл бұрын

No idea, they're fantastic!

Mount my thumper Max to canopy headboard and have some 12v computer fans pushing heat off of the heads while running, ez cheap solution to thermal cut. My next experiment with it will be connecting higher gauge power as the cable it comes with is very average so looking at soldering on some 6awg to handle its 90ah power spikes.

@LockyourHubs4WDing

2 жыл бұрын

Is the wire getting warm during prolonged use?

@virobeast3836

2 жыл бұрын

@@LockyourHubs4WDing haven't measured the wire temp but just for safety purposes to prevent a fire or flare up in such rare occasions if it were to heat, plus allows me in the rewire process to connect it to a 100a circuit breaker to use as a switch to turn it on and off.

@virobeast3836

2 жыл бұрын

Oh and mine is also connected to a tyre spider so it doesn't get breaks between tyres or when checking psi its just balls to the wall pumping all 4 tyres at same time.

@LockyourHubs4WDing

2 жыл бұрын

I've looked at the tyre spider, though get tangled enough filling two tyres at a time with the Jamec Pem Auto1000 let alone having to wrangle 4 hoses!

97A twin thumper v 67A for the twin arb

So I own both. I bought the thumper while the ARB was getting repaired again. No doubt the ARB is better but it isn’t 5 times the cost better

@LockyourHubs4WDing

3 жыл бұрын

My ARB is still going strong, Matt is now on his third Thumper. So the price is slowly catching up.

@mayhem661616

3 жыл бұрын

@@LockyourHubs4WDing the thumper got a good home now. Had a dead 40L Supercheap workshop compressor. Off with the motor, installed the thumper. Makes it possible to run air tools now.

nice 80

@LockyourHubs4WDing

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Good comparison. Personally, I find it alarming that the ARB didn't cut out when reaching that temperature. This could lead to premature wear of the unit, and depending where it's mounted could expose other components to undue heat. I have seen a lot of people modify the thumper by fitting small 12 volt fans in the heads. Example kzread.info/dash/bejne/aqCnt9lvid24YZs.html I have used both compressors. Value for money wise, the thumper max is a 5th of the price of the arb twin compressor.

I run the thumper - not the max, and an air tank. I can keep pressuring the tyres when the thumper overheats :) Way cheaper than the ARB. Premium paid with this arrangement is the space for the tank.

@LockyourHubs4WDing

4 жыл бұрын

I think both systems, both thumper or ARB would benifet from a tank.

GOOD REVIEW

@LockyourHubs4WDing

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Prematurely ruined an otherwise good set of muddies because of the thumper max. The POS compressor would cut out randomly or not even run at all at times, very temperamental. This caused me to repeatedly do tarmac runs on low pressures to the nearest servo. I suspect that’s the reason my tyres started overheating, tearing lugs and became impossible to balance. I went through 3 sets in the 1 year warranty period . Finally but the bullet on an arb twin and it’s worth every cent. Two friends also had the kings compressor. I aired up my set of 33s and my mates 32s” (whose kings wouldn’t start) before the other bloke aired up his 35s because of the thermal cutout or whatever it was. The last time it died outside of warranty I pulled it apart and the thing is so poorly built. The piston does not sit centred in the cylinder because the con rod just has a bolt that pinches onto the shaft but wasn’t aligned properly. This caused one side of the Teflon ring seals to be really tight up one side probably a contributing factor to the thing overheating. Pulling the motor apart and you see so much sand and metallic debris caught in the stator as it’s just not sealed. I can’t stress enough if you have the means to go for the arb, go with that. Even if it means taking a few weeks overtime. Or if must get one of these style, at least get the rebadged one with a 5 year warranty. The bitterness of poor quality sticks around long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

@LockyourHubs4WDing

2 жыл бұрын

Well said, the owner of the Thumper Max is now on their third, I'm still on the original ARB Twin!

My Thumper max blew its piston after using it for less than half a dozen times. What if this happened when I was in an isolated location?

@LockyourHubs4WDing

4 жыл бұрын

The owner of that thumper max is on his third now. The ARB twin in the video is still going strong.

@alaadinhamawi

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had my thumper Max for about 1 year now and it’s burnt out on me this weekend. Luckily we had another (different brand) compressor in the group. I’ll be getting the arb twin for sure next

@LockyourHubs4WDing

3 жыл бұрын

Mines just headed out the door with my son to pump up some motorbike tyres! Still working great!

@alaadinhamawi

3 жыл бұрын

@@LockyourHubs4WDing i appreciate this vid champ. It showed me longevity is much more important than pumping up tyres “quickly”.

@LockyourHubs4WDing

3 жыл бұрын

@@alaadinhamawi 110%

Was that thermal screen a phone app?

@LockyourHubs4WDing

4 жыл бұрын

It's an Android FLIR One Pro phone attachment.

how are you starting and turning off your car?

@LockyourHubs4WDing

3 жыл бұрын

With the key!

The arb is 6 times the price with only a very slight performance increase.

@LockyourHubs4WDing

2 жыл бұрын

Though the owner of the Thumper is on their 3rd and I'm still using my original ARB. So he's catching up!

@officialWWM

2 жыл бұрын

@@LockyourHubs4WDing well, I’ve had a Thumper for 3 years and it’s still goi g strong. I suggest that owner needs to be more careful!

@LockyourHubs4WDing

2 жыл бұрын

@@officialWWM he's a mate, I'm calling him now!

@officialWWM

2 жыл бұрын

@@LockyourHubs4WDing tell him I said hi.

How long did you have to wait for the Thumper to cool down after it tripped out??

@LockyourHubs4WDing

4 жыл бұрын

We left it for around 5 minutes before trying again, and it fired right back up.

@PrimalTimbo

4 жыл бұрын

@@LockyourHubs4WDing My thumper has never cut out because I let it free flow, no trigger, in between tyres which cools it down.

@LockyourHubs4WDing

4 жыл бұрын

@@PrimalTimbo That might be an option if you have the time to wait.

@tristo8881

3 жыл бұрын

ive got the old gen 1 single motor thumper that thing is a beast, no thermal overload (well i havent hit it yet, lol i pumped up my 4 35s from 18psi to 42, packed it away, then realised my mate with his tjm/arb brand name thing had only done 1 tyre in the time it took me,, so i unpacked it and pumped his other 2 up and packed it away agian before he finished his 2nd tyre, (though the output line does get red hot after 4 35s, but as you said letting it freeflow while running between tyres it seems to cool a little with no loads

strange that your thumper hit thermal overload, I’ve done 2 4wds (8 tyres) up from 20psi on several occasions and mine hasn’t even hit it yet. Luck of the draw I guess

@LockyourHubs4WDing

3 жыл бұрын

Could be, we didn't do anything out of the normal for the test. Both compressors were at "room" temp at the start of the test, the 35s were at 18psi on both tests and the tests were done back-to-back, so no temperature difference on the day.

@hotaxi701

3 жыл бұрын

I second this with the thumper we go from 16psi to 40 on 33s on the cruiser and never hit thermal cutout even in mid 30z its still not to hot to put back in the bag

I have the Thumper and its a great unit. And at $79 delivered a bargain.

@LockyourHubs4WDing

5 жыл бұрын

Thumper Max? The twin cylinder model?

This video is very misleading. So take off about 25 seconds for the ARB because you didn’t turn it on so say about 7.5 minutes or something. Whereas the thumper you didn’t factor in that you had to wait 5 minutes for the temps for reduce so you could restart it again, so that time should be added into the total. Just the fact that the thumper couldn’t even pump up 4 mid size tyres is an indication just how shit they are..

@xaviermann6803

4 жыл бұрын

price mate, price.

@ashleytalbot76

4 жыл бұрын

Xavier mann yeh you get what you pay for.. poor man always pay twice. My arb twin did 3 cars the other day before a mates did 2 tyres cos it it thermal cutout

@LockyourHubs4WDing

4 жыл бұрын

The owner of the Thumper is now on their third. I'm still running the same ARB twin as in the video. One more and he will have spent the same money as I have, I suspect it won't be long now.

You forgot the current measurement, OOPS!

@LockyourHubs4WDing

3 жыл бұрын

On which one?

Well that’s a bit sad on ARB it’s worth about $800 and Kings is worth $300 that ARB was a minute faster and Kings on overheated i’m telling you now I wouldn’t be buying ARB

@LockyourHubs4WDing

2 жыл бұрын

It's about longevity as well (which is hard to test in a video) The owner of the Thumper is now on his third, I'm still using the original ARB twin.

We are lucky you are not a judge in court.......

@LockyourHubs4WDing

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, every time I've been there, the judge couldn't weigh the options without bias to save themselves!

Failed to mention the 600$ price difference

@LockyourHubs4WDing

4 жыл бұрын

'About $450 at the moment, while the ARB pricing has remained somewhat consistent since publication, Supacentre's prices are all over the place.

I have sent my wife from the room as this video obviously would not interest a female as you pointed out in your opening address...

@LockyourHubs4WDing

5 жыл бұрын

If you saw the channel stats.... (98% of views are men) Anyhoo, after a few request from blokes (none from our better three quarters...) I've adopted the more inclusive term "Cobbers" . You now may invite the wife back in the room!