HK Army Compressor is rebranded Tuxing + AI slop

[Jsc5150]

A couple things about the new HK compressor:

1. It’s AI slop. You can tell bc the AI photos added an “oil fill” open hole (its an oilless compressor) and “water drain” that don’t exist on the real compressor (see the top down photo, no water drain is visible)

edit- oil fill hole might be real lol


2. I also know its AI slop bc the real product is actually a rebranded Tuxing TXET063 compressor.



3. Get your HK compressor for ~$300 off here:



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[The Hobbit]

Thanks Jsc5150, I suspected it was a branded unit that has been available. I guess I hoped it was similar to a comparably priced one. Nice markup, they’ll probably sell a decent bit just through the advertising aspect.

[Jsc5150]

They just picked the one with the screen, the 12v ones are so slowwww

[iamthelazerviking]

Not the first time HK rebranded and increased the price on cheap Chinese junk

[William the Third]

*cough*SABR*cough*

Honestly, I'm just surprised they didn't continue to follow the lame trend of dropping vowels. They could have called it the "R BS" and "R CMPRSSR"... hmmm... almost seems fitting...

[cockerpunk]

they have a video of it, it seems like its not AI slop, but that its rebranded.

on the whole, im kinda glad to see the old shoebox compressor idea come back, but i wonder if it will be financially viable, cause the shoebox wasnt.

[mercpb]

I have one of the smaller units, ~$135ish from aliexpress and fill home tanks for bench test use --- it's slow, the tampon moisture filter is likely insufficient and out of caution I only fill to ~3500 and that's done in 2 stages with a cooldown.

I *need* an air source. Between one of these and an 80L scuba tank, this seems more practical/affordable long term though I don't have high expectations of longevity

[RPP]

I've got a yong heng thats water cooled. It fills way faster than this, but water is a massive issue for me. Ive got a very large condensate filter and a "media" (tampon as mercpb said) and the media filter still needs to be switched out frequently. I dont imagine this being any better in not generating moisture to deal with. Its a pain for these "at home" setups.

[iamthelazerviking]

The video they show of it, the tank gauge shows that it's already almost full LOL. So they make it seem like it fills fast but then you look at the fine print