Posted by Kevin in Ohio [104.240.167.246] on Friday, July 03, 2015 at 06:25:40 :
In Reply to: Thinking of "made in USA" posted by Sherman in Idaho [72.47.120.154] on Thursday, July 02, 2015 at 20:41:21 :
I bought an IR 80 gallon about 20 years ago. EVEN at that time they were made in India, the compressor pump at least.
AFTER buying it I found out that IR at that time used what is called a hanging crank on the compressor. Double bearings on one end with nothing on the other. Tech told me they had all kinds of problems. Don't know what they are using now but I would look.
With that said, mine is still going and I have blasted with it. One check valve failed but that is it.