Portable Air compressors have existed in one form or another for a few decades. Starting from humble beginnings, many early 12v portable air compressors suffered from overheating and took quite a long time to inflate a 4WD’s tyres.

With research and development these systems have progressed beyond the small systems that plug into a 12v cigarette lighter socket and now connect directly to a 12v battery using heavy duty wiring, enabling these portable air compressors to draw far more many amps, and allowing 4WDers the ability to inflate large diameter offroad tyres from offroad pressures in a matter of minutes.

The Thumper range of portable air compressors available at 4WD Supacentre do just that, by taking advantage of extremely high output 12v motors and a heavy duty alloy piston and cylinder bore, both units are capable of putting out massive amounts of high pressured air!

The Thumper MKII is the latest in a series of reliable and highly portable air compressors, offering 160L per minute of pressurized air, the single cylinder is cooled by a handful of integrated cooling fins, and the whole unit is controlled by a simple circuit, offering campers and 4WDers up to 125psi anywhere in Australia!

The Thumper MAX is the big brother in the range of portable air compressors in the 4WD Supacentre stables, offering nearly double the air output, the twin 60mm pistons output up to 300L per minute of high pressured air, which is perfect for blowing dust out of electrical connections, drying electronic components under the bonnet, reseating tyre beads and it can even power some portable air tools with reliable and constant pressure.

The Thumper MAX portable Air Compressor uses a smarter internal circuit which uses a pressure sensing switch, which when switched on, will automatically shut off when maximum pressure has been reached. This allows the Thumper MAX portable compressor to be used with the Adventure Kings 3in1 Tyre deflator, which allows 4WDers to pull the trigger for high pressure air on demand.

The range of portable air compressors and accessories on offer at 4WD Supacentre are awesome quality, and unbeatable value for money, and are a great addition to any serious 4WDers arsenal of offroad equipment!