Master Model C16-B - Black Mini Airbrush Air Compressor with 6 Foot Braided Air Hose with 1/8 in. Ends

This is exactly what I wanted and it works perfectly for me!! Love it! Compact and lightweight, but sturdy, and perfect air on demand pressure, pretty quiet (after a few minutes, I barely even noticed it).

This is awesome. I use it all the time.

I am a professional makeup artist and use airbrush often for beauty and special effects, body paint, etc. What initially drew me to this compressor was the size, as I needed something for light beauty work and it’s immensely easier to haul around than my more powerful one. I originally purchased this compressor in 2018, and it was my ride or die until a few months ago when it randomly died on me in the middle of a job. I had both compressors with me so it wasn’t a big deal, but could have been bad. After replacing that first one, the second one has been working great *however* the power adapter felt flimsy and of poor quality compared to the first. shortly after purchasing, the power cable broke in half, again during a job. I’ve since replaced the power adapter and even bought a backup 12v ac adapter just in case. All in all this is an amazing little compressor, it’s a work horse yet is pretty quiet and you can’t beat the size. Great price too, I’ve gotten my money’s worth for sure. I have and will continue to recommend this.

I am a bridal hair and makeup artist and I had a client needing a tattoo coverup (as pictured above). I had the airbrush gun but no compressor and I needed something small, and inexpensive because I wasn’t planning on using it a ton. This thing is not terribly loud, it has great pressure, no leakage, easy to use, easy to travel with, and works great overall! I’m not using this all the time, so I can’t speak on the longevity of durability, but for its price you cannot beat it.

The only thing I disliked was that the Testors compressor adapter would fit, but I needed to shop around for some parts. That was not the fault of the manufacturer. Once I had the part, I was able to do a lot with a Testors siphon-feed airbrush. It feeds consistent pressure, I can leave the pump indoors and run the hose outside to let the fumes air out, and I don't need to keep buying propellant cans anymore! I'm not an airbrush artist, I mostly use the airbrush for nice even dispersals over my 3D print models. For people trying to get good results on 3D prints, this is the way to go...sometimes enamel doesn't brush on very well, but a nice light aerosol paint will hold a clean finish. In addition, when using an airbrush, you get more controllable and even results. With a compressor, you get consistent air flow (canned propellant runs out, and long spray runs cool down the propellant to where it can't get out of the gas phase).

Not enough pressure for myrdal iWata air gun, Used very very diluted acrylic paint with their gun but I would bulk up and buy a higher pressure one for $80-$150. He’ll you could even buy a small real compressor for $150 and then just a $7 gauge and throw it on that. Then you can diluted house paint at 35-45 psi if you really wanted to. OVERALL. this just isn’t good enough for me, too low of pressure, guns will get clogged any thick paint used.

So far it works well enough and gives pretty consistent enough air for small model painting. Could be a bit more bottom heavy to better prevent it tipping over. I could see wanting a bigger model with a tank for larger projects or heavier usage but for starting out with small models something like this is plenty.

Turned it on once. It would NOT turn off. Had to unplug to turn the compressor off. The air flow was extremely weak. It would not push the paint through the air gun. And I can't return it, so I'm stuck with this useless paper weight. 😒