Users love L&W, from 2011 And Coltri is not L&W it is a competitor and people seem to hate Coltri
Two users say better than Bauer
11th April 2011 12:56 #1 L&W Compressors Does anyone have any experience of L&W Compressors? I am look in at the LW100 Single phase for fillolg dil bottles and maybe larger cylinders to run my booster very occasionally. How do they stack up against the Bauer Junior and Coltri Sub MCH6?
Dave Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 11th April 2011 13:59 #2 rolanddiver rolanddiver is offline Roland Somodi
I do have a L&W 245 3phase electric and I love it. I bought it used, it has been working fine for years. I don't know about the little ones, but this one is at least as good as a Bauer if not better! I wouldn't change it for anything else. Also it is smaller in overall size than any other on the market with the same specs. I hope it helped some.
Very Respectfully Roland Somodi
Re: L&W Compressors I am very happy with my L&W E100. I've had it for 3-4 years now but only used it about 75 hours. It has only been used to fill Dil bottles, bailout and pure helium to a 50l storage bottle.
I bought a compressor with both 200 and 300 bar, but if I bought a new I would have saved money and bought a compressor with only 300 bar.
I have no experience with Coltri Sub, but the word of the street is not good ...
H.B.T. Voyager, Draeger Ray Re: L&W Compressors I use the L&W 260 ES Puracon. It is now more than 2000 hours used and works great. Spare parts are not really cheap but the service is perfect. I also use a small Coltri MCH-6E when travelling. I had never ever any problems with the Coltri even so many people warned me about it. It is very loud but works good (well, it only has now about 300 hours of use). Jerg
Reply With Quote Reply With Quote Re: L&W Compressors I have had a 260 E compact in my dive center, a really great and top machine, the suppoprt is also perfect, go for it....
Sentinel Re: L&W Compressors Quote Originally Posted by Dave1w View Original Post Does anyone have any experience of L&W Compressors? I am look in at the LW100 Single phase for fillolg dil bottles and maybe larger cylinders to run my booster very occasionally. How do they stack up against the Bauer Junior and Coltri Sub MCH6? Dave Is better than Bauer and L&W 100 can work h24 I own it and own also an L&W 260 for my shop. Noi mention for the Coltri: is really the worst you can buy (you can believe me, I'm italian) Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 28th April 2011 09:09 #7 Dave1w Dave1w is offline Born Again Diver! Location Indonesia / UK Link for above reviews: http://www.rebreatherworld.com/showthread.php?37978-L-amp-W-Compressors
I found a review on RBWorld for the entry-level model I was interested in, seems the reviews are pretty good. They cost about half the price of a similar Bauer where I live, so that's attractive.
rddvet Barracuda I have seen several of their bigger models(big shop size) and they look and work great from what I've seen. Kim at protec tulum has two beautiful l&w's that do a ton of tank filling year round. You could email him through protec's website and I'm sure he'd respond.
So 100% positive reviews on L&W and 80% negative on lower cost Coltri
Bauer costs twice as much , looks like good opportunity on L&W.