I bought a 30 gallon Husky (from Home Depot), belt drive and 110 volt. It is a relabeled Cambell Hausfeld, with the same compressor, tank and everything else (except the price) as the one that sold for 100 bucks more but was labeled as C H. Oh, I forgot, my Husky is red, the C H is blue. I checked all of the numbers against a friends similar sized C H unit and everything was the same. I didn't have room in my garage, nor in my circuit breaker box for 220 volt, and this one does pretty much everything I ask of it. It is actually in my basement, but is piped through the wall and into my garage, with a complete set of guages and a regulator out there for control. I have painted an engine without any problems, though a car size project might cause some difficulty in keeping up. Don't know if that would be too much for mine and frankly, that would never happen here anyway.
I have yet to see an oiless or direct drive compressor that didn't make way too much noise to be anywhere near where you are working. I've had two, both of which wore out very quickly and had to be replaced. And the noise is enough to wake up the dead. My Husky can be heard in the living area of my house, but not so badly that it interferes with normal TV or conversation.
Bottom line is probably to forget an oiless unless all you want to do is air up a tire or two and don't mind really making everyone, including yourself, very miserable over the noise.
My $.02.
