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by KozmoNau7 2079 days ago
A major advantage of air tools over electrical tools is that the air flow and expansion causes cooling, which means you can run air tools harder for longer than equivalently-powered electrical tools, which can heat up dramatically when used hard.

Of course you have to mitigate moisture, but that is trivially solved with a moisture trap on the compressor's outlet or at the tool if you're using long air lines.