While I bought the air compressor from China and dealt with the shipping costs, I did manage to find some shops around the industrial area.
One shop in particular had a good selection of lesser Chinese brands. This shop is in the shopping complex on your right, as you are leaving the industrial area about to merge on Salwa Road heading toward the corniche.
The main shops where one would be expect to find an air compressor for home/hobby stocked only industrial type air compressors.
I found two small hardware shops that just happened to stock a Chinese air compressor similar to what I was looking for, but for about QR200 more I was able to order directly from China the exact specifications I wanted.
There was also one shop in Najma that sells a Chinese 8-liter silent air compressor and asks QR1000 for it, more than I was expecting to pay for such a small compressor.
While I bought the air compressor from China and dealt with the shipping costs, I did manage to find some shops around the industrial area.
One shop in particular had a good selection of lesser Chinese brands. This shop is in the shopping complex on your right, as you are leaving the industrial area about to merge on Salwa Road heading toward the corniche.
The main shops where one would be expect to find an air compressor for home/hobby stocked only industrial type air compressors.
I found two small hardware shops that just happened to stock a Chinese air compressor similar to what I was looking for, but for about QR200 more I was able to order directly from China the exact specifications I wanted.
There was also one shop in Najma that sells a Chinese 8-liter silent air compressor and asks QR1000 for it, more than I was expecting to pay for such a small compressor.