Air or CO2

[CRAP HAIRCUT]

yeah, but youll find that air bottles aint really that expensive, its more the regulators that cost the money.

oh yeah, dont buy dot. people wont fill em, it voids the insurance.

 

[Liz]

Originally posted by CRAP HAIRCUT
yeah, but youll find that air bottles aint really that expensive, its more the regulators that cost the money.

oh yeah, dont buy dot. people wont fill em, it voids the insurance.

So when was the last time you bought a new air bottle? £170 for a new 1.1l HSE 4500 isn't that much less than a decent reg (e.g. not much over £200 for a max flow).
Filling DOT doesn't just void insurance, it's illegal.

 

[Billy No Mates]

yes... my mistake, worth its weight in gold, AND small brazillian children.

i always forget to mention those details for you "special" people.

 

[CRAP HAIRCUT]

Sorry my stupid little opinion has been noted, stamped all over and then thrown back in my face.

wont bother next time.

 

[Billy No Mates]

if you want a simple screw in reg for an air bottle (so it can be fittend in the same way as a CO2 bottle) you can get them for around £50. unlike the £200 odd quid for the 4.5k psi 1.5L bottle.

Jones - Inferno running on liquid CO2?? thatd be a first. i mean they can, but only for aobut 10-20 shots before they freeze up.
last year i played winter in the woods, and borrowed an inferno. Problem was, it was fitted with a syphoned bottle.
Needless to say, i played really well as a human shield.
But winter is always fun with markers running on CO2.

 

[Twisty]

Air is easyer to fill too, which is useful for us players that just remember they need to fill that big thing on the end of their gun 2 minutes before their next game. its not a nice feeling
Twist

 

[Liz]

Originally posted by CRAP HAIRCUT
Sorry my stupid little opinion has been noted, stamped all over and then thrown back in my face.

wont bother next time.

Didn't really stamp on it as such - if you think I was being harsh you've obviously never met me in a bad mood!

Happens that I know a bit about the DOT/HSE situation, plus bought a new bottle recently so had a fair idea of prices, hence why I jumped in there. Don't let it stop you from commenting in future, it wasn't meant nasty - honest!

 

[ChairChimp]

It seems like everyone

makes the same transition. CO2 is a great starter when you aren't sure if you want to commit to the *ahem* hobby (or should I say lifestyle? ) of paintball but then you realise that an air system would enable you to stop complaining about your equipment (improving even firing a bit) and make you look like robbo (well without the warp).

So CO2 for value, then air for ease, but at a price.


Just from reading the forums here this seems to be the general gist of things, and I can tell you that liquid CO2 running into the gun will knacker your seals and make that marker a mite chilly, being as it is at about -50 degrees or so.

I do work with large amounts of liquid helium tho......


*grin* Shame the liquid is so cold, it would be terribly inefficient to run a thermal jacketed helium cannister on your marker, it takes a lot of lagging to soak up that -270 C odd temperature.


*chuckle*


CC

 

[smartecosse]

fixed output is a cheaper way to get on air with out the need for a reg. they now come with 5000 psi bottles as well!!

 

[Reflex]

Can you put air or co2 in any bottle or do they have to be special bottles?

Also my local site only has co2 I think so if I did get an air one where could or how could I fill it up and roughly how much do you reckon it would cost me?