Anybody know who makes the lightest 1.1L 4.5K fibre wrapped bottles and how much they cost, assuming they're available in the UK?
Lightweight bottles
- Thread starter Mike (Exodus)
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I was assuming that since they are all fibre wrapped bottles, they would be the same weight.
No its time for the tech heads to flame me and tell me how wrong I am!
No its time for the tech heads to flame me and tell me how wrong I am!
I belive that all the bottles are the same weight, which for a 1.1 is 0.9kg!
Its the regs that make the difference!
Its the regs that make the difference!
I've been looking at Mac Devs website and they reckon their conquest weighs in at under 1Kg which would make the reg weigh less than 100g. Confused
My old mucker Rabies has a Macdev Conquest and its really small. I don't know about it being less than 1kg because a) I didn't have any scales to hand and b) it was attatched to his impy! Maybe we should get him to weigh it and see how light it is.
The Conquests come with a Luxfer tank which is extremely light (my 1.1l was a shade under 850g if I remember.) Combined with the fact that the reg itself only weighs an ounce more than your average preset reg it is a vey light system indeed. I did weigh all the bits but didn't write them down; from memory the whole system was about 1050g.
Unfortunately, that bottle is DOT only and the first thing I had to do was swap it for my HSE/DOT tank, which weighs about 930g. However, I think once you allow for the mounting hardware, plus the fact that it runs without an inline, my setup is noticably lighter than before.
Oh, and drifting off-topic I know, but I promised a quick review of the 2k3 Conquest. Executive summary: GET ONE.
I did have a bit of a scare the first time I used it because some teflon tape from something (the gauges are put in with teflon tape!) got in the seat and it started pissing air, but once I'd got that out it was sweet. Damn good flow, very consistent once it's had a couple of thousand shots to settle down, doesn't need an inline reg unless you really feel like it. I'd say it's at least as good as a Max Flo but a hell of a lot lighter and smaller.
Unfortunately, that bottle is DOT only and the first thing I had to do was swap it for my HSE/DOT tank, which weighs about 930g. However, I think once you allow for the mounting hardware, plus the fact that it runs without an inline, my setup is noticably lighter than before.
Oh, and drifting off-topic I know, but I promised a quick review of the 2k3 Conquest. Executive summary: GET ONE.
I did have a bit of a scare the first time I used it because some teflon tape from something (the gauges are put in with teflon tape!) got in the seat and it started pissing air, but once I'd got that out it was sweet. Damn good flow, very consistent once it's had a couple of thousand shots to settle down, doesn't need an inline reg unless you really feel like it. I'd say it's at least as good as a Max Flo but a hell of a lot lighter and smaller.
Apparently MacDev are going to be selling systems with bottle that conform to the new EU standard from September. Sounds like they'll be worth waiting for.