Most Efficient Tank for an Invert Mini?
Price is a bit of an issue most i am willing to spend is around 140-160
Any Ideas?
Price is a bit of an issue most i am willing to spend is around 140-160
Any Ideas?
Most Efficient Tank for an Invert Mini?
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You have asked the wrong question. It's not the cylinder that is 'efficient' or not, it's the gun that has or does nothave efficiency
Do you run out of air when playing? If no then your cylinder is fine
Going to a fibre 4500psi as opposed to a 3000psi only gives you more pressure if the site has 4500psi fills. Otherwise it's just a cylinder that costs over £100 more
Getting a bigger cylinder gives you more capacity - but is bigger
The right question if going for fibre is what is the cylinder that is the right shape and size to fit you and your gun - ergonomics
Do you run out of air when playing? If no then your cylinder is fine
Going to a fibre 4500psi as opposed to a 3000psi only gives you more pressure if the site has 4500psi fills. Otherwise it's just a cylinder that costs over £100 more
Getting a bigger cylinder gives you more capacity - but is bigger
The right question if going for fibre is what is the cylinder that is the right shape and size to fit you and your gun - ergonomics
Efficency will have nothing to do with air tanks/bottles as if using a preset reg these will supply air at a constant pressure till empty or the pressure in the tank is too low. The only thing that effects efficiency is gun set up and condition of orings and seals.
Thanks for clearing that up for me,
At the moment I'm playing with a 3000 psi steel tank and after about 500 shots it runs out of air but with a 1.1ltr 4500psi would i be able to get a decent amount of bals out of it? (Brand new gun so o rings are new)
Your 3000psi is probably 48ci (0.8 litres), on the link below a 48ci @ 3000psi with a 'gas pig' would give around 504 shots
A 1.1 litre would be 68ci. So if you still only have a 3000psi fill at the site you would get 714 shots (due to the bigger size)
If you had a 4500psi fill that would give 1071 shots
If you were to get a smaller 48ci 4500psi cylinder (These are the same volume as a normal 3000psi cylinder, but usually shorter and fatter) then you still get 504 shots with a 3000psi fill, or 756 with a 4500psi fill
http://www.scubatoys.com/paintball/paintballshots.asp
Just getting a fibre 4500psi cylinder won't give you more shots, it depends on the fills available. If you have 4500psi available at the site then getting a fibre will allow you to get the full pressure available.
If the site only gives 3000psi fills then a bigger cylinder will give you some more shots, but not the maximum possible unless you are at a site with 4500psi fills.
But by going bigger you lose any weight saving of fibre.
I would also say though that if using an Invert Mini and you are getting consumption at a level of 'gas hog' that something is wrong. (I've never fired a Mini in game so don't know how efficient they are, but 'gas hogs' should be things such as mechanical blow backs)
Look into other things such as adjusting velocity, paint matching etc and see if you can improve the efficiency
A 1.1 litre would be 68ci. So if you still only have a 3000psi fill at the site you would get 714 shots (due to the bigger size)
If you had a 4500psi fill that would give 1071 shots
If you were to get a smaller 48ci 4500psi cylinder (These are the same volume as a normal 3000psi cylinder, but usually shorter and fatter) then you still get 504 shots with a 3000psi fill, or 756 with a 4500psi fill
http://www.scubatoys.com/paintball/paintballshots.asp
Just getting a fibre 4500psi cylinder won't give you more shots, it depends on the fills available. If you have 4500psi available at the site then getting a fibre will allow you to get the full pressure available.
If the site only gives 3000psi fills then a bigger cylinder will give you some more shots, but not the maximum possible unless you are at a site with 4500psi fills.
But by going bigger you lose any weight saving of fibre.
I would also say though that if using an Invert Mini and you are getting consumption at a level of 'gas hog' that something is wrong. (I've never fired a Mini in game so don't know how efficient they are, but 'gas hogs' should be things such as mechanical blow backs)
Look into other things such as adjusting velocity, paint matching etc and see if you can improve the efficiency
68ci 4500 is universally the best tank but i would have thought you would be playing a little more lower profile so maybe a 3000 psi tank is the way to go
hope you find one
hope you find one