need help choosing a hpa tank

[your mom]

i'm thinkingaboutgoing hpa with a low pressure kit on my tippy...
but i don't know anything about hpa tanks.

i know i want at least a 88ci 4500psi tank and an adj. reg. what should i get? (no ultra expensive tanks! can't afford them)

 

[P8ntbllr99]

the pmi whittish ones are pretty good and cool, either that or crossfire.

those are pretty cheap

 

[Graham-DV8]

no ultra expensive tanks

if ya looking for 88cu @ 4,500psi than its gonna cost ya a fair bit.

Your best bet would be to look for a 2nd hand bottle since there half the price of new ones

 

[dr.strangelove]

You could get a flatline or a raptor system, they're not as expensive as other adj. reg HPA systems. Any 88 4500 is going to be pricy, and one with an adjustable reg will be even worse. Be prepared to spend over $350.

 

[your mom]

i can get the tank for about $220, but how much will the adj. reg. cost?

and should i get a steel, aluminium, or fiber wrapped tank? which is the best?


and how good is air america? their tanks sem pretty cheap.

 

[Rabies]

You can get preset Pure Energy, Center Flag or Crossfire 88/4500 systems, with the regulator, for around $200. That includes the regulator and a fibre wrapped bottle. Adjustable systems will be more like $400 including the tank and reg, but do you need an adjustable system for a tippy?

Fibre wrapped tanks are generally better, because you can get 4500psi fibre bottles, but only 3000psi steel ones. And fibre-wrapped bottles are a good deal lighter than their steel equivalents.

Look at sites like paintballgear.com in the Nitrogen Systems section, and the preset systems you see for around $200 should be all you need.

 

[your mom]

i don't need an adj. reg, i guess im planning ahead.

ill probbably just get a preset...

 

[Rabies]

Almost all markers that work at lowere pressures have vertical regulators anyway, which are quite happy when fed from a preset tank reg. There aren't that many high pressure regulators that can be trusted to maintain enugh consistency to directly supply low pressure air to a marker anyway, which is why most people have a dual-reg setup.

So, as long as the output of the primary reg is consistent, why spend more to make it adjustable since the fine adjustment is always handled on the secondary reg anyway?

 

[RICH HARRIS]

Why not buy a pre-set system (cheap) and a good adjustable second stage reg. And why an 88ci and not 68ci.

 

[Rabies]

Amen, brother.

Well, I don't think the tipp would need a 2nd stage reg, it's intended to run at full pressure CO2, so 800psi air works nicely. But it means you can take the same tank to your next marker, and leave the tough job of producing a nice flat low pressure output to a secondary reg.