recommended tank size?

[mr doo doo]

i see many of you guys with ULE'd mags and such, and now, i finally acquire one of my own after many purchases and such. BUT, my steel tank is holding me back from trying to make my mag light as possible.

so i ask, what is a good sized tank for a ULE'd mag? im looking at a 48/3000 from crossifre (dont need 4500 since i cant even go past 3000 here in california). what do you guys think? oh, and im using a drop too.

[tebo]

68/4500 is a good universal tank. The crossfire 68/3000 tanks are great and cheaper. 60/300 would work for you

[divil]

i see many of you guys with ULE'd mags and such, and now, i finally acquire one of my own after many purchases and such. BUT, my steel tank is holding me back from trying to make my mag light as possible.

so i ask, what is a good sized tank for a ULE'd mag? im looking at a 48/3000 from crossifre (dont need 4500 since i cant even go past 3000 here in california). what do you guys think? oh, and im using a drop too.

i use a 45/4500 i think its the smallest and lightest carbon fiber tank

[Pneumagger]

why can t you go past 3000?

[mr doo doo]

wow, 3 guys answered at the same time, what a record!

yea, i was thinking about the 68, but the 48 is a bit smaller, and it seemed like a better move. but i do like the 68/3000 because, well, its cheaper!

pneumagger, i hear its a law in california that we cant go past 3000, because in the 3 fields i have been to, i cant fill my tank pass 3000.

[Thanna]

Strange, I play in NorCal and the field that I went to had 4.5k fills. Maybe it's easier/cheaper for fields to use a 3kpsi system?

[mr doo doo]

oh yea? which field thanna?

[olinar]

since you play at a field where you get free all day fills id say go with a 48 since they are lighter, but idk if they make them in carbon fiber. otherwiase a 68 would be your best choice.

[mr doo doo]

not 48, i meant 45, my bad

[SR_matt]

4500 vs 3k is very minimal price difference and if any where does get the ability to fill it later on you will be pissed. pay the 20 difference and get the 4500 psi


now size wise, didnt really see any shot number that makes it easier

i play with a 45/45 guerilla air tank get 600-700 easily (usually more) when i can get a full fill but i used it with out a drop so it fits perfectly to me. i used to use a 68/45 on my cocker with a wgp drop and it fit very well but the gun now seems really tall to me of i go back to it but unless i swaped out the drop it wouldnt feel right with anything smaller and the balance is pretty good in it anyway.

laws change all the time so in 2 years you might be allowed to have 5000 tanks, you never know

-matt

[Argelmcgee]

I like my 68/4500 as well. It seems to be the overall middleman, it can go on gun, or remote, and fit comfortably with either.

[mr doo doo]

hum... 68's? are ALL 68's the same? some of the crossfires on action seem longer than another, unless its just me.

what about a peanut? anyone have experience with those?

[Thanna]

NFinite Edge Paintball Park is where my friends & I play now. I started playing at Action Paintball Games. I remember NFinite has 4k fills. APG doesn't unless they changed recently.

p.s. I use a crossfire valve on a 68/4.5k... works fine for me.

[mr doo doo]

ah, i see. i play at norcal park and jungle, but they only have a 3000 psi restriction.

[kruger]

I personally use a Dye 71 inch Peanut tank. It is the same length as a 45, but is very fat. The Dye regs are crap, as far as I am concerned, but they do make a great tank.

[Toll]

Anymore I like a 45/45. After I broke my wrist it just sits nicer. I shoot a viking more often than not so air efficiency isnt an issue.

If you were to shoot a mag off a 45/45 I might caution you, as if you throw alot of paint expect to run out of air.

[mr doo doo]

oh... so maybe a 68 is the best overall choice then huh?

[sdlm_]

Personally I use a 114/45 with a PMI gas-thru stock, screwed into my ASA. the stock weighs less than a pound and is adjustable, so I get the size I want and light weight on my gun, and the ability to shoot almost a case on one fill (And plenty on a 3k fill I might add).

Getting the tanks weight off of my gun has really helped me play better (though somedays I do still do tank on gun, but not all that often). I also use the same setup on my shocker with a 48oz co2 tank for the really long games.

[DaFin]

ah, i see. i play at norcal park and jungle, but they only have a 3000 psi restriction.

Mr Doo... correct me if I am wrong but the Jungle had 4500 fills two months ago?

[rkjunior303]

with a mag? as big of a tank that you can carry lol.

the cp 68's are awesome. they are as small and light as my crossfire 45/4500

[mr doo doo]

really da fin? i always get only 3000 and thats it.

rkjunior, sort of looking into crossfire since they are very trustfull. i dont know, i just like them and always wanted a tank from them.

[RA1N1ER]

I'm from Nor*Cal and wasn't aware that there is such a law... (Only up to 3K)

I know alot of fields don't go higher than 3K because the compressor available is only up to 3K... there's one in here where I live and they fill ti up to 4500...

But if there is such a law then, at least I'm aware of it now (as of now, it's just a myth)

[SR_matt]

if you want to pull as much as you can out of your ULT with out an adjustable tank the gurellia gives you a little more RT than the crosfires do. not sure if it is because the recharge is slightly higher or the psi is slightly higher or a combo but i can feel a noticeable difference

my friend had a dye peanut tank, its just feels kinda weird to me personally because it is so wide (and he broke the reg pretty easily, mostly his fault but other regs i think would have been more noticeable that you had an issue)

-matt

[rkjunior303]

really da fin? i always get only 3000 and thats it.

rkjunior, sort of looking into crossfire since they are very trustfull. i dont know, i just like them and always wanted a tank from them.

crossfire's are heavy compared to most other tanks. seriously, take a look at the CP tanks.. they're really good.

[Dend78]

i think you need to buy my 114/3000 tank :D that will last you a long time, its a lil bit long but hey :D

[SR_matt]

crossfire's are heavy compared to most other tanks. seriously, take a look at the CP tanks.. they're really good.

ya over all the regs are around the heaviest (IIRC) and the tanks they chose are heavier (IIRC). i had a pmi tank that was extremely light (the reg was junk, couldn't keep up 230 psi in a pump gun to just keep the vavle closed when the tank psi dropped below 1000 ) and i think the weight was mostly due to the carlton bottle that was on it (not the standard PMI logoed tank). i had expected to get a carlton tank on my gurellia but i got a different tank that is heavier than the carlton but its not to bad

-matt

[rkjunior303]

ya over all the regs are around the heaviest (IIRC) and the tanks they chose are heavier (IIRC). i had a pmi tank that was extremely light (the reg was junk, couldn't keep up 230 psi in a pump gun to just keep the vavle closed when the tank psi dropped below 1000 ) and i think the weight was mostly due to the carlton bottle that was on it (not the standard PMI logoed tank). i had expected to get a carlton tank on my gurellia but i got a different tank that is heavier than the carlton but its not to bad

-matt

thats the thing with the CP tanks - not only are they light, they have great flow.

[SR_matt]

manufactures always use different brands of tanks just depending on what is cheap so u might buy 3 of the same tanks and each one weight differently, not bashing just stating that fact.

the gurellia isnt much heavier but i noticed it when i got it but the flow on it is amazing i can shoot pretty far down into it with my mag, alot farther than i can with my crossy and i think its just the fact it throws enough air at the onoff to get the pin back out

-matt

[rkjunior303]

manufactures always use different brands of tanks just depending on what is cheap so u might buy 3 of the same tanks and each one weight differently, not bashing just stating that fact.

the gurellia isnt much heavier but i noticed it when i got it but the flow on it is amazing i can shoot pretty far down into it with my mag, alot farther than i can with my crossy and i think its just the fact it throws enough air at the onoff to get the pin back out

-matt

CP manufactures they're own tanks, I believe. That's one of their selling points.

[Warwitch]

Personally I prefer to run as small of a tank as I can get away with. I carry very little paint so as long as I can shoot what I carry I dont mind refilling in between games.

[mr doo doo]

RA1NER: i guess there isnt a law. my friend said that, but he thinks he's always right :rolleyes: , so i guess there is not law, and that people just have a 3000 limit on their air source.

dend: eh, 114 is a little to big, but thanks anyways

CP? they good? arent they new to the tank industry?

[SR_matt]

i dont think they are too new, just not a huge name in that area they have always had great regs for HPA (dont try to run co2 through a cp reg, it doesnt work, at least in my experiences it ended up as a pricey gas through grip and almost blew out a gauge.)

i would assume that their tank regs be just as good as their inline ones (manufacturing their own tanks, as to my best educated guess, it really just they get the same company to always produce their tanks so they are consistent. most manufactures used to get one brand but with the whole CF shortage with this dream liner thing coming out its kind of hard to get as much as you need)

-matt

[mr doo doo]

hum... ill have to think about it. but CP tanks are ridiculously expensive.

[SR_matt]

they are not to much more expensive than others and with the cf shortage its not to bad. id still go with a gurellia over the cp just because i have had great experiences with it and know what it gives.

-matt