HPA filling question

[Shyne151]

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How many fills would I get out of that on a 68ci 3000? Anyone know?

[LongDuckDong]

I nebver counted but I play all day with my scuba tank and I go through a case and a half with my e-mag.

You will get a 1000 fills with it.. but not at 3000psi.

[punkncat]

The first fill should be right at 3000.
The second will be closer to 2000.
After that you will hover around 1500 for a few and then its not even worth using anymore.
I generally get 5 decent fills from my scuba, but it only cost 5$ to have it filled vs the same for one fill of my 68/45.
Great to take to a back yard game.
The thing to do is get a few friends to get tanks and cascade fill.

[Army]

The trick with a SCUBA tank, is NOT to fill your Pball tank everytime. You will get many more near full fills, if you only "top it off" after a game.

3000psi goes much further if you only tap a few hundred psi off it, rather than complete fills.

[LongDuckDong]

Exactly. After every game when I load up for paint I top off my tank.

Like I said, you can play the whole day with your scuba tank. Not bad for $4 fills (thats what I pay at my local scuba shop).

[Fuji]

Or like some of the teams out here. Use a tank (call it tank 1)until it hits about 2400PSI or so. Then when you need to do a fill, you first fill with (tank 1) the lower pressure tank (bulk fill), then top off with a second tank (tank 2) to get you up to 3000 PSI.