Well I finally got ahold of a 2nd generation hp maxflo and a new tank for my rt/ule. I have always made it a #1 hard fast rule not to mess around with my hpa tanks and regs so I was a bit uneasy when it came to getting it filled for the first time.
I got the maxflo off of ebay and the seller had it listed as new in the box. NOT!!! It was however in extremely good condition and only slight telltale signs that it had at least been mounted on a bottle at some point in time. This made me even more uneasy about getting that first fill.
It seemed to be easy enough getting it all set up on the mag and everything just fell right into place without any modifications. So it was off to the local pb store to get a test fill. After talking with the airsmith for a bit and going over the new set-up he said everything looked fine and had no problems with filling it. He took it into the back room where the fill station is and started to put the juice to it and just as he started to ask me where I picked up the regulator from...........KABOOOOOM!!!! 
He came running out of the back room and almost tripped over me because I immediately hit the floor. After gathering ourselves and making sure that we had all of our body parts intact we were like wth happened? I had visions of my beautiful mag and new reg laying in pieces all over the back room floor. Apparently the on off valve on the maxflow had a bad o-ring and even though it was in the off position and allowed enough pressure through to blow up the microline. 
So while I am waiting for my rebuild kit for my maxflo to arrive in the mail I am looking into alternate materials and routing methods for the airline. Any suggestions?
I don't really want to go with steel braided line, lets face it, its ugly looking. A while back me and one of my teammates was comparing a stainless steel hard line from his phantom to the valve and foregrip fittings on his Tac-1 and they matched up perfectly. I have seen pics of several mags with a hardline from the valve to the top of the foregrip then another hardline that goes from the bottom of the foregrip back to the ASA. Any information as to where I could purchase the line and fittings for this would be greatly appreciated.
I got the maxflo off of ebay and the seller had it listed as new in the box. NOT!!! It was however in extremely good condition and only slight telltale signs that it had at least been mounted on a bottle at some point in time. This made me even more uneasy about getting that first fill.
It seemed to be easy enough getting it all set up on the mag and everything just fell right into place without any modifications. So it was off to the local pb store to get a test fill. After talking with the airsmith for a bit and going over the new set-up he said everything looked fine and had no problems with filling it. He took it into the back room where the fill station is and started to put the juice to it and just as he started to ask me where I picked up the regulator from...........KABOOOOOM!!!! He came running out of the back room and almost tripped over me because I immediately hit the floor. After gathering ourselves and making sure that we had all of our body parts intact we were like wth happened? I had visions of my beautiful mag and new reg laying in pieces all over the back room floor. Apparently the on off valve on the maxflow had a bad o-ring and even though it was in the off position and allowed enough pressure through to blow up the microline. So while I am waiting for my rebuild kit for my maxflo to arrive in the mail I am looking into alternate materials and routing methods for the airline. Any suggestions?
I don't really want to go with steel braided line, lets face it, its ugly looking. A while back me and one of my teammates was comparing a stainless steel hard line from his phantom to the valve and foregrip fittings on his Tac-1 and they matched up perfectly. I have seen pics of several mags with a hardline from the valve to the top of the foregrip then another hardline that goes from the bottom of the foregrip back to the ASA. Any information as to where I could purchase the line and fittings for this would be greatly appreciated.
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