Poll: How many use 3k vs 4500??

[SSP REAPER]

All of my tanks are 4.5K except my 13ci for my phantom. If we could get an affordable, high quality 3K compressor for home use...I'd be grateful and happy!

[DFSniper]

i traded off my 4.5k because i thought there werent any fill stations around, turns out i was wrong. so right now i have 3k, but thats fine for at home.

[Hook]

I've got a 68/4500, but local field only fills at 3K.

[Rudz]

Id like 4.5k but I guess I can live with 3k if its easier for you

[Smoothice]

4500 would get my mags more use.

But 3000 will fill my scuba which will keep my sniper fed all day long.

So that's fine.

[Mongoose]

I only use 3k. That said, I don't think anyone will be relying on this to fill their tank before dashing off to a tournament. 3k should be more than enough for either gun teching or playing out in the boonies.

Not true......what if i wanted to go to a renegade field and had no access to air all day.


I would settle for 3K...but would prefer 45

Any Chance on producing both?

[El Camino]

Looks like we are going to need two models. 3k budget and 4.5k deluxe.

I agree with Zap. I use both, 3000 only because of tank size (13 & 22ci)

[ezcreation]

The 2 options seems to the most interesting one. Personally I want the 4500 option for my HPA tank. That said most Scuba tank users will only need 3K.

[Swamp Thing]

MY Answer

Right now when I refill at home I use scuba and I can only get close to 3K on my first fill and less than that on each after.

Refilling the scuba at the dive shop is not cheap.

If I had a way to get my tanks up to 3K that would be fine by me plenty of air to test and play with.

My field has 4500 but it is rare that it every delivers that.

Swamp

[zondo]

I've got a 3K and a 4.5K. If I were to buy this, it would be to tinker at home or at least get me a head start at the field so I could sleep in. I don't play outlaw at all.

I'd like a 4.5K but I could use a 3K no problem.

[chafnerjr]

I'm interested in being able to tinker. As long as it can keep topping off my 3k SCUBA tank on a regular basis then I'm totally cool. So here are the two scenarios I would buy this compressor for:

1) To be used sporadically to get full 4500 fills on a 68 or 72 ci tank. (probably 4 times/mo)

2) To continually top off my 3k SCUBA tank on a regular basis. i.e. I plan to fill 2 68/72 4500 tanks off an 80cf 3k SCUBA and then top it off with this system your designing.

Outside of those two purposes I don't have a need. The dive shop for me is about 6 miles away and @$10/fill, would fill my scuba tank 30-50 times for the price of the unit in which we're looking at. I do admit that I am rare and that this unit is primarily for those who wouldn't have such access to HPA. In any event those are my $.02 and I can't wait to see what you're building whether or not I ever buy one. It's great to have innovators like you still around

Tom YOU ARE THE MAN!!! Keep up the hard work!

[Zone Drifter]

I never needed more than 3000 since if I'm playing a scenario I'll either run out of ammo or get shot out before I run out of air. Can always go refill before I go back out. Same goes for speedballin'.

[Ando]

The dive shop for me is about 6 miles away and @$10/fill, would fill my scuba tank 30-50 times for the price of the unit in which we're looking at

You figure you do 20+ fills a year. Buying this will pay itself off in 2 years or less and you still have the unit. I gave my 2 tanks to my cousin when I took a hiatus from the game and diving due to being in the military but when I had them I filled them up at least 2-3 times a month for both scuba and paintball. Filling 3 tanks once a month at $10 a fill. That's a good chunk of money for the year and nothing to show for it but underwater pictures and welts

[kwood]

my wife and i's tanks are 4500 and would prefer to fill up to that but, if it were 3k and 250 i would go for it

[Spider-TW]

Not true......what if i wanted to go to a renegade field and had no access to air all day.

Sounds like it would be cheaper to own two 4500 tanks filled to 3k.

I have 3k and 4.5k tanks, but getting a fill over 3800 is still rare. The last field I played at just had one fill line at 3k.

Tom, without a shop compressor and an initial fill, would the system you have for starting with a shop compressor still work but just take longer? Or does it cause excess wear?

If nothing else I could leave 500 psi in my scuba tank (recommended anyway) and use it to prep bottles as well as keeping the scuba tank primed.

Is the idea that the compressor runs slow enough that a lot of the water comes out in the compressor, or will we need more than a trap?