Crossfire vs System X

[FordPrefect]

Alrighty guys, I finally got a job and now I can afford nitro. I was wondering what tank performs better, the Crossfire 68/45 or the System X 68/45?

And is the Crossfire a 5 year tank, or 3?

If I get the SX, I am going to get it from MPP, so they are both $200.

[SlipknotX556]

The crossfire tank is a 3yr hydro. The system X is a 5 year. System X has a better flow rate, then crossfire.

[krafty]

Crossfire regs have a great flow rate, and the new tanks are 5-year.

[rudy]

SlipknotX556

how do you know system x has better flow? also is overall flow really mean better recharge? and does either of those cost consistency?

[FordPrefect]

Yea, I know that the Crossfire tanks have a good flow, but how good is the SX tank's flow? And as rudy said, how consistent are they?

[NJ_agd47]

I say the crossfire has a better flow rate...and its a pretty good tank..

[FordPrefect]

How do you know that the Crossfire has a better flow rate? I don't want people just saying "Oh, well I have this, so it is better" I want facts.

[Thordic]

Crossfire has the highest flow rate on the market.

http://www.crossfireinc.com/news.asp

They've done tests in public many many times where they do the same test using their tanks against other regs.

For a screw-in tank, you simply cannot beat the new Crossfire regs.

The SystemX tank just uses an ANS GenX2 reg on its tank. While they aren't BAD regs, they definitely aren't what I would call top of the line.

[FordPrefect]

That is the Angel at 11 BPS test, right? I've seen that. I don't know if it is true, but MPP says that the System X tank kept up with the Emagnum at 20BPS.

And still no one has talked about consistency, so is it that just no one really knows?

[Thordic]

The SystemX tank is just a plain old ANS GenX2 reg. It isn't all that great, although I'm sure its a decent reg on that tank.

The crossfire, on the other hand, is a PROVEN performer.

High flow rates lead to consistency, often inconsistency is caused by dropoff.

You seem biased towards the SystemX though, so why are you even asking? I've shown you that the Crossfire is proven in tests to be higher flowing than ANY reg they tested against, yet you are asking for more. Where is your "proof" that the System X is better?

If you ask a question, be ready to accept the answer.

[FordPrefect]

I am trying to be as unbiased as possible, so that I can get the best tank.

I am just exploring all aspects of the question.


Thankyou for your input.

[rudy]

where is the data?

[xmetal2001]

I remember seeing a bunch of tests done by Crossfire that showed them having the highest flow rate, but I also saw a lot of controversy towards the accuracy of the tests.

Still, I would say crossfire. Both come with a 5 year hydro.

[brian terry]

go crossfire.iv used there tanks on my sfl emag for over 1yr 1/2 and no prob .iv got the 88/45stub and a 68/45 and the new 72/45stub from crossfire .i use them on my sfl emag my c&c emag and a retro mag.i have no shoot down ever .

[rx2]

From my experience, both have good flow rates. I don't have any hard data, but I can say that I never had a dropoff problem when firing as fast as I can. The crossfire SEEMED to have slightly better consistancy, as with my 8-year old mag I was able to get a variance of 2 fps over the chrono with no problems. I had a slightly higher range with the System X, but these were not scientific tests done in static conditions. Either should do fine, but for now I am sticking with my Crossfire.