Bandit ball

[shartley]

Originally posted by aaron_mag
Yes this is difficult for younger AOers to understand. You start multiplying everything by 3 or 4 and things start getting really expensive. I have nothing against paying fees at the field (they have to stay in business after all) but due to expense it becomes more of a special occasion rather than a routine outing. Especially when more of the family decides to go as well.

Oh god!!! Scuba setup is the way to go. I can't believe I ever lived without one. I bought the tank from a local scuba shop for $150. The fill station was another $55. The scuba shop fills my tank for $5 and two of us play for two outings on that. It is so much more convenient.

[Crighton]

I rent a 50lb bulk co2 tank for 3 bucks a month. A 50lb fill is 11 bucks. The fill station and scale ran me 50 bucks together.

I lug that beast out to our outlaw field on sundays and charge a buck per tank no matter the size. Even at 1 buck a fill the tank has already paid for its rental fee for the year and the cost of the scale and fill station. I can't even imagine how much cash this thing has saved our group. The local fields all charge 4-5 bucks a fill.