Anyone have experience with 3A air systems?

[TheShark]

well as it gets closer to auction time, the price has gotten up to around 120 sadly.. i still think its a great deal though... hope it doesn't go any higher though. The good news is 3A will have more of these auctions coming due every day, I will snag one of em.

[Automaggot68]

I would seriously not trust any air system that is bigger than a 68 that is below 100$, especially since it is a 4500. Your air system needs to be the second safest piece of gear you have. I would just save another 100$ and get a trusted air system.

I couldn't have said it better. The most important piece of gear being your mask...then air system...
Good post !

[gc82000]

When did 3A start using center-flag regs? Because a guy was trying to sell his tank last year. And his reason was because it did not keep up with his Ebladed-cocker. I know center flag has been around for a while and their quality is very high. So....... when did this happen?

[magmonkey]

is the center flag reg new to 3A ?
I have thrown away 3 of the regs off 3a tanks that local players have bought and put on crossfires ( the 3a regs just plain did not work out of the box)

[soccer4minimags]

They have used centerflag regs for awhile.

Yes it will keep up just fine with an e-bladed cocker. Thats what my friend runs his on and he hasn't gotten any shoot down yet.

[FallNAngel]

I would seriously not trust any air system that is bigger than a 68 that is below 100$, especially since it is a 4500. Your air system needs to be the second safest piece of gear you have. I would just save another 100$ and get a trusted air system.

Well, it uses the same actual tank as most any other tank out there (Carlton or Luxfer) and uses a good reg... what's the problem?

[1ofkind]

I've seen 3A threads b4, they all said bad things about 3A. Most people said the reg leaked after month, others sold theres and about 3 months they would get an angry email back from the buyer.

I say stick to the populare brands. I manadged to get a 68 ci 3000 psi nitroduck 80$ on ebay. Be patient look for a good deal, or until you saved up money.

[Venom523]

I bought 2 71/4500 for 3A and they have been fine. The gauges where cheap and broke but I emailed them about it and the sent me 2 new replacements free. They stopped using the cheap gauges. A friend of mine has the same tank he bought a year after me and it's fine.

[Destructo6]

IIRC, they started to transition to the Centerflag regs about a year ago.

As FallNAngel and doubletap have said, they use the same tanks that many others use, who must all conform to DOT standards anyway, and use a well established reg (Centerflag), so what's the complaint? price?

I could buy one for $150 and sell it to you for $230 if it made you feel better.