help me on scuba tank purchasing

[impure]

hi havent chimed in here for a long while. i currently live in an area where there are no local paintball shops within me for at least 45 min and all the shops here(big 5) and such do not fill nitro/hpa. i bought the hsl scuba fill system and am looking for an 80 cu scuba tank to fill my bottle and my teams bottles. i have the wgp 68in. and need help choosing the tank. can i get any scuba tank? the hsl is rated to 3000 psi and i went to the local trigas here and he said i couldnt buy a big tank cause the lowest pressure he has is 4500 psi. i used to have a friend that had a scuba tank and i would fill off it all the time but i didnt really look into it. so what do i get? and look for?

[MANN]

I use scubas. I have 3 of them and it works great. I found that they were cheaper than the big 4500psi tanks, and were also easier to get around. The 4.5k Asize cylinders are very $$$. 3 scubas with fill stations were ~600 bucks, but I will eventlually make my money back, and be able to play with the Xmag anytime. There are roughlt 10-12 people that play with me that use hpa, and we always have enough.

[MoeMag]

[impure]

so should i buy any 80 cu ft tank? as long as it is rated to the right pressure and is tested? and where would i get the tank filled? its a dumb question and i know a lot about paintball but never really put any research into air.

[MANN]

you will need a 80cf tank they are the cheapest. Get a 3000 as the 3200psi are about twice the price. You will have to have it hydroed every 5 years, and each year you will need a visual inspection. You will need to find a dive shop to fill the tank.

In TN it cost 35 to have one rehydroed, and 10 for a visual inspection. It cost 3.00 to fill each tank.

[MoeMag]

I would go with a 80. they are easy to hande and you can find new ones dor about $150 or less at just about any dive shop and some paintball shops. If a paintball shop can fill air, they SHOULD be able to fill a scuba. If not of course dive shops can fill them for you.
I have also heard that some fire stations will fill them for you aswell. Never done it myself, but have heard that from many people. Most places, paintball or dive shops, usually charge $4 for a scuba fill so dont get ripped off.

[impure]

thanks all. i am going to start looking for an 80 cu tank since everyone said it is ok. thanks for all the help and FAST replies. i will also post some picks of all my current setup for you guys to drool over.

[RRfireblade]

My suggestion is to buy where your going to fill it. Most Scuba shops sell 'em used cheap (under 100 usually) fully inspected and since they are filling it , there aren't any questions.

I use Alu 'HP' tanks , light weight , fill to ~3400 and run used ~$100.

[impure]

sound good to me thanks

[punkncat]

Just so you know, one SCUBA is not going to give good fills for very long. The first fill will generally be near 2800-3000, but quickly drops off to unusable. Especially if you are using an HP marker....like the mag....

If you get friends to pitch in and get a few, cascade fill with them, then all can enjoy several games of good fills.

[impure]

Just so you know, one SCUBA is not going to give good fills for very long. The first fill will generally be near 2800-3000, but quickly drops off to unusable. Especially if you are using an HP marker....like the mag....

If you get friends to pitch in and get a few, cascade fill with them, then all can enjoy several games of good fills.

honestly, i dont even think i will let them fill unless they pay me like ten bucks. i was the one to buy the fill station and they were all supposed to pitch to get a tank but guess what they didnt buy or pay squat so they can pay me now if they want to fill

[punkncat]

honestly, i dont even think i will let them fill unless they pay me like ten bucks. i was the one to buy the fill station and they were all supposed to pitch to get a tank but guess what they didnt buy or pay s^!t so they can pay me now if they want to fill

I understand exactly where you are coming from.

Look at it like this. Its all win in one way as you can get a few good fills for yourself cheaper than one fill in your HPA tank at most shops. Thats IF they were available in your area...
the downside is that if you have air and none of your friends do, its hard to play by yourself.

Maybe charge the bounty and save it for "get another tank" fund?

[impure]

ya thats true but they can always play with co2. ones got a cocker and refuses to use hpa cause its too expensive and the others got an ion which will also use co2 from time to time. these are both stoners so they really dont care but i am going to be the one laughing when there is going to be a large plumbing prob and the other will be trying to fix computers!

[Aslan]

So what if you have a 4500psi HPA tank? You can't get a fill station that will fill it? I mean, if the scuba tank is only 3000psi, then itwill only fill 3000psi tanks or 4500psi tanks up to 3000. Man, I'd love to get a 4500psi fill station, I wonder how much that would run me?

[RRfireblade]

It will fill a 4500hpa tank up to 3000psi.