04-16-2008, 02:37 PM
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| Re: HPA vs C02
Are upgrades really worth it? - Special Ops Forum Propellant (~5$ a fill + cost of tank):
*CO2
*Compressed air (HPA, nitro, high pressure air)
When loading your paintball marker, you need more than paintballs, you also need a propellant. You have two options for this, CO2 or air (AKA nitro). CO2 is compressed as a liquid in your tank, HPA (high pressure air) is compressed as a gas. Paintball markers run on gas (no, not the stuff that fuels your car). This means CO2 must expand into a gas before it can be used to fuel your marker. Due to the nature of CO2, it will not expand the same amount each time. That means it will not be very consistent, and bad constancy means bad accuracy. That is why your feet per second will jump around a lot. CO2 also does not work well on cold days. HPA on the other is much more consistent because it doesn't have to expand. It is harder to find places that fill HPA though. Almost all fields and some sporting goods stores fill CO2. You will need a cylinder (tank) to hold your propellant. CO2 tanks cost around 25 dollars. HPA tanks on the other hand are a bit more expensive. Steel HPA tanks are around 70 dollars, and fiber wrapped HPA tanks are around 200 dollars new. You can find them for close to half that used though. If you have someone near by that can fill HPA tanks, you should defiantly go with compressed air.  |