I'm surprised at how many people don't have HPA available in their area. HPA does have its advantages and that is why I use it.

Firenoid, what type of adapter do you have to go from SCBA cylinder to your 68/4500psi paintball tank. You notice I'm a firefighter by saying SCBA cylinder and not SCBA bottle.LOL. Inside joke.

I like to run HPA. It is much more consistent (IMO), and you can get a HUGE tank to last forever. I use a 98/4500 PSI and it might last all day depending if I get in a bunch or firefights or not.

HPA=performance .......I voted for HPA
CO2=low price

HPA is my main (72/3k on remote) and a couple of small CO2 (9oz & 12oz) as backup....I'll never go back to CO2 as my main.

HPA ftw

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.

HPA is better for the enviroment! lol

"Bush to urge halt of CO2 emission growth by 2025 " was head line on my daily update. HAHA i knew we were killing more then just our tolerance to pain.

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I get asked "Why?" alot. Why do you do this? Why did you do that? Why would you think of such a thing? WELL HERE IS MY ANWSER..... BECAUSE I CAN!!!!!!

The reasons mentioned above are all good points for HPA. Another one that I really liked was the tank pressure guage. I've never seen one on a CO2 tank but everyone has one for HPA. Its such a nice convenience to know how much pressure and subsequently how many shots you have left instead of just guessing if you have enough before you go out onto the field.

Another added benefit is the quick fill nipple. It's so easy and quick to get a fill on a HPA tank. Some fields can get you in and out with a fill a lot quicker than CO2, if they have it.

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They do make gauges for CO2 tanks as well. Looks more like the gauge on a fire extinguisher.

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A5, 12" PPS Brass (.690) with Apex tip, Tacamo HK 416 shroud, Tacamo AK-47 Sight Cover, JCS Gold Powertube, E-Grip (APE), Core CQB Wire Stock w/ RVA, Palmer Inline Stabilizer, Lapco Cyclone Ratchet, 450 round Hopper, 48 oz CO2 with remote line

FINALLY NOW I WILL BE ROLLING WITH HPA, MAN IT TOOK FOREVER, THREE TANKS ONE FOR EACH OF MY GUNS AND A SPARE, AWESOME


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