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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Paintball Air Tanks, CO2, HPA, LPA



Paintball can be confusing and so is true for the paintball air tanks. Which tank and what does it all mean? Why a CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) tank or HPA (High Pressure Air)tank? Well it depends and we cannot stress the importance of knowing what your gun is recommended to run on? Please always check with the manufacturer for their recommendations.

We know from experience it can be misleading. For example, the Smart Parts Ion XE paintball gun, is an excellent marker and does state that it can run on CO2. However, the gun performs best on HPA.

What tanks do you use? Why? Which is best for which models of paintball guns or paintball markers? What about sizes? Who uses what size and why? Some look for light weights while others look for more capacity. Please share your comments.

1 comment:

shawn22stl said...

When i first purchased my marker i used co2 on my spyder. My first outing with it was in october of 07 and it real cold. Basically it froze my markers orings and my day was finished. Ever since then ive been a nitroduck 3000 psi aluminum tank with redz international cover. Probably second best mod ive done to my marker and well work the $70 i spent on it.