High Pressure or Low Pressure tank - Does it really matter with a FS?

[mesaboogie7]

Will I notice any difference in performance with either of the two? Any less shots? Input please...thanks!

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[kai83]

If your LP tank is Good and has really high flow Like a Crossfire or Legionaire you should have no Problems

[mesaboogie7]

Thanks Kai - but is their any significant performance advantage of one over the other? Basically, I haven't purchased a tank yet - so does it matter either way?

[FMpaintballer]

Some where, I found that it said that LP tanks would have Shot down at high rates of fire. Is this true?

[scare]

^^^ probably if you dont have a good one
id just stick with a 800 and have no worries :D

[Play4therush]

IF HAVE HE BOLT GET HP!!!!!!!!!!

[kai83]

Originally posted by mesaboogie7
Thanks Kai - but is their any significant performance advantage of one over the other? Basically, I haven't purchased a tank yet - so does it matter either way?

If you dont have one get the HP, It's just I would not go out of my way to buy one if I had a LP....everyone here runs LP tanks with awesome results....

[mesaboogie7]

Okay - thanks for the input guys - last couple of questions....do I lose shots per fill by using HP? Someone once told me that I would.

And last - here are my choices at the local shops, recommedations?

Dye Throttle Peanut 72ci HP
PMI 72ci stubby LP & HP avail
Centerflag Hyperflow 72ci stubby LP & HP avail
Crossfire - SOLD OUT EVERYWHERE!!


Thanks again, guys!

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[kai83]

Then get online and get yourself a HP MD LA

[jec1521]

Originally posted by kai83
Then get online and get yourself a HP MD LA

^^^

[mesaboogie7]

MacDev Legion Air? I wanted to pick up a tank today for some games this weekend - that's my dilemma. You wouldn't recommend any of the ones I posted? I can't find the Legion Air on sale anywhere except straight from MacDev...

[John85a42]

if I have a lp crossfire and I get the he bolt
will I have problems?

[Xanieth]

Originally posted by mesaboogie7
Okay - thanks for the input guys - last couple of questions....do I lose shots per fill by using HP? Someone once told me that I would. Someone once lied to you. You're going to get the same shots per fill if you use LP or HP. If you have a bad tank or shoot really fast, you might get shootdown with LP. You can't use LP on every gun though, but you can use almost every gun on HP.

[kai83]

Meh... The amount of Markers that only take LP and those that only take HP is probaly pretty close... its pretty Open

[Play4therush]

Originally posted by John85a42
if I have a lp crossfire and I get the he bolt
will I have problems?


I did, thats why I went to HP.

[trip]

i have a LP 70/4500 CF and tried my friends HP 68/4500 CF and there was no difference. I dont know if I in my imagination feels more secure with a HP reg and HE-bolt but i'm gonna trade my LP w/ my friends HP reg.. just to be on the safe side. well.. and he have a alias timmy and really wanna have a LP reg.

But me= no difference in performance what so ever.

sidenote: i use a Sidewinder HPR and a JDS LPR if that matters

[kai83]

Yes I suppose high flow inline probably can make all the difference as well....

But I have set up over plenty Freestlyes with LP tanks , come to think of it I dont know if One person used the stock reg so I cannot vouch for that

[ZoWnX]

the manuel is covered front to back saying it about 4 times that you get better results with a LP tank...

not sure how true it is, but i bieleve icd knows what they are talking about.

[trip]

the manual is written in the time when the HE-bolt was on the drawingboard, so i wouldnt take that for a proof that LP is the only way to go considering that the 'original' bolts operating pressure was significant lower than the HE-bots op. pressure. (wow, that was a long sentence)

[kai83]

Originally posted by kai83
If you dont have one get the HP, It's just I would not go out of my way to buy one if I had a LP....

[ZoWnX]

forgive if i am wrong, but the manuel is version 1.1... ie updated with the HE bolt.

[Chris at Tech]

HP tank with stock HPR will not cause a problem. And it will be even less of a problem with a good, aftermarket HPR like CP, Macdev or AKA.

[zpsaxon]

General rule I was told is that you want at least 150 to 250 more psi entering in the the HPR over the regular operating pressure. I run a maxflo lp air tank on my generation 1 at about 475 psi output on my tank to a CP reg at about 300. No shoot down ever and works excellent and with no HE kit I get about 1200 shots out of a 88/4500 tank. I also have a 04/05 generation 2 that runs about 410 ish psi ( its high but thats what it runs at to get 295 fps) I used a crossfire LP tank output at about 450 and its such a good tank I had no shoot down either but to be safe its to close for input and output for me and I sold the LP tank and got a Hp tank to be safe. Lastly I used a PMI tank HP 800 output and it was horrible I watched the guage on the gun starve it self over and over. So Use a LP tank or a HP you need a good tank regardless what pressure the output is.