New customizer, important expansion ch. question

In my opinion and experience, you are going to be much better off with using a regulator over the expansion chamber.  A Palmer's Stabilizer is perfect for a Tippmann and the performance (once it's broken in) will be just so much better.

A Palmer's Stabilizer is omnigas, meaning it will function with CO2 or HPA.  This way, if you ever decide to go from one to the other, the Stab will handle it.

Putting upgrades on a Tippmann is addictive.  The problem with it, though, is that there are a lot of upgrades that just aren't worth the price, such as an expansion chamber.  If you can't afford the stabilizer right now, and don't want a remote line in the future, then don't waste the money and save it to get the Stab.

Let's say, though, that you already have a remote line.  I still wouldn't recommend placing it on the marker, as your final version is going to be different.  This will throw you off just a little bit and will make you have to "retrain" yourself to use the marker.

As far as an alternative, there really is no alternative for a regulator.  Now, if you are wanting to compare an expansion chamber with a remote line, then yes, they pretty much do the same thing, which is help keep liquid out of the marker.  But it won't stop all of it.


Edited by Hubb - 07 June 2010 at 10:45pm

bellw wrote: I've played paintball for around 3 years now, but just recently started to customize my 98c. I want to get an expansion chamber, but I have one really important question: will the 98c platinum ex. chamber work on a regular 98c?

No it won't. The expansion chamber for a Platinum series will not fit a non-Platinum series 98.  For about the same price as an expansion chamber and and less than a stabilizer, you can buy a metal HPA tank and switch to HPA removing the need for either an expansion chamber, remote line or stabilizer. If you do not have HPA fills available to you and have to stick with CO2, and expansion chamber or remote line will work to the same effect. With that said, unless you have an E-grip or RT upgrade, you really shouldn't run into that many issues with shootdown or freeze over unless you are playing in cold weather.

Update: I've looked over the different stabilizers, but I don't know which one to get. Is there any way I could get one that screws straight into the valve, then goes down to the drop forward? 

Is there an adapter to go straight into the power tube, or is my only choice through a vertical adapter in the front grip?

Thank you very much