noob questions. need help :)

hi everyone. i am a 100 percent total noob to this, i've only
plsyed s couple times and im totaly hooked, i've decided to buy
my own gear and start entering comps as i've been told i've got
the tactical mind for it. ok, first stupid question. Why do some
hoppers have batteries? i dont get this. also (by the way i'm
buying my gear off the net cos i live in australia and its pretty
much the only way to get it here) i've noticed on the net that you
can get CO2 tanks or nitrogen tanks. whats the difference? and
can you just use air in a CO2 tank and simply use and air
compressor to fill it? oh and one more thing. is there a differnce
between any paintballs that i buy? or should i get whatever is
cheapest to save money?

thanks for help everyone

first question: some hoppers have batteries because they have a agitator arm inside that force feed paintballs into the gun so that you can shoot fast.  this is only needed if you have an electronic or a response trigger so that the hopper can keep up with the high rate of fire.

second question: co2 tanks and nitrogen tanks are different.  co2 is a refrigerated gas.  its downsides are that it is slightly inconsistent (without a stabilizer), and its efficiency is dependant on the climate.  the warmer it is, the more efficient.  nitrogen, n2, and HPA are all the same thing.  it is a tank which holds compressed air.  HPA tanks can be filled with an air compressor if it has an output pressure of 3500 or 4000 psi depending on your tank.  HPA is very consistant and efficient, but the tanks are very expensive (about $200 for the cheapest good one) and they are a tad more expensive to fill.  check with your local fields to see what the fill.

question 3: with paint, you get what you pay for.  stay away from anything made by brass eagle.  it also depends on who your buying from, and if they took good care of the paint, and that its not stale.

if you have any more questions, dont be afraid to use the search button if its a common question, if you cant find anything then just ask.  you can PM me if you'd like.

No. Since when do air compressors output liquid C02?

They can;t fill HPA tanks either, because they don't have enough output pressure.

sorry im a noob im getting confused hehe. so you can fill a
nitrogen tank or a HPA tank with compressed air then?
MilSimBaller you seem to think they're the same thing, does
that mean i can use my air compressor to fill either a nitrogen
tank or an HPA tank?

no no i have a high pressure one, dont worry about that. so as
far as i now know you can fill a nitrogen tank with plain and
simple compressed air.

awesome. and does compressed work just as well as nitrogen?
are there any positives/negatives to using plain air as apposed
to nitrogen or CO2

compressed air...and nitrogen...are one in the same my friend...when one refures to nitrogen or compressed air...it basically means the same thing...so all in all nitrogen IS compressed air...

lachymac1 wrote: no no i have a high pressure one, dont worry about that. so as far as i now know you can fill a nitrogen tank with plain and simple compressed air.

Why do you have a high pressure one?

no problem...with little help i gave...

I highly doubt you have one meant for high pressure applications. There are very, very few uses for them.

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