brihard wrote: Don't worry, you won't need to spend $1000. Think more along the lines of $3000. Ain't gonna happen. Also, wrong forum. Try New Players next time.

why is it in the wrong forum? im not a new player. couldn't a buy a scuba tank that holds 3000 psi and get it filled?

Ya that what me and my friends are doin were gonna buy a scuba tank and fill are tanks up that way when were not at a field.

And just cause your not a new player you can still post in there.

As you can see tippmann forum doesn't have a paintball talk section.

So just post your questions in the new player forum

scuba tank:

i found at my local scuba shop a 3000psi tank and a deep-six.com a fill station

3000psi tank- $139.00

paintball fill aparatus- $145.00 thats with the shipping.

total: 284.00

$5.00 a fill the 3000psi tank. you would get around 17,500-20,000 shots.

i usally have to go around 40 mi. to get my tank filled. i have allot of friends that uses compressed air. i could sell the air and make the money back.

choopie911 wrote: Do you have to be certified to fill HPA with a scuba tank, or what?

no/yes...NO. when you buy the tank you have to. but. you can sign a waiver saying that you wont use the tank for breathing/under water use. deep-six said they will sell you the whole deal.

whats not safe about it? i wouldn't be letting my friends use it. im looking into getting a apparatus that has everything that gos from the scuba tank to your paintball gun tank. the apparatus includes the yoke, bleeder, gauge, and a hose with the fittings to go to your tank.

www.deep-six.com/page100.htm

Hairball!!! wrote: choopie911 wrote: Do you have to be certified to fill HPA with a scuba tank, or what? To do fills commercially (for money), probably.

this is for private use only. it would just be filling up mine and mabe my friends tank.

of couse you do some training/know how before you you fill them up.

scuba tanks are incredibly easy to use, but you should be shown how first.  a lot of my friends who work at the local shop have scubas that they have filled with the shop's compressor.  they actually fill up to 4.5k too.  all you have to really do is turn a couple knobs.

remember though... scuba tanks don't fill as much as you may think.  I suggest getting your individual tanks filled, then using the scuba to top off as needed through out the day. 

If you're buying a K-valve SCUBA, all you need is one of these:

http://www.a-1paintballstore.com/32-Degrees-Scuba-Fill-Station.html - http://www.a-1paintballstore.com/32-Degrees-Scuba-Fill-Stati on.html

The more expenisve ones are for DIN style tanks, which aren't usually 3k psi.

hybrid-sniper wrote: If you're buying a K-valve SCUBA, all you need is one of these: http://www.a-1paintballstore.com/32-Degrees-Scuba-Fill-Station.html - http://www.a-1paintballstore.com/32-Degrees-Scuba-Fill-Stati on.html The more expenisve ones are for DIN style tanks, which aren't usually 3k psi.

the thing i dont like about these is it doesn't have a hose.

i like this one:

i found one but it doesn't have the right fitting. im looking for a yoke with a hose.

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