Motorized hoppers feed faster and more consistently.

C02 tanks have liquid C02 in them. This is filled via a big tank (mother tank) which can be rented from a welding shop. Fields and shops almost invariably have the capability to fill C02.

Nitrogen is a gas, not a liquid (at least not in paintball terms) The tanks hold between 3000 and 5000 psi depending on the tank you buy, and the more pressure in the tank the more air can be fit in the same space, and you get more shots. Tanks are measured in terms of the air they can hold (a 68CI tank can hold 68 cubic inches of atmosphere) Based on my last point, a 68CI/3000psi tank holds less shots than a 68/4500 tank, even though they are the same size. 3000 psi fills are easy; Scuba tanks and the right adaptor (yoke) are used to fill up to 3k. 4500 fills are generally achieved via a compressor, which are ungodly expensive (3 thousand US dollars and up) so many fields and shops do not have them. 5k fills are very rare.

Almost nobody fills true nitrogen anymore, and instead it's just air that is compressed and dried.

C02 tanks and HPA/nitrogen tanks have different valves, so you couldn't fill a C02 tank with HPA. Even if you could, it can hold very low pressure and it would not be worth it.

Cheap paintballs have bad shells, bad fill, bad consistency, and are generally bad. It is not worth it to shoot the cheapest paint you can find. I recommend middle to high end paints, these being Xball Silver and Gold, All Stars, Hellfire, Inferno SFX, Anarchy, etc.

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.

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

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lachymac1 wrote: MilSimBaller wrote: lackymac, what do you have a high pressure air compressor for, and what is its exact output pressure? well its not mine its my step dads. he has it at his work place. he owns this company which basically just makes all sorts of industrial stuff like truck hydrollics and stuff. i mean it belongs to his company so its essentially his.

I can pretty much guarantee it's high volume, low pressure equipment. At my dad's work they have two giant 3 phase compressors that run their sand blasting equipment, and they dont output any more pressure than shop compressors do. Just a lot of volume. 

Ok, good luck with that. I cannot fathom why they would have a HP compressor for that kind of work.

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Remeber, your tank needs to have a High pressure (800-850 psi) output. An LP 68/4500 wont work, but an HP one will.

Just something else to confuse you.

That's tank pressure. There is a regulator on the tank that drops that pressure down to either 450 psi (LP) or 800-850 psi (HP). No tank puts full pressure into the gun.

The regulator is what screws into the gun, just like on a C02 tank. But on C02 tanks, there's only a valve (on or off) and on HPA tanks there is a regulator. All tanks have these regs. Make sure you get the high pressure output, because the Low pressure ones will not work on your Tippmann.

It's not really a "shop" per se, it's just a place where you can buy people's gear directly.

So yes you have to be a member, otherwise there's no way to associate with the seller.

That's right.

Sure thing. Don't be scared to keep askin questions; I know my way around this sport. 

Unscrewing it from the gun is just like taking a C02 tank off. It wont hurt anything and it is perfectly safe. Make sure the reg never unscrews from the bottle though, be it C02 or HPA. If that happens, you will have a deadly missle on your hands.

Common size, good balance of weight and capacity.

I love both of mine.

Edit- some people cant get 4500 fills, so its cheaper and more reasonable to get a 3k tank.

Also, some people want to spend as little as possible on thier tanks. 3000 psi tanks are cheaper than 4500 ones because 4500 tanks have to be stronger.