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Summary: CO2 gives better paintball performance and lasts longer. Learn about the features of various paintball guns in this free paintball gun buying guide from a paintball expert.
Robert Stewart is a fifteen year veteran of the sport of paintball. Stewart brings his military training and experience to the game of paintball. In designing and building Hill 13, he...read more
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"CO2 versus compressed air. Hi I'm Robert Stewart with hill13.com. Today we're going to be talking about CO2 versus compressed air. A lot of rental fields you go to they're going to have an air compressor running in the gun hut and the tanks that you're going to be playing with are going to be filled with compressed air. And it is exactly what it says it is. They compress the air into a tank, feed it into the bottle and then you hook that to your gun and that's what you're going to play off of. A 20 ounce tank will last you at least, depending on the weather conditions, 200, 300 balls. But generally speaking you don't get the performance out of compressed air that you do from CO2 like you saw in this tank. The reason for that is the CO2 is a little bit more stable and releases a little smoother and it gives you better performance and it's a longer lasting gas. So what I've just done here is screwed the tank into the back of the weapon here and as you screw the tank in if it begins to bleed in a way that's not, as you can tell it's not bleeding now, if it bleeds that means you probably have a bad O ring. We'll come back to that later. Once the air is on, if your air tank is full, the weapon should be capable of firing. And then you're ready to play."
eHow Article: CO2 Vs. Compressed Air Paintball Guns
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pbgirl said
on 5/26/2009 How is Co2 not cheaper than Compressed Air. If you have an air compresser its free.... This guy is so stupid. totally backwards.
soulstealer2690 said
on 3/15/2009 OK EVERYONE LISTEN THIS GUY HAS CO2 4 BRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COMPRESSED AIR IS MORE STABLE!!!!!!!!!! AND IT DOES NOT HURT YOUR GUN!!!!!! IF CO2 DOES NOT GO TO GAS FROM LIQUID THEN IT WILL SCREW UP YOUR GUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COMPRESSED AIR IS BETTER BUT Co2 IS CHEAPER FOR MABYE MESSING AROUND IN YOU BACK YARD. GET COMPRESSED AIR!!!! YOUR GUN WILL THANK YOU BY WUPPIN ASS FOR YEARS 2 COME!!!!!!!
benjamin27889 said
on 3/2/2009 if this gut was an expert, he would not say that most fields use compressed air. he also would not of called it a weapon and he would have cocked the A-5 before airing it up. compressed air has alot better performance than co2. expert he is not
doobie1 said
on 11/6/2008 You are kidding me right? This is an expert? He has it completely backwards. Look, man. If you screwed up and said CO2 and Compressed Air backwards, just get on here and admit the mistake. This is not debatable. Science proves compressed Air is more stable and reliable in all weather conditions.
hades2 said
on 10/2/2008 Thought this was an expert? Co2 is a liquid based gas and so the moisture gets shot out with each paintball you shoot, leaving a coat of liquid in your barrel that throws of the next shot. Fields don't give you Compressed Air (CA) with rental equipment because CA tanks cost anywhere from $95 - $200 as opposed to $20 for a 20oz. Co2 tank that you can purchase at Walmart. Temperature also greatly affects Co2 and NOT CA. CA tanks come in 3,000 and 4,500 PSI tanks, with cubic inches varying greatly. A common size is a 4,500 PSI / 68 Cubic Inch tank, referred to by knowledgeable players as a 45/68. That tank costs the same as Co2 to fill and will give you anywhere from 700-1,200 shots, depending on the amount of pressure your marker operates at. For example, a Smart Parts Ion will be anywhere between 150-175 operating pressure while a Tippmann A-5 operates at 400, therefore the Tippmann would consume all the air in the same tank used on the Ion with fewer shots. CA is better than Co2 not only for accuracy but for consistancy as well. If your tank bleeds and it's due to a ripped, scratched, or broken O-Ring it's because you're playing with Co2! Co2 freezes as it purges when you remove the tank from your marker, hence the loud hissing sound as you unscrew it. Now, feel the tank... it's cold! The Co2 that was being purged is even colder and it freezes the O-ring at the end of your tank. That makes for very quick breaks in O-rings. Hope that helps.