CO2 Bottles

[Toro Driver]

Has anyone used paintball co2 bottles. These are much smaller than the five pound bottles most users seem to prefere. My only concern is the frequency of filling a 20oz bottle as apposed to a five pound.

[Sumpin'fishy]

I have heard very BAD things about these. They supposedly have other chemicals other than CO2 in them and are detrimental to aquaria. I'd stick with the ol' trusty!

[rdmpe]

I looked into it, and IMO it was not worth the trouble to set it up. You need the CO2 bottle, then you probably need a "remote hose" or some other way to get a generic connector onto the special paintball fitting that is on those tanks. Then you need some more fittings to get a regulator on it. After the hassle, you might save $10 over going to a welding supplier and getting a 5 or 10 lb tank already filled. I called all around here and found a place that would give me a 5 lb tank filled for $65. If you figure 25 for a paintball tank, 25 for a hose, (ebay prices) and 5 for fittings, you are not saving enough IMO.

I've also heard that the co2 may have some oil or other contaminants, but I'm not sure if I believe it. I would call some welding and/or medical gas suppliers and ask them if I were worried about it. But again, doesn't seem worth the trouble.

[Mantis_22]

I posted the same thing awhile back. If you know alot about paintball gear as a pballer you defeat the purpose of posting here...

#1 All Paintball tanks are 100% Tested and Safe only for the use on Liquid CO2. (Look on the tanks label)
#2 If you are scared and believe the myths chemicals will leak into your tank, pay 15$ more online and get a Anti-Siphon kit which runs a curved pipe within the tank only recieving the CO2 Gas.....
#3 It can be done. My only objection is that the tanks will run low easily in a month. Now adding two 20oz's right beside eachother with a Y Bypass on/off valve would give a good expansion for about 2 months i'd say on low pressure. As always, your gonna need a solenoid, etc.


Hope this clears some stuff up...

[Azimiut]

I actually wanted to try this, since I am a big PB player. I used to use CO2 tanks, but went to nitro, thats a different subject. it is very easy to put a hose on a tank, you just need a bottom line, or "cradle" for the tank. most of them have 1/4NPT fitting. then you can put what ever you would like. if you get a good one with a reg, you can rugulate the pressure WAY down, to something like a bubble or two. but a 20oz will not last too long. so unless you are like me and have like 6 laying around, I would go with a 5lb bottle.

[Mantis_22]

yeah I went nitro for my angel last year lol