Steel cylinders suck. They are heavier than all get out. Also they have this bad tendency to rust at the bottom. And the rust on the carpet will make your wife very mad.
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I have no wife to account to, but I did buy the aluminum one. Saving $8 isn't worth the extra weight and impending rustiness.
heavier yes. havent had a steel tank rust on the bottom for me yet. i dont know maybe i got luckly.
You live in Cali, MGamer....the humidity is so low that I never had to take extraordinary measures to keep stored firearms from rusting in SoCal or NorCal. Same with the states just east of the Sierra Nevadas. You know that "air rust" you get on staples holding together old documents? Takes over 40% humidity to usually get that.
Anywhere else, it seems steel tanks just turn into rust monuments unless you keep them painted.
v/r, N-A
Anywhere else, it seems steel tanks just turn into rust monuments unless you keep them painted.
v/r, N-A
True. One little scratch or scrape and the frost that coats the cylinder when it gets filled is enough water to cause the rust.
hmmm...I didn't see any comments on a 30. When setting up a fridge as a "kegerator" a coupla years ago, I found it was about $70 vs $130 for a 5lb vs a 30lb. Two years and I still haven't needed to refill it. I was even thinking of teeing off the 3 PSI from the regulator & sending it thru a superfine stone for a little added CO2.
--Don
--Don
I think most people want a tank that will fit upright under the stand. Past 10# this becomes less possible.
Good point Pete. My 30lb'er is in the basement below and ~15 feet away from my 30G tank. Upcoming 75G will be about 20' away in the basement.
Not everyone has basements...or the desire to put a hole in the floor (though a 1/4 or 3/8" hole next to the wall is darn near invisible, especially behind the tank)
--Don
Not everyone has basements...or the desire to put a hole in the floor (though a 1/4 or 3/8" hole next to the wall is darn near invisible, especially behind the tank)
--Don
