linuxpimp20

Hi. i was just curious if anyone here owned their own scuba tank to do fill their own tanks. How much does it cost to get one of those filled? Where would you get them filled? A lot of the tanks say they should only be filled by certified people. How do you get certified? Like what is the certification called? thanks for any replies in advance.

toXic

I dont personally own them, but my friends do. All we have to do is take them to our fire department(which we are a part of) and they can fill them for us, or we can fill them using their compressors.

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linuxpimp20

i was just thinking the other day that they can't be overly prices to get them filled or otherwise no one would scuba dive. I think the main cost of it is buying the intial tank and equipment to fill.

toXic

Yea. If somebody does charge you it shouldnt be over 5. Which is still alot cheaper than co2.

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linuxpimp20

is that 5 dollars to get a tank for the gun filled or 5 dollars to fill up a scuba tank for a at home n2 fill station? If so over time the tank and equipment to fill it would pay for itself. Right now it cost me 5.99 to fill my tank but i heard there is a scuba store in a nearby town so im going to go there and see if they will fill them and how much they charge.

toXic

Should only be like $5 to fill the scuba tank, then you can fill your paintball tanks up as much as you can.

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Gif38

I have a scuba setup that I use when recballin or at a practice field with no air. It cost me $5 to fill it and lasts me and a couple of buds all day.

linuxpimp20

how much did your setup cost? What can it fill? 3k? 4.5k?

GatSplat

Here is a link to a scuba fill calculator: http://www.scubatoys.com/paintball/scubafills2.asp

And scuba tanks run $135 new: http://www.scubatoys.com/store/detai...RODUCT_ID=AL80

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toXic

I myself am just going to buy a used set up this weekend. I am getting 3 scuba tanks, and the fill station adapter for $250. So im getting the 50 fill station, and each tank for like 66.66.

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linuxpimp20

Are the tanks that can fill 4.5k a lot more expensive? Most scuba tanks i see are 3k psi. Also does anyone know of a good buyers guide for scuba tanks as pertaining to paintball? When looking for tanks i see a lot of specs that i don't know and i wouldnt want to pay more for a tank cuz it has some feature that is useful for scuba diving. How did you learn how to fill the paintball tanks on your own? I'll get any certifcation i'd need to if necessary i just don't know what the cert would be called and whatnot. thanks for your replies in advance.

paintballin34

Scuba can't goto 4500psi. Some people have said that fire dept tanks can. Now most scuba shops can fill to 4500 though.

linuxpimp20

yeah i saw on a site that the 4500 k tank was called a storage tank so i'll have to see if my nearest scuba shop can do 4500 k or not.