HPA or CO2 for Tippmann A5

[Oregon_Baller]

I shoot a VS2 with HPA and was telling my brother how great it is and am trying to convince him to go to the same, he is using CO2 with a remote and says he has no problems but would like more shots out of his gun and the convience of refilling in the field off of dive tanks. I heard that Tippmanns do better with CO2 rather than HPA is this true?
Thanks for your time,
Oregon_Baller

[bvdave]

I dont think any markers will run better off of co2 then HPA but personally I prefer co2, tanks are much cheeper fills are easier and if you have a/s or even a x chamber there isnt enough of a difference to make it worth it (and I play in the winter) co2 works great on tippys, I got 4 HPA tanks in my desk that I have never even opened and I dont plan on using one, Ima just sell em on ebay and keep using my co2. even tho I have hpa I will never use it.


but then thats my opinion and I know ima get flamed for it :P I just dont see enough of a difference to make it worth it, I have played a full days worth of play with a friends HPA once when I ran outta co2 and there was no noticable difference. so I will always stick to my good ol cheap and easy co2.


but in the end I dont think there is enything that co2 does better then HPA (save maybe shots per tank) and I have heard it can work better for RT but I casnt say from experiance as I have not used co2 and HPA both on a rt.

[babustos]

Tippmanns were made to run off CO2 very well, but almost all guns will run off HPA better than CO2. If he wants to fill from a dive tank, he will need some adaptors and a filling station.

[cjpomeroy]

I run HPA on my A-5. Flat out there is no comparison between HPA and C02. HPA is way... Way... Better. This is do to the consitency of the air pressure put out by HPA. You will find that your shots will much more accurate, especially if you fire rapidly. Sure Tippmans work on C02, but there really is no comparison between the two. Sure it may cost a little bit more to get filled, and the tanks are more expensive, but the performance is much much much better. If anyone tells you any differently, then they have probably not tried both on their A-5 or they shoot so much they don't pay much attention to an accuate shot.

I run a 88CI/4500 tank. I can get anywhere from 1200-1400 shots before needing to refill. I played on saturday, I had the tank filled to 4000, shot 1100 rounds and still had 1200 psi still in my tank. I refill at around 700 psi. Another thing to note is that I use a remote. I have tried both on remote and the HPA is way better.

Another thing with HPA, if you have an Egrip HPA works alot better than C02 because of the conistency. When you fire quickly with C02 the pressure can dip (especially if you don't have an expansion chamber). Also with HPA you don't have the tell tale white puff that comes out of your gun in some weather conditions.

[sanky]

hpa is wayy better

[MadR]

I have cheap heavy WGP HPA tank. After 1 year cositancy at chrono (low rate of fire) with HPA is less then with CO2 so I switched back to CO2.

So every time when somebody say HPA is better then CO2 it is needed to specify the price range of HPA system:

1. <100$ - dabateble
2. >100$ - yes.
3. 200+ $ Oooo yess!

[babustos]

I run a 88CI/4500 tank. I can get anywhere from 1200-1400 shots before needing to refill

You should be getting more than just that, even with an A-5.

[cjpomeroy]

You should be getting more than just that, even with an A-5.

Like I said I normally refill at around 700 PSI. I have yet to get a full fill at 4500. None of the fields in my area fill to 4500. 4000 is the best I can get. Based upon the math. If I went down to 400 psi and got a full 4500, I should be able to get around 1800.

[bvdave]

Personally the only time I would recommend HPA is if you get a egrip or RT as then you will see more of a difference (however when I get my RT Im still not going HPA but thats due to stubborness and other reasons)

if your going all mechanical stay with co2.