Lpk

[vometpig]

ok..idont fully understand these. whati have so far is that it takes high pressure from your tank and it goes into the low pressure chamber and since theres more volume in there the pressure decreases but its the same amount of air so it doesnt affect velocity. and you need a nitro tank. low pressure or high pressure tank? i've been reading on it some. you also need a second regulator is oen thing i've read. why is that. thanks

[ICU117]

I'm strongly against these... Less pressure means more volume is needed to fire the gun, basically causing you to save little or no efficiency. As for what type of nitro tank your marker needs, you will need a high pressure tank. I may be wrong about the lpk thing though, so I'd wait for some more opinions about it. I have not owned one so I can not speak from experience, just from what I've read about them.

[mjr_paranoid]

If your tank has the first regulator. If it is a fixed output tank, you need a secondary regulator to lower the pressure going into the marker.

A secondary regulator is still recomended to get a nice consistant pressure.

The point of the LPK is to lighten the hammer (a lighter hammer is in the kit)and use less pressure to fire the marker.
This creates less kick and supposedly a quieter shot. I can't tell the difference in the ones I have heard. But there is less kick.
It also provides a nice consistant velocity.

I personaly don't think that the lpk is worth it and to me it looks downright goofy.

If I wanted an LP marker I would go get an LP marker. I like the looks of the shocker and some of the new timmy type markers. Or the new invert.
I don't know if you noticed, but all those markers have one big difference when compared to an A-5.

They aren't big honking bricks.

Adding the lpk just seems to intensify the a-5 brick syndrome to me.

Sidenote lower pressure doesn't always mean more gas volume is needed. Yes you do need to add a volume chamber to the marker, but if you think about it , higher pressure means more gas in a tighter physical space(gas density). So if you lower the pressure, you need more physical space to fit exactly the same amount of gas. I am not aware if the a-5 lpk specifically uses more or less gas, but I would be willing to bet that it may even be using less gas.

[m98sniper15]

I like my LPK. I can only tell i'm going to run out of co2 when I hav 5 shots left. I think they are worth buying. They are still expensive. Like $110 still.

[ICU117]

^^Thought I was being a dumb hoe..lol

[-Viper-]

Not worth the price, if you have already gotten it then o well. The only major thing it does it that it does not put as much pressure on the paint. A few broken balls here and there will take a heckuva long time to pay for itself. You would need about 5,000 broken balls for it to pretty much pay for itself. Tippmanns are supposed to run at high pressure, the lpk really is not an "upgrade". More of a "not worth the money, run-the-same-grade". Just my opinion and what I have heard pball techs and players say about them.

[m98sniper15]

Not worth the price, if you have already gotten it then o well. The only major thing it does it that it does not put as much pressure on the paint. A few broken balls here and there will take a heckuva long time to pay for itself. You would need about 5,000 broken balls for it to pretty much pay for itself. Tippmanns are supposed to run at high pressure, the lpk really is not an "upgrade". More of a "not worth the money, run-the-same-grade". Just my opinion and what I have heard pball techs and players say about them.

The LPK is more for more shots per tank. I get an extra 200 shots from a 20oz plus you can shoot at lower pressures which means that when I have about 5 shots left in my tank I notice that I'm out of air. But your right about having it pay itself.

[Coenen]

The LPK is mostly to get you to pay Tippmann another $110 for something you don't need.

The efficiency gain will be fairly small for the reasons already outlined. Less pressure on the gas means more volume to fire at the same velocity, simple as that.

By the time you pay $110 for the LPK and $60-90 for the secondary regulator that you need you could've gotten maybe 4 cases of paint, or an HPA tank, or the better part of an Ion. There are a lot better things to spend $180 on than this.

It'll give you a bit better performance, but not enough to justify the cost IMO.

[-Viper-]

The LPK is more for more shots per tank. I get an extra 200 shots from a 20oz plus you can shoot at lower pressures which means that when I have about 5 shots left in my tank I notice that I'm out of air. But your right about having it pay itself.Ok, I have talked to people with lpk's and some say they really don't get a noticable difference in their amount of shots per tank, others say they did. Apparently you do. I honestly just dont think it's worth $100+ dollars. Maybe if you (vometpig) are one of the lucky ones and get the extra shots per tank and the saved paint, if you use it long enough it will eventually pay for itself, that is if you are and avid paintball player. If you seldomly play then save your money.