Is a Expansion Chamber.....

[Spyeruser]

Is a Expansion Chamber really important for Paintballing? Is it a must need upgrade? What does it do?
If its important whcih is the "best buy"

[AK47]

Its important if you use CO2. It give the liqiud CO2 space to change into a gas. Its a good upgrade if you use CO2. Its not needed for HPA.

[Codestar20]

I think a better upgrade would be a regulator. They do what an x-chamber does and regulate the pressure so you don't get velocity spikes.

[Silent Knight]

not true, regulators dont do what x chamber do. regulators simply regulate air pressure, they dont prevent liquid co2 from entering your marker. However, there is an exception... the palmer stabalizer. it's a good regulator, and is very effective at keeping liquid co2 out of your marker.

like AK said, it's a good upgrade if you tend to use co2 a lot, or in colder climates. Although regulators help with consistency, and accuracy in the end. a x chamber helps to ensure your marker recieves the proper air to function properly (for co2)

[Codestar20]

Well a reg actually would help co2 expand to a gaseous state seeing that it is like a once stage expansion chamber/gas thru grip.

[Sid]

Sure, but obviously if you get an expansion chamber with 4 stages and up, it'll do 4 times the job.

[Ebonclaw]

But if you have an exp chamber inline AFTER the reg it'll make the reg worthless. What about that 22 stage one WITH the reg? Who makes that? CORE?

[Codestar20]

Originally posted by Sid
Sure, but obviously if you get an expansion chamber with 4 stages and up, it'll do 4 times the job.

I agree. But I still think a reg is better than any expansion chamber.

Ebon- That CORE reg/expansion chamber seems like a good idea.

[Silent Knight]

star, the co2 expanding properties that a reg could provide is so very minimal! (except for that one regulator which is great for co2, you all know which one)

the performance advantage gained from a regulator is much more noticeable in the form of consistency. no doubt about that, a regulator is a great upgrade. X chambers are not nearly as popular as regs, and i fear that their days are numbered. Thier type of perfromance advantage is not nearly as noticable as a inline regulator, that is probably why most people look down on them. regulators provide better performance in the form of consistency/accuracy like i said before, but X chambers are far from worthless