Personal 4500psi Compressor

From Tom Himself

Q: How much will it cost?
A: Currently the target price is ******** (Google it) retail but this could change.

Q: How fast will it fill a tank?
A: It will fill a 68 cubic inch tank in about 4 hours to 4500 psi.

Q: I hear it needs another compressor?
A: Yes, it needs an 85 psi input from a shop compressor for maximum fill rate. If you don’t use a shop compressor it will take 6 times longer to fill a tank.

Q: What shop compressor can I use?
A: Almost ANY shop compressor that puts out at least 85 psi at 1 CFM or more will work fine. The mini-compressor takes very little air and a shop compressor will only kick on a few times. Small shop compressors are so cheap it didn’t make sense to try and build one into the mini-compressor.

Q: How many CFM does the mini-compressor use when pumping?
A: It takes about 0.04 CFM which is nothing.

Q: Can I use a compressed air tank instead of a shop compressor?
A: Yes you can. Some thing like a portable air tank for filling tires should work but it needs to be big enough to maintain some type of pressure during the 4 hour fill time.

Q: Can I fill a scuba tank?
A: Yes but you have to provide a fill hose and attachment fittings. I estimate it will fill an 80 cubic foot scuba tank to 3000 psi in about 24 hours.

Q: Can I use a low pressure scuba with a regulated output to 85 psi to feed the mini-compressor?
A: Yes but we don’t recommend it because a high pressure regulator is more expensive than a small shop compressor that can be bought new for 80 bucks.

Q: How much noise does it make?
A: Not that much but its not completely silent. Its less noisy than your mothers sewing machine.

Q: Does it turn off by itself?
A: Yes but the pressure is preset at the factory. You have to buy either the 4500 or 3000 psi model.

Q: What else do I need to get to make it work?
A: To keep the cost down we only supply a stainless nipple output from the compressor. This is the same nipple you find on your paintball markers tank. You need to get a hose to connect what ever type of tank you have, scuba, paintball, pellet gun, to the compressor.

Q: What size is it?
A: Its about 16” wide, 12” deep and 6 ½ inches tall. The picture on Facebook shows a pencil for scale in front of the compressor.

Q: When will it be available?
A: We are making the pre-production prototypes now and hope to have the first run out within two months.

Q: Is there any water or particle filtration on the mini-compressor?
A: No there is not to keep costs down. You can put a water trap between the shop compressor and the mini-compressor if that’s a concern.

Q: How much electricity will it take?
A: It will cost less than 5 cents an hour to run the compressor.[/QUOTE]

Taken From PbNation.

What do you guys think? It is pretty interesting to me, but taking 4 hours to fill a 68ci tank seems like a lot, especially with how loud that thing is. I guess the price is rumored to be about $400. I doubt these will ever be used effectively at fields because they are WAY too slow, but nonetheless, interesting.

for people with no access to air it will be good to shoot a tech guns but i dont see any other positive.

I think it's pretty cool. It's good for the people who really like paintball but don't live anywhere near a field or a scuba shop.

Tyler wrote:for people with no access to air it will be good to shoot a tech guns but i dont see any other positive.

This is the first thing I thought of, If I wanted to tech a gun, sweet spot the dwell, or whatever and I didn't want to drive to feild to fill my tank. It's pretty cool but way low on my wish list.

If it was back in the day before every field had compressed air it would be pretty cool. Today it is so easy to get multiple fills from scuba tanks or other means it seems a little impractical.

I think this would look nice in my dungeon....

i dont think its worth the money, i would just buy a suba tank have it filled which would last along time, and not take 6 hours to fill a tank, what if your teching guns and you run out of air, 6 more hours to work on it again rather than walking to your tank and filling it back up, also you can stuff a full suba tank in your car and tank it places without power

Ya but if I can keep all my tanks full, all the time, it would be kind of convenient...

But sniper. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you can get a scuba tank for 150ish and fill your tanks from that. And when your filling that, they don't charge you for how much air they put in, they charge on how much pressure it is (I think, but filling a scuba tank is cheapppp). A scuba tank would be sooo much cheaper and faster. Right?

ya you can fill a scuba for 5$...I just have collecting issues...I like strange and intriguing stuff...I dont always like to go with the norm..

$400 + alot of noise + 6 hours = 1 full tank

$150 + $5 + no noise + 1 minute = lots of full tanks

scuba > compressor

me(big) + you(tiny) + me sitting on your chest + me licking your eyeball while your screaming = priceless(minus the therapy your gonna need)

Sniper, you've officially outdone the otter. Congratz.

But don't mess with the panda. He pawns.