Smallest Tank Ever and it's 4.5k PSI

[dano_____]

So these exist now. Not sure what the capacity is, but it seems to be a great tool for trouble shooting known leaky guns without emptying your whole tank.

https://ansgear.com/core-mini-tank-4500-psi-black

[Trbo323]

What the......

The regulator stem takes up most of the space inside.

I really want to know what the ci is. Has to be like 4

Please. One of you stock class guys get a handful of these, throw some old regs on them and use them like 12g


This makes no sense for it's intended purpose. To check the output pressure of a tank reg. To use it you have to take the reg off of tank A, install on this, fill this, check pressure, adjust as needed then uninstall and reinstall on the original tank

Why?


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[Nish]

Oh... Am I that fool?

[TF_Aloha]

The idea is that if you have a reg that you are already working on, say you're doing a rebuild or troubleshooting a problem, you can then screw that reg onto this mini-bottle to test it. If you are swapping out shims or something to hit a certain pressure, not having to waste 68ci of air and wait for it to bleed off every time can be pretty nice.

If you're at home tinkering, you could actually make a hand-pump really practical with this tank.

[wthomas333]

Powerhouse makes one too. Just for maintenance purposes. I have one, I like it.

https://powerhouseregs.com/product/mini-tank/

[Euphie]

I wonder how many pumps it would take on a manual pump to get this to 3000 PSI, because it takes quite a few to fill up a 13/3K. It might be a bit more practical for testing purposes if you are relying on a manual pump to get air pressure to have something this small

[CommonCold]

I can say that for a 13ci, its like 1-2 mins to get 1k, after that it takes about 2-3 mins more to get to 2k. I stopped at that point, because I just needed to air test some guns, and 2k would work.

[XEMON]

Paging procarbie

There are tiny 4500’s you can get as reg testers, (they’re just little steel tanks that take less time to fill due to their tiny size). I imagine they’d work just as well for testing regs as testing markers. I got them to play with and for the novelty (they just arrived today so I haven’t tested em out yet), but I’m sure they’ll see some use for that as well.

[k_obeastly]

If you’re filling with your own small compressor, these would be great for testing instead of waiting a half hour or more to get a 68 up to pressure.

[martix_agent]

I would think these are made for air rifles, not paintball guns. That capacity is way too small for paintball use.

[XEMON]

They are not "tank" but "test fixture" to test regulator output.

[flyweightnate]

If you're adjusting output on a reg via shims, this would be very handy.

[XEMON]

That's exactly what they were made for 👍

[Trbo323]

If you're filling with your own small compressor, these would be great for testing instead of waiting a half hour or more to get a 68 up to pressure.

But you wouldn't need to. You would only have to get them up to the output pressure of the reg not full pressure

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[k_obeastly]

Takes about 1 1/2 hours to fill my 68/45 with my shoebox. I took that into account already.

[martix_agent]

I don't understand. If these are meant to test regulator output, why not just got and ASA and put a gauge on it? That's what I've always done.
Is the idea that you don't want to waste all the air to fill a standard tank to check output pressure? Because like trbo said, you just need to be slightly above the output pressure in the tank in order to test that. That's what, a 2 second hit on a fill station?

[XEMON]

Keep in mind you always take the rest of damaging the tank, especially if you need to take it on and off several times. The flat on the back of the fixture allows you to put it in a vice.

It's a niche product that very few people actually need, but if you're doing a batch of regs, it will save you a lot of time and trouble.

[TF_Aloha]

If you are tinkering with a reg, say swapping out shims to find a real specific pressure or chasing a leak, this will save you from a ton of wasteful bleeding between every test.

If you just want to know what your tank is putting out, this product doesn't make sense. If you are disassembling and testing a reg multiple times though, this product is great.

[Levi]

Is the idea that you don't want to waste all the air to fill a standard tank to check output pressure?

I think that's the idea. Which doesn't really matter if you have easy access to a fill station. I have a couple scubas I work off of for teching my stuff at home. If I were regularly re-shiming regs I would grab one just to save on air.

[Trbo323]

I don't understand. If these are meant to test regulator output, why not just got and ASA and put a gauge on it?

You still have to do that though. This is a small tank

So,

1) drain your tank
2) remove regulator
3) install on this
4) fill this
5) install reg tester and test

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[wthomas333]

Here is a video of a full demo on adjusting a powerhouse reg with one. Now he has a fill station which kinda makes the point moot. But it’s still easier to fill and drain this tiny tank over a full size every time you are adjusting. For regs that require internal adjustment for reg output, these are very helpful. I have a small compressor that takes sometime to get even my 50ci up to a testable pressure. With this, it’s a matter of seconds. It’s really just a timesaver, that’s all.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_con...ature=emb_logo

[Impactfour]

So maybe it's good for reg testing, maybe it's not... This is MCB, who wants to figure out how many shots can you squeeze out of it with a pump? Anyone got a rough estimate of the cubic inches of usable space?

[Quickling]

Still waiting with the others foot a photo on a vsc phantom along with a report of shot count.

They are cheap enough, seems like a fun novelty that many of us will buy just for the laughs.