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Old 06-10-2008, 10:26 AM   #6
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Default RE: What tanks to buy

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Clay-Doh (6/6/2008)

Now, I am sure everybody has a different opinion, but LP (low pressure) Heres why. And it was the guys at MBT that made me aware of this when I was determined to get HP tanks. If you get HP tanks, you are not going to be able to walk in, get yuor fill quickly, and scoot. Not if you want the full 3400 and some odd psi. Getting up to those pressures creates a lot of heat, and when they fill em to that, they need to let em cool down, which during that time the psi also drops, then top em again, and maybe a 3rd time to get you with that much psi.
This is good information, and precisely why I recommend checking out the steel 119's. If you get an LP fill in it (due to time constraints, or whatever), you'll still have 95 cu ft., or thereabouts. If you're going to drop off the tanks, or don't mind waiting around a little longer for a fill, then you get the full 119 cu. ft., but you're only lugging around a tank the size of an LP 95.
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