| Since 1981, paintball players have been
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| | much more stable propellant source for a
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| shooting each other with marble-sized
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| | paintball marker. While temperature
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| pellets of paint using a special gun
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| | changes can alter the pressure inside a
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| called a marker. Players launch their
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| | carbon dioxide tank and drastically
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| paint pellets by pressing a trigger that
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| | impact the performance of a marker,
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| releases compressed air or gas to propel
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| | external temperatures do not affect
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| the paintball out of the marker towards
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| | compressed air tanks. The performance of
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| the target. New paintball players
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| | compressed air tanks and their ability to
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| unfamiliar with their equipment have
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| | produce a consistent stable pressure is
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| always had questions about whether
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| | consistent in any climate. Its also
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| compressed air offers an advantage over
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| | cleaner than carbon dioxide. Carbon
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| carbon dioxide (CO2). Is compressed air
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| | dioxide can contain dust and dirt that
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| really better than carbon dioxide? To put
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| | will clog air paths and valves in your
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| it simply, YES!
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| | marker. Compressed air is typically very
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| Inside your paintball tank, carbon
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| | clean. Most compressors used to fill
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| dioxide is primarily in liquid form. As
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| | compressed air tanks are S.C.U.B.A.
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| the carbon dioxide expands, the liquid
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| | compressors with air filters that produce
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| turns into gas. In its expanded gas
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| | grade E breathing air. If its safe
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| state, carbon dioxide can serve as a
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| | enough to breathe, its safe enough for
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| stable pressure that will enable your gun
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| | your paintball gun!
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| to propel paintballs. Liquid carbon
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| | In addition to its stability, compressed
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| dioxide, however, can have a devastating
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| | air is cheaper than carbon dioxide, and
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| effect on your guns performance. The
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| | the price continues to fall. Many
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| presence of liquid carbon dioxide inside
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| | paintball facilities are moving
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| a paintball marker can freeze the guns
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| | exclusively to compressed air rental
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| inner seals and cause cracks and leaking.
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| | equipment, and carbon dioxide paintball
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| Carbon dioxide is unreliable because its
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| | products will eventually be obsolete.
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| sensitive to outside temperatures and the
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| | Given the performance differences between
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| velocity with which you shoot. The
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| | carbon dioxide and compressed air
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| faster you shoot, the colder your tank
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| | markers, the industry is clearly heading
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| will get, decreasing the likelihood of
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| | in the direction of compressed air. You
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| carbon dioxide converting from liquid to
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| | can no longer afford to use carbon
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| gas, and thus increasing the chance of
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| | dioxide equipmentswitch to compressed air
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| liquid CO2 entering your marker.
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| | now!
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| Compressed air, on the other hand, is a
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