As I start up this venture here, I realized that HPA (High Pressure Air) and CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) is not very available here in Syracuse, NY, especially from a Paintball-Focused business. I’m willing to set myself up with an HPA and CO2 fill station so local paintballers can get their tanks filled easily and conveniently when they can’t get to a field during the week.
I’ve started putting money aside to get set up with these systems. For HPA I’ll need a compressor, a half-height 5000psi steel storage tank to start with (won’t need a cascade as I don’t think the demand is THAT high for HPA here), a safety blast-box (don’t roll your eyes, I just want people to be safe when dealing with high pressure tanks) and a fill-station. For CO2 I’ll need a tank, a regulator, a fill whip and a hang-scale. I’ll fill SodaStream tanks with it, too.
The estimate for total investment here is going to be about $5000+. The most expensive component is a blast-box which, from my research, run about $10k… but I have a local DOT supplier looking into cheaper smaller-scale solutions for me here.
I’m going to pitch some money here myself, and ultimately will invest in the whole rig on my own if I have to, but I figured I’d open it up to other people. If you love paintball as much as I do and have an extra $1000 lying around that you want to pitch towards helping me get set up with a fill station, I’ll give you free unlimited air fills for 5 years (restricted to standard HPA/CO2 on-marker sized paintball tanks) from the day I get the fill station up-and-running. This will be limited to FIVE MEMBERS ONLY to become the very select, very prestigious VIPAir Investors. I’ll even make you a fancy AIR VIP card for you to brag to your team that you can get your tank filled whenever you want. Send me a message on the contact page if you’re interested!