Unlimited Life SCBA tank

[VaporTrail]

Got it...thanks! I'm trying to convince myself that a new SCBA, while being the price of another PCP, it will make shooting much less sweaty for the next 15 years.

I'm more or less on board with that...but my mind is also reminding me about how if I can just tough it out, I can use that $600+ towards a .25 Sumatra. Or a big bore. 

[T3PRanch]

In a recent e-mail conversation with Ray over at Ninja I learned that the outer coating on these tanks is a gel coat similar to a boat. It can crack and craze but this does NOT cause a tank to fail inspection and it CAN be reworked with a new gel coat for a fee to make it look good again and to protect the underlying fiber wrapping.

[Taso1000]

Just as a reminder, Pyramyd Air sells life extended cylinders too. 

https://www.pyramydair.com/life-extended-carbon-fiber-tanks

Thanks,

Taso

[Tater]

In a recent e-mail conversation with Ray over at Ninja I learned that the outer coating on these tanks is a gel coat similar to a boat. It can crack and craze but this does NOT cause a tank to fail inspection and it CAN be reworked with a new gel coat for a fee to make it look good again and to protect the underlying fiber wrapping.

Ray is a great guy. I stopped by and he gave me a tour of Ninja. He told me the same about the gel coat.

[VaporTrail]

Just as a reminder, Pyramyd Air sells life extended cylinders too. 

https://www.pyramydair.com/life-extended-carbon-fiber-tanks

Thanks,

Taso

Thanks, Taso. Unfortunately, the shipping PA charges out to me is heartbreaking. For one tin of pellets, they want 65 bucks for shipping. I did ask if they can use USPS to ship out to me, but they told me they only use UPS or FedEx...I can't remember which one.

Shipping a tank? I wouldn't even want to think about the shipping cost. 

AoA, however, is much more flexible, bless their hearts. They might just be my primary source for my airgun needs.

[Taso1000]

That's crazy Paul.  I know when I was unemployed and selling off my toys USPS shipping was much cheaper to Hawaii, Alaska and U.S. territories versus UPS.  I didn't check FedEx back then.

Maybe you can have PA ship to a friend or family member in the continental U. S. and they can forward the item to you.  Even that way shipping should still be cheaper via USPS.

Thanks,

Taso

[VaporTrail]

It's nuts, I know. UPS and FedEx are roughly the same in terms of shipping. I checked AGD and the shipping for one tin of pellets was something like 68 bucks. 

I don't have a lot of folks in the states, so I just try to work with what I got. There were several members here who stepped up beautifully, though. They didn't know me from Adam but they offered to send stuff out to me. I am so grateful to each one of them, bless their hearts.


paul

[Taso1000]

You definitely got family on here that would forward stuff on to you.   

Taso

[VaporTrail]

Yes, I have been blessed with having people here help me. 

Although a tank is quite the large order. 

[Madd Hatter]

In my experience Carbon fiber doesn't fatigue. We had some MT bike handle bars cycle tested on the MTS servo hyd machine in flex mode like it would see while riding. It went a million cycles and never showed any problem which can't be said for the test machine which did break. The amount of flexing was way more than a bike rider could ever do. As has been said, the biggest problem composites have is the resin system being exposed to sun light and heat and the heat I'm talking about is near the boiling point for more than an hour. Heck, I've tested some BMI test coupons at 550f after letting them soak at that temp for 30 min. but CF tank mfg are not going to use BMI as it would be way to expensive. The F-22 is made with the stuff. I know because I'm one of the people who did the material qualification for Lockheed. I guess the gel coat would protect the epoxy resin from UV exposure along with making it look pretty. 

[Back_Roads]

It's nuts, I know. UPS and FedEx are roughly the same in terms of shipping. I checked AGD and the shipping for one tin of pellets was something like 68 bucks. 

I don't have a lot of folks in the states, so I just try to work with what I got. There were several members here who stepped up beautifully, though. They didn't know me from Adam but they offered to send stuff out to me. I am so grateful to each one of them, bless their hearts.


paul

Hmm Strange as when I shipped to you the standard rates applied, just had to fill out a declaration form