Flying dragon handpump vs Hill mk3 handpump

[MDStroup]

Hi everyone. I just have a quick question. I just received my first PCP airgun. A Benjamin Maximus. I need to get a handpump. I was going to get a Flying Dragon handpump.  Well someone offered me a used Hill mk3 handpump for $225. I really dont know much about this model. I am tring to search about it but i come up with a lot of info about the mk4. Is there a place to get a longer hose for the mk3 as the stock one seems pretty short. Am i going to have to buy an adapter for the mk3 to be able to connect it to the benjamin maximus? Can a desiccant be added or attached to the flying dragon pump as i was told the intake was in the handle?

Thanks to everyone who can help.

[MDStroup]

I forgot to say, i will eventually be making a QB79 PCP with a ninja bottle. The bottle has a fill pressure of 3000psi.The flying  dragon handpump fills to 4500psi and the hill mk3 fills to 3300psi. I was told because of the higher fill pressure of the flying dragon handpump it would be easier to pump up to the 3000psi than the hill mk3. I dont know if this is true. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

[LI Airgunner]

I have 12+ years on a Hill pump never a issue, the longer the hose the more you are pumping the hose up to the pressure in tank.
Never heard of a flying dragon so no comment on them

[Airgun.Sniper]

I cant say much on the mk3 but I own the mk4 and love it. It fills up to 4400 psi and has a dryer. Humidity in the air can get into the gun with the dryer it helps dry it out before it reaches inside the gun. I love my hill cant say much about the flying dragon

[MDStroup]

Thank you both. I cant seem to find much on either. I can find a few thread on both say how they are better then the benjamin pump but that is it. If i remember correctly, nervoustrigger did a review on the flying dragon handpump but i can remember the results and i cant find it.

[smythsg]

I have a China pump and a Hill MK3. Both will fill my guns to 3000 psi, but the Hill pump is a much higher quality and just fells like it will last a lifetime. The China pump is my backup, and while it does the job, it does not come near the heavy duty feel of the Hill. Either will work short term, but go with the Hill if you only want to buy one pump.

[MDStroup]

I have a China pump and a Hill MK3. Both will fill my guns to 3000 psi, but the Hill pump is a much higher quality and just fells like it will last a lifetime. The China pump is my backup, and while it does the job, it does not come near the heavy duty feel of the Hill. Either will work short term, but go with the Hill if you only want to buy one pump.

Thank you very much. How hard is it to pump to 3000psi with your hill pump? At times do you feel the hose i to short?

[anuthabubba]

The high pressure pumps are low volume pumps, so will take lotsa strokes to fill an airgun reservoir to 3000psi. My Hill MkIV takes about 30 strokes to pressurize the hose and fill a 1701P from about 1800 to about 3000psi. The last 10 or so, the pump strokes get progressively harder. Have pumped a Marauder from about 1300 to 2500 and though it has a lower ending pressure than the 3k for the pistol, the greater volume of high pressure air requires many more heavy pumping strokes and ain't no fun for a short of stature, feeble old man of 64. A younger larger, more athletic male, or female, may be able to complete the refilling operation without breaking a sweat. I can't, especially when there are multiple PCPs to refill.