C02 + Ion?

[MR_MILL5MAN]

Ive heard mixed opionions on this sum say no problem, some say it completely destroys it, i live in an area of c02 only so should i just pass on the ion? Thinking bout sp1 would that be better?

[Critical]

The SP1/Vibe (they are identical internally) will work with CO2, but you should use anti-siphoned tanks, they still have a few very minor reports of issues, but nowhere near what the Ion does.

[tumtum00]

I have a ion, i use compressed air, and if i run out, i use a 20 oz tank about half full, with a remote line and make sure the co2 filter is in the hole the reg screws into. I wouldn't recommend it, because with stock reg you will have shoot down, and co2 will kill the noid if any liquid gets in it. You might look into getting the sp1, my buddy has one with a black heart board, and it throws some ropes. good luck with whatever you take on.

[Critical]

The blackheart board for the SP1 hasn't come out yet, unless your buddy has done some serious modifications so that it'll use the Ion/Eos/Epiphany board. The newer SP1's do come with Select Fire, which means that you can choose between semi, 3-rd burst and full auto, but it still has an 11 bps cap.

Other than that, tumtum00 is correct, the remote acts as the anti-siphon.

[MR_MILL5MAN]

Correct me if this is wrong, but if i ran a remote line with the ion, if i had the tank sitting straight up in my pack with the screw in going up it would keep the liquid at the bottom and be ok? anyone know?

[mr1newbie]

Originally Posted by MR_MILL5MAN

Correct me if this is wrong, but if i ran a remote line with the ion, if i had the tank sitting straight up in my pack with the screw in going up it would keep the liquid at the bottom and be ok? anyone know?

Yeah, the liquid will stay at the bottom of the tank, like with an anti-siphoned tank.

[MR_MILL5MAN]

so an ion with that setup would be fine on c02?

[Critical]

No, it would be better, but you would still be using a marker designed for air with CO2.

If you only have CO2 fills available, look for markers that are designed to work with it, instead of getting something else, and having to spend extra money to cobble something together that might or might not work correctly.

[tumtum00]

Originally Posted by Critical

No, it would be better, but you would still be using a marker designed for air with CO2.

If you only have CO2 fills available, look for markers that are designed to work with it, instead of getting something else, and having to spend extra money to cobble something together that might or might not work correctly.

what he said is exactly right, even with a remote line the tank needs to be about half full to begin with, cause even though the liquid is supposed to stay at the bottom if you push the pin in then liquid will come out, and shooting at the ramping max of 17bps, you will get the internals extremely cold at best, and probably get some liquid co2 in the noid, The only time is use my remote line and co2 with mine is testing a barrel or just target practice. but the shootdown is really bad with stock reg and co2. I would recommend a hp tank if you go with compressed air. There are options like a scuba tank and fill station. which makes it easy to go the weekend without getting air. i get around 1200 shots from my 72/3000 tanks, mine is stock but i do have a qev on it.

[deano 177]

I don't see why you just don't get something that works with co2. There are plenty of good quality, fast shooting markers that work with co2. I wouldn't take a chance on freezing the internals of the marker. If you went with a vs1 you could run co2 and still get a pretty good rate of fire. just my .02.