Pump or bottle?

[Smellydog]

My air bottle is up for test this August.
Do I go for a replacement or get one of the high pressure electric pumps?
What is your experience?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Cottis]

Hand pump? I just serviced and resealed my Hill pump for the first time which is about 20yrs old. Back to new again for the next 20yrs. Keeps me fit and healthy. As long as you are 10 stone or over and not a complete wimp, it will be fine.

Bottles are great but need refilling if you do any volume of shooting. NO experience of the chinese pumps but I understand they work ok on small reservoirs but can overheat quick on filling larger bottles. Hill do a very good item but it is about a grand to buy.

My Hill pump is well made but a couple of years back I upgraded the nephew to a PCP and rather than him wreck my pump or constantly call me over to charge his gun, I just got him a cheapo chinese hand pump. Was about £30 from memory. Seems to be doing fine still and will have pumped that gun up many dozens of times by now so they can be purchased with a degree of confidence.

 

[Mmamonster]

Have bottles and a pump, brought a compressor for airguns, lasted about 10 months then went back unless you buy a decent one I wouldn't bother with them
Atb
Mart

 

[bulric]

I have a handpump and a bottle.

The handpump is easier maintenance etc. it is, however, quite labour intensive and no good on soft ground.

I bought a small tank recently and it's excellent if I'm being honest, so I'd stick with it if it was me.

I can't comment on the little compressors, but I've heard anecdotally they can be temperamental.

 

[Bo Diddley]

Get your old bottle retested. If it fails, buy another one, as large as you can... make life easy for yourself... stirrup pumps spoil the whole experience of a PCP.
I expect you would find a compressor easy to maintain, though.

 

[Cyres]

Bottle biggest and highest pressure you can get. Guarantees dry clean air. Get 2nd one use one for bulk filling and other for top end fill. Depends on how much shooting you do but will last for years. In fact highly likely it will go out of test before you need refill. I think the new ones for PCP are 5 year tests.
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[bullet chucker]

12ltr Dive bottle, ensure it is fitted with a SURFACE fill valve, NOT' a dive fill . REASON surface fill 5 year Test. dive fill valve 3year Test.

BC.

 

[Greenmist]

Pump if its a cylinder, bottle for a buddy bottle

 

[17 squirrel]

I have a BSA electric compressor and to be honest I would never go back to a bottle or stirrup pump. It will work on 12v so you if you’re out you can charge from your vehicle. I share it with my brother, I mainly rat shoot with an FAC rifle so often need topping up a couple of times. It’s never missed a beat.
It’s not as quick as a bottle tho takes about 10 minutes to fill my Daystate from empty.

 

[kenbro]

Hand pump? I just serviced and resealed my Hill pump for the first time which is about 20yrs old. Back to new again for the next 20yrs. Keeps me fit and healthy. As long as you are 10 stone or over and not a complete wimp, it will be fine.

Bottles are great but need refilling if you do any volume of shooting. NO experience of the chinese pumps but I understand they work ok on small reservoirs but can overheat quick on filling larger bottles. Hill do a very good item but it is about a grand to buy.

My Hill pump is well made but a couple of years back I upgraded the nephew to a PCP and rather than him wreck my pump or constantly call me over to charge his gun, I just got him a cheapo chinese hand pump. Was about £30 from memory. Seems to be doing fine still and will have pumped that gun up many dozens of times by now so they can be purchased with a degree of confidence.

Cottis,
Everyone, air gunner or not needs one of those…if they can keep you healthy
Ken.

 

[jonny.c]

I have bsa electric compressor running fac and the boys standard rifle very easy to set up and I have made an adapter to run it of my fag lighter rather than the main battery wouldn’t go back still have a bottle but doesn’t get used much to be honest I would recommend the bsa electric compressor. unit.

Defo electric pump

 

[HonestJohn]

Wasn’t quite sure if this thread was about feeding babies or penis enlargement

 

[BenBhoy]

Been using a compressor for few months now. Very happy, very easy, no testing or refilling - winwin

 

[Smellydog]

Been using a compressor for few months now. Very happy, very easy, no testing or refilling - winwin

Which one Ben?

 

[Flash G 74]

Hello, Much depends on cost of retest and how near you can get it done ?? Have you checked out any Air Cylinder Test Company or Dive Shop ??, It also pays to have a large cylinder ,

 

[remington65]

Hills compressor without a doubt.

 

[BenBhoy]

Which one Ben?

I got a tuxing one mate. I'll WhatsApp you.

 

[Woodmister]

bottles are great until you have to have them tested and its a long journey to get that done. i personally have both just in case!

 

[Taff]

Electric compressor, never a stirrup pump, .

 

[old keeper]

Bottle biggest and highest pressure you can get. Guarantees dry clean air. Get 2nd one use one for bulk filling and other for top end fill. Depends on how much shooting you do but will last for years. In fact highly likely it will go out of test before you need refill. I think the new ones for PCP are 5 year tests.
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If you're topping up regularly, I'd certainly agree with this.