Guerrilla
Carbon Fiber Systems with Myth Regulator
By: Grinder - 2/22/2012 |
| I have been sitting here salivating
over these open boxes standing in front of me. Our
team shipment, consisting of several boxes of carbon
fiber tanks, Cobra Coil remote hoses, tank covers,
t-shirts and other extras, has just arrived! We
were just awarded a sponsorship and needless to
say, I am psyched! |
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| Right out of the box,
the tanks feel VERY light. Even the 88 ci. feels
light for its size. (2.8 lbs) The perfect black
finish is slick, glossy and beautiful. It almost
just wants to slip out of your hands. The graphics
are added eye-candy and the hydro details are clear.
The tank neck, if you will, is shorter than any
other tank I have used. This is because there is
a short length from the ASA to the bottle. This
gives the tank a much smaller profile. In fact,
the tank is shorter than two 68 ci. carbon fiber
tanks that I currently own. |
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Furthermore, we removed the Myth regulator to inspect
it and it feels solid and light-weight.
The two burst disks are flush with the surface,
which i've never seen before. From what I read on
their website, it is designed to eliminate blow-through
debris. I would imagine it would also prevent the
pesky wrist poking. The regulator is multi-positional.
It allows you to rotate and re-position the guage
and fill nipple. I've
never seen that option in a tank before.
The testing is still ongoing, but the results are
very positive so far. I have taken the tank out
to our local 5J field serveral times to play rec-ball/woodsball,
the mout field and the speedball fields. I tested
the tank using an X7 Phenom on various E-Grip modes.
Our team uses Phenoms exclusively, fyi. |
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But,
I have already dropped the tank, banged it up against
trees and bunkers. No issues or change in
flowrate despite the wet and slightly chilly conditions.
I personally have the 88 ci. 4500 psi tank on the
back of my vest. Amazingly, it fit snug in my OpsGear
tank pouch. So it's a bigger tank, but it's not
overwhelmingly big. I also used the Cobra Coil remote
hose to connect to it. This is another great product
that I will review eventually, by the way. So anyway,
after a few refills of compressed air, I can appreciate
that it has a fast recharge rate.
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The
regulator's consistency was right-on regardless
my the E-Grip mode used. I also felt
that I was getting more shots below 1000 psi than
my other previous tanks. One thing that I didn't
do properly was to count the shots per fill. I will
work on that this weekend hopefully and post up
my results. But the rate of shots per tank was up
there with this 88 ci.
Overall, this is a fine product and defintely the
best tank I have ever used. Not to mention that
it's manufactured here in the USA! I have yet to
work with Guerrilla's customers service, but I hear
that they have a fast turnaround and friendly customers
service. So check them out at http://www.guerrillaair.com/! |
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