TBF I'm pretty comfortable with a proper steel tank.
But, nowadays I'd be afraid to use any of the fiber wrapped ones. I remember in the middle of the 2000s when a lot of new companies jumped into the Fiber-wrapped tank market... and shortly thereafter there were a notable number of recalls in/around the bonding between the fiber and metal layers of the tanks.
And, mind you, this was all in the paintball industry, which was a field where many did not have an understanding of the dangers of a piece of fiberglass with 800-5000PSI pushing it somewhere.
Happened more than once:
phone rings
Boss working at field nearby: "Hey, someone might be coming across the street to try to fill a tank that we refused to fill because it was (damaged/out of hydro)"
Me: "Yeah, I turned them away 5 minutes ago."
Customer walks in
Customer: "Hey the field said they were out of air but otherwise they would fill this."
TBF I'm pretty comfortable with a proper steel tank.
But, nowadays I'd be afraid to use any of the fiber wrapped ones. I remember in the middle of the 2000s when a lot of new companies jumped into the Fiber-wrapped tank market... and shortly thereafter there were a notable number of recalls in/around the bonding between the fiber and metal layers of the tanks.
And, mind you, this was all in the paintball industry, which was a field where many did not have an understanding of the dangers of a piece of fiberglass with 800-5000PSI pushing it somewhere.
Happened more than once:
phone rings
Boss working at field nearby: "Hey, someone might be coming across the street to try to fill a tank that we refused to fill because it was (damaged/out of hydro)"
Me: "Yeah, I turned them away 5 minutes ago."
Customer walks in
Customer: "Hey the field said they were out of air but otherwise they would fill this."