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: Preset tanks have a built in regulator that steps down the 3000 psi to about 900 psi. : Presets screw in just like a CO2 tank. Same thread. : There are dual regulated tanks. Two regulators for low pressure set ups. Add a lot of weight and expense to the tank. Those are the ones that take special mounts, plumbing, etc. : Avoid NitroDuck at all costs. About 1/3 of them are NOT compatable with a Spyder. The valve stem is not opened at all or barely open so you have shootdown problems at higher rates of fire. A pain they refuse to acknowledge or plan to fix.... We stopped selling them to our customers. : So stop buying them you guys! : Simular problems with other stock markers but they really hate the spyder Co2 receivers. : Now you have some choices: : Steel, Aluminum, Fiberglass, Carbon Fiber. : Steel and Aluminum are cheapest. Fiberglass is lighter and re certed every 3 years. Carbon fiber re certed every 5 years. Carbon is Most expensive and lightest. : 3000 psi, 4500 psi, 5500 psi. : The more pressure it holds, the more expensive it will be. I have a 4500 psi and can't remember the last time any store, scenerio game, or field could give me a 4000+ psi fill. : Tanked Nitrogen comes at 4500 psi so unless it is brand new, you get a partial fill. : So ask around where you get fills if a 4500 psi tank would be worth the expense when you could buy a slightly larger 3000 psi tank for less. : Many stores/fields charge so much per 1000 psi. If so, you might rather prefer a 3000 psi tank that is larger in capacity just to save $$$. : 47 ci, 68 ci, 88 ci, 114 ci. : Strangely, they all weigh about the same. Steel or fiber. The bigger ones are only available in fiber. : I use a remotes so it is not as important to me as a gun mounted tank. Gun mounted, weight becomes a factor to consider. Lighter is better all other things equal. : Depends how much you shoot in a game and how they charge for fills. : I get all day air for $5 more. Then it doesn't matter. But all fields don't offer that. : If you play the back 40 acres, you want to be the last guy out of air right? Get the BIGGEST ONE you can afford and want to carry. : I shoot a fair amount of paint. A good firefight and decent life expenctancy could burn 500 rounds. : I went from a 47 ci 3000 to my 68 ci because I didn't feel like standing in line for an air fill between each game. Now I can get 2-3 games per fill depending on what my life expectancy was for each game. : Best bang for the buck on a 20 minute game, rec field is a 68 ci x 3000 psi Steel. $125 : And I carry that old 12 oz CO2 filled in my 8+1 pod carrier at scenerio games. Need it to shoot 7 pods plus a hopper of paint. No point in lugging all that around if you don't have air to shoot it.