[Jared]

Does any one know a place on Vancouver Island that will hydrotest paintball air tanks? Preferably in Nanaimo or the Comox/Courtenay area. I need two done.
Thanks!
Jared

[SouthPark]

Crest fire here in Vic will do them.

[Fifthplanecomin]

In theory any place that tests and refills fire extinguishers can do it.
Do them a favor and take off your regulator before taking it in.

[Ripper5]

someone needs to sticky a thread for this <swear filter> theres been like a million threads all asking the same question

[joshua]

someone needs to sticky a thread for this <swear filter> theres been like a million threads all asking the same question

hey -where can i get my tank hydroed? LOL

[VenoM]

someone needs to sticky a thread for this <swear filter> theres been like a million threads all asking the same question

too be honest, its usually people in the south end of the island asking where to get hydro-tests done at, and most of the time when people are thinking of paintball/paintball tanks hydro testing, fire extinguishers arent the first things that jump to mind

[Fifthplanecomin]

It's not a easy thing to look up in a phone book.
There is no listing for "Hydrostatic Testing" in your Telus Yellow Pages.
There isn't even a refference note for it to another page.

You'll only find 'Hydrostatic Testing' listed as a service in a phone book ad for Fire Extinguisher places IF they decided to advertise it in thier ads.

Tons of different tanks and cylinders get tested regularly.
Out of any group dynamic I know of, paintballers and scuba divers tend to know the most about hydrostatic testing of thier equipment.
Paintballers mainly only hear about it when they consider buying used tanks as it can be a value factor when making the purchase.
Divers receive the info as part of thier training - there is no training for paintballers other than word of mouth on the topic.

As a player if you've never heard the topic discussed you may never learn about the testing requirements.
The dates are practically never checked at any field or event and in all fairness they really don't need to be.
Paintballers 98% of the time put a fiber bottle in a protective tank cover.
Paintball tanks pass a hydro test 99.98% of the time.

The 0.02% of the time a paintball tank will fail is on a visual inspection where the coating got chipped and the fiber wrap has a couple threads unraveled.
That 0.02% failure isn't because it would explode from having 6000psi of water pressure put into the tank - it's a fail by the regulatory guideline on the visual inspection.

Of course my % stats are made up and pulled out of my arse but they are not far from any proven and documented numbers IF those numbers were ever recorded.
It's a five year re-test time frame - I have yet to meet a player that has had the same tank tested twice. I have also never met a player that has had a tank fail the test and been forced to buy another because of it.

In my years of playing I've only ever been asked to reveil my hydro date twice - once at a rec field as a staff member joked with me to see it and once at a BCPPL event in Vernon in 2005.

No one has asked me to see a hydro date since then.
Threads like these continue to remind me that I have a 68 that is due for a test in three months.

This post has been edited by Fifthplanecomin: 03 April 2010 - 01:43 PM

[Ripper5]

someone needs to sticky a thread for this <swear filter> theres been like a million threads all asking the same question

too be honest, its usually people in the south end of the island asking where to get hydro-tests done at, and most of the time when people are thinking of paintball/paintball tanks hydro testing, fire extinguishers arent the first things that jump to mind

Yesss that's why there should be a stickied thread with the answers to the "where to get my tank hydro tested" question. Because the answer always is oh fire extinguisher place in victoria does it.... sooo make a stickied thread with the title "Hydro testing" or something and BOOM THERES ALL YOUR ANSWERS....Thanks for playing

[SouthPark]

Uh... I hear there is a place in Victoria... wait a minute... what was it called??? Crest Fire... Oh... OK. You MUST remove your reg from the tank though as the dudes at Crest are not really interested in wrestling them off... and if you take it off it will cost a little less... and then you don't have to wonder about who messed up your reg's looks as you will know that you did it with the big bench vice you clamped it into to get it off. Anyway... I just had one done... as did a bud of mine... no issues. Simple.

[freezerburn]

Uh... I hear there is a place in Victoria... wait a minute... what was it called??? Crest Fire... Oh... OK. You MUST remove your reg from the tank though as the dudes at Crest are not really interested in wrestling them off... and if you take it off it will cost a little less... and then you don't have to wonder about who messed up your reg's looks as you will know that you did it with the big bench vice you clamped it into to get it off. Anyway... I just had one done... as did a bud of mine... no issues. Simple.

island fire protection in duncan..
they are right off the highway south of the silver bridge..
they play paintball also..so they know whats up!

[SouthPark]

Nick's Dad?

[dagoober]

yar. the guy who works in the shop also likes it if you bring him lunch as well. especially if its me working on that particular day

[freezerburn]

yar. the guy who works in the shop also likes it if you bring him lunch as well. especially if its me working on that particular day

there we go..Rick must be your pops?

This post has been edited by freezerburn: 05 April 2010 - 07:41 AM

[dagoober]

yar. the guy who works in the shop also likes it if you bring him lunch as well. especially if its me working on that particular day

there we go..Rick must be your pops?

yep lol.

[tomn8r]

niko? is that you?

[dagoober]

yah. been working on the weekends alot so havent got to really paintball much. i should be back to practicin every weekend soon tho.

[WestCoastBaller]

Sundown dive shop in Nanaimo will do visual and hydro

"22 Esplanade downtown across from Port Place Mall two buildings over from Salvation Army 3 working days"

thats what i got back from Ed at Sundown.

[Jared]

Sundown dive shop in Nanaimo will do visual and hydro

"22 Esplanade downtown across from Port Place Mall two buildings over from Salvation Army 3 working days"

thats what i got back from Ed at Sundown.

Perfect. Thank you very much. Any chance you know how much it costs?

[Fifthplanecomin]

This thread must of earnt "Sticky" status by now.

[Ripper5]

No idea about the status, Rob new DP is SICK!

[SouthPark]

I know... I cannot stop watching it.

[Rockfrog]

island fire protection in duncan..
they are right off the highway south of the silver bridge..
they play paintball also..so they know whats up!

Yep, Rick has been doing my tanks (SCUBA) for some time now, great guy to deal with and his prices are excellent. I won't go anywhere else.

[Rockfrog]

Sundown dive shop in Nanaimo will do visual and hydro

"22 Esplanade downtown across from Port Place Mall two buildings over from Salvation Army 3 working days"

thats what i got back from Ed at Sundown.

Perfect. Thank you very much. Any chance you know how much it costs?

I don't know this shop's services but just a heads up from a divers perspective ... generally a Hydro will run $50 a tank. Whether the shop will downsize the price with the downsize of the tank ??? up to them, some won't.
Normally a hydro test is sent out from the shop to a place that does them for the particular Dive Shop ... enter the Fire extinguisher shops since 9 times out 10 they do the actual testing. Now I don't know what this shop charges but from past experience (Been diving since 1990 so lot's of hydro's) the price doubles at each step. Do the math and you'll know what a fire Extinguisher shop charges for a hydrstatic test.
Take it for what it is, just some simple advice/assistance. But, when I get my tanks tested, I prefer to go to the tester and save some coin.

[SouthPark]

Last few times it has been under $20 for a hydro at Crest Fire in Victoria... uh... maybe under $15 if Alex works some more magic like he did with out last few tanks. Remove the reg... go to Crest... done in 24hours last few times.

[Rockfrog]

Last few times it has been under $20 for a hydro at Crest Fire in Victoria... uh... maybe under $15 if Alex works some more magic like he did with out last few tanks. Remove the reg... go to Crest... done in 24hours last few times.

Yeah, Island Fire Protection is usually $27 hydro/vis/fill for my SCUBA's .... my Pb tanks are up soon so I'll know that cost shortly. Even at $27 it's not too bad (the gas would push a trip down to Crest up another $30 for example).

Either way ... the proof is in the pudding ... go directly to the tester, skip the middle man.