Hey all,
Feel free to comment or offer guidance, but I"m going on a rant here lol
Why can't I find a decent place to refill my CO2? I live in Oak Park (just west of Chicago) and cannot find ANYWHERE to refill my tank nearby. I've tried local Sports Authorities, Dick's Sporting Goods, there aren't any paintball shops nearby, etc...
I've gotten it filled once or twice (that's all I've needed it filled since I purchased it) at a paintball shop out in Aurora, but I'm not making that drive when I need gas, that's FAR!
And I had a great time at Sports Authority last week... I first tried the one in Riverside, they said they were out of CO2 and didn't know when it would be back in. That's fine, so I went out to Lombard/Yorktown to try the Dick's Sporting Goods and Sports Authority out there (and then I could get lunch with my girlfriend, had to play the "good boyfriend card"). The Sports Authority there has a unique fellow working the service department and tells me they can't fill my tank, they only do small paintball tanks. He then started showing me how paintball tanks have that push-pin valve on them and it wouldn't work with my tank. I then said they have the same threadings and my tank doesn't have a push-pin valve because it has a friggin' valve on the top that you turn! He didn't like me, I don't like him.
Then I tried Dick's. I ask if they can refill my tank, they say "sure, how big is it?", I say "5 lb.", they say "oh no, we can't do that, we only go in ounces", and I say "how about 80 ounces, can you refill that?". Needless to say, that didn't go over well.
Here's the point lol - where do you near-westside Chicago people get your CO2? I was going to try calling Praxair out in Hillside and see how things are over there. But their hours are NOT convenient and it's not as close-by as I would like.
Feel free to comment or offer guidance, but I"m going on a rant here lol
Why can't I find a decent place to refill my CO2? I live in Oak Park (just west of Chicago) and cannot find ANYWHERE to refill my tank nearby. I've tried local Sports Authorities, Dick's Sporting Goods, there aren't any paintball shops nearby, etc...
I've gotten it filled once or twice (that's all I've needed it filled since I purchased it) at a paintball shop out in Aurora, but I'm not making that drive when I need gas, that's FAR!
And I had a great time at Sports Authority last week... I first tried the one in Riverside, they said they were out of CO2 and didn't know when it would be back in. That's fine, so I went out to Lombard/Yorktown to try the Dick's Sporting Goods and Sports Authority out there (and then I could get lunch with my girlfriend, had to play the "good boyfriend card"). The Sports Authority there has a unique fellow working the service department and tells me they can't fill my tank, they only do small paintball tanks. He then started showing me how paintball tanks have that push-pin valve on them and it wouldn't work with my tank. I then said they have the same threadings and my tank doesn't have a push-pin valve because it has a friggin' valve on the top that you turn! He didn't like me, I don't like him.
Then I tried Dick's. I ask if they can refill my tank, they say "sure, how big is it?", I say "5 lb.", they say "oh no, we can't do that, we only go in ounces", and I say "how about 80 ounces, can you refill that?". Needless to say, that didn't go over well.
Here's the point lol - where do you near-westside Chicago people get your CO2? I was going to try calling Praxair out in Hillside and see how things are over there. But their hours are NOT convenient and it's not as close-by as I would like.