Let us take a peak at CO2 and see what is going on inside of it and your gun while you are playing paintball. Many players choose to use it because it is more affordable than the superior solution, compressed air.
Most players will be just fine using CO2. They can play for years and years with it and still have fun playing paintball. If you want to save money and don't really care about improving your gun's performance then there is no reason to upgrade. Some markers work much better on CO2 than others, so many players chose not to upgrade.
In colder temperatures you can have a lot of problems with CO2. You can have sudden changes in velocity, have what looks like snow shoot out of our barrel, your gun may sputter, choke, it may become so cold that you cant hold your gun anymore, or the tank may become the same way. Your gun may even freeze up.
These problems often occur when you are shooting rapidly. During times of rapid fire, it is important that problems like these don't happen, because it is often when you are trying hard to hit a target, or keeping someone in their bunker.
In a tank the CO2 is in both gas form and liquid form. The gas is what you want your gun to use, while the liquid is what you want to keep out. When you shoot the gas, more liquid will turn into gas. When you are shooting rapidly the liquid often isn't able to turn into gas quickly enough, so it goes into your paintball marker.
Liquid entering your gun can cause horrible consistency from shot to shot. One shot may be fine, but then you may notice that the shots after it all travel shorter.
It makes it difficult to keep an opponent in their bunker or hit a person running when each shot your fire doesn't travel as far as the one before it. Lacking consistency can cause you to get less eliminations and be a less effective player.
So what can you use that won't give you problems with consistency? Compressed air (also called HPA) is a superior alternative. It works much better in paintball guns, is more consistent and isn't hindered by cold weather.
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