Cost to fill bottle? - Honda Prelude Forum

vooboo13 · 09-02-2003, 08:43 AM

I was looking through all of the stickies and the threads.. but I haven't found a post about the cost of filling up the bottle. This could probably be stuck in the newbie sticky too. So how much does it cost (ball park)?

Padge · 09-02-2003, 09:07 AM

costs me 40-45... there was a post about this at least twice in the past. It may be gone now though.

vooboo13 · 09-02-2003, 09:17 AM

Oh ok. Hey thanks man.. and happy birthday

eu4ik · 09-02-2003, 11:02 AM

its $2.50 a pound where i go. i filled it up completely the first time, then ever since then i just fill it up everytime i think im down to about 3 pounds in the bottle. talked to laughin last night and he said he pays $4something a pound... thats insane

axion68 · 09-02-2003, 11:18 AM

It is $4 a pound here too

I wanna see if I can talk my dad into becoming a n2o fill station, but it costs around $1500 for a pump and scale.

vooboo13 · 09-02-2003, 12:14 PM

$1500 isn't bad at all. Think of the money you'd make! But it's also a huge problem because if anything happens then.. kaboom

I have a 10 lb bottle.. so I guess Padge is getting around $4 a lb too (unless he has a bigger bottle). Anyway, I hope it's $2.50 around here too - but it looks like Padge is in PA so no hopes here lol

axion68 · 09-02-2003, 12:55 PM

I believe you lose around a pound of nitrous from the fill bottles lines and the pump every fill too. We sell nitrous kits at my dad's shop now for sleds/atvs. I usually get a hookup deal on fills from another shop in the area, I know the service manager

gold · 09-02-2003, 01:14 PM

Over here I pay $35 bux to fill my zex bottle up

calilude98 · 09-02-2003, 01:20 PM

I pay $3.50 / pound here.

Padge · 09-02-2003, 02:53 PM

yea its 4-4.5 a pound for me

J_V_K · 09-02-2003, 03:07 PM

65 Canadian to fill up here. Thats with Medical grade

vooboo13 · 09-02-2003, 03:14 PM

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Originally posted by axion68
I believe you lose around a pound of nitrous from the fill bottles lines and the pump every fill too. We sell nitrous kits at my dad's shop now for sleds/atvs. I usually get a hookup deal on fills from another shop in the area, I know the service manager

Wait.. you mean the bottle doesn't hold as much with every fill? Are you serious? That's not cool

axion68 · 09-02-2003, 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by vooboo13

Wait.. you mean the bottle doesn't hold as much with every fill? Are you serious? That's not cool

no no no.. when you take your empty bottle to get filled they hook it up to a pump and mother bottle. When your bottle has 10 lbs of nitrous in it, they turn the pump off and close the mother bottle. There is still a pound or so of nitrous in the lines from the mother bottle and pump that is lost on every fill, which is why nitrous is kinda spendy.

vooboo13 · 09-02-2003, 05:29 PM

I see, so you have to pay for the n2o that never got to your bottle. That stinks... who thought of that idea?? heh

JaXx4k · 09-02-2003, 05:31 PM

cost me $ 42.47 every time...

vooboo13 · 09-02-2003, 05:56 PM

I bet you my first bottle will last like a week LOL. How long does a bottle last for you guys?

axion68 · 09-02-2003, 06:04 PM

I've had n2o for 9 months and have gone through 3 bottles. I am lucky now days to spray 2-3 times a month, unless I'm at the track.

vooboo13 · 09-02-2003, 06:42 PM

Wow.. I don't drive much so I'm guessing mine should actually last a long time. When I do drive it's usually in bumper to bumper traffic to school and back. I have those weekend night cruises with my buddies though, so yeah...

Padge · 09-03-2003, 02:24 PM

im about to fill my 3rd after a year. eu4ik is on her 5th or something after 2 weeks.

it varies

vooboo13 · 09-03-2003, 06:53 PM

lol I think she's a nitrous fiend