Bottle top ups and retest.

[Gavlar]

If you come to Basildon at all (a fair way from Witham but perhaps on your travels??) Thameside Fire Protection in Cranes Farm Road will fill a 12l 300 bar bottle while you wait. I think last time it cost me £5.

[rapidresponse1]

I just use a new fx pump now

[BRYAN3]

I just use a new fx pump now

That might be the way that I go too.
I just put a fill hose on my 12 ltr bottle and checked the fill level. Result 250 bar which is a bit cheeky with their fee being double everyone elses.

[Aimstraight]

That might be the way that I go too.
I just put a fill hose on my 12 ltr bottle and checked the fill level. Result 250 bar which is a bit cheeky with their fee being double everyone elses.

Last year 7L 300 bar test and fill £32 plus any serviceable parts; £40 total. The fill was only 270 bar which I was not happy about, but it seems that others on this thread have paid extra for a fill after test. That 250 bar fill you had is very poor.

That £64 they charged you for test was expensive (presumably to cover cost of them sending to a test centre). Unlikely to fail, but if it did, that's more money gone. You need a more cost effective fill/test centre next time. Expensive test but preferable to a new cylinder with airgun valve which now seem to be priced around £214; and they know it

[1jp1]

7 ltr 300 bar and 9 ltr 300 bar 5yr test and filled £76,11 mile away

[angrybear]

That might be the way that I go too.
I just put a fill hose on my 12 ltr bottle and checked the fill level. Result 250 bar which is a bit cheeky with their fee being double everyone elses.

Dive shops might have a compressor that only does 250bar, dive cylinders are usually A clamp 232bar so they don't need the extra 50bar, always worth asking & worth an extra 20-30 mile drive to a shop that does the full 300bar.

[BRYAN3]

They state 300 bar filling and are RFD and sales/shop.