Austin Auflick

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Some of you guys may remember I just moved back to houston last month from being gone for 6 years (Military). Anyway, just gotta ask, why is n20 refills $4/lb? Just seems a bit ridiculous, since we all used to pay around $2.50/$3.00 lb. I'm pretty sure n20 didn't become scarce over the time I was out A little insight please.
~Austin

twitchtwice

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everything has gone up in price

03Sssnake

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yeah, it has gotten riDICKulous....N2O has been produced since the 18th century and is hardly a scarce resource..

Austin Auflick

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That's what I'm sayin'. n2o hasn't turned into a low supply/high demand item I'm sure. I typically put 2 bottles through my motor a week and I know there are guys that go through a LOT more than that. Somethings gotta give here. $4/lb is crazy.
If anyone has a little dough to spend and is looking to make an immediate nice side income, get a refill station, set up with Airgas to get 5 mother bottles, sell it at $2.75-3/lb, advertise, repeat the next week.

LS1vazquez

Wow. At that rate you might as well go F/I.

enigmah

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2 bottles a week huh.. im glad i dont use nitrous...

highflyin

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Not bad down here. Up north i had to pay $5 a pound.

Morbid

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It costs money to produce and transport nitrous. If those prices for producing and transporting go up, so does the price for the product.

HTX

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you go through 2 bottles a week? holy crap dude chill out. your car will thank you. I wouldnt run through a 10lb bottle a month.

THE BLACK WIDOW

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He's got 6 years of catching up to do


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enigmah

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Yep... 2 a week is rediculous...

GreenS-10

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Mother Bottles are about 150-180 a piece to fill up now a days depending on where you get them. you can get about 4 full 10# bottles and a little extra. out of one big bottle. That's what driving prices up.

Austin Auflick

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Welllll the reason is a 200 shot doesn't last but a few 1/4 mile passes. So yeah, two a week is about the minimum.

U LUZ

Airgas is the only company that sells n20 they have the market cornered right now that is why prices are so high. I fill my own bottles and I get about 5 fill ups per big bottle[if im lucky]. So I get 50lbs of n20 and I pay 130.00 for the fill ups of the big bottles thats $2.60 per lb. By the time you pay 650.00 for the refill station and 200.00 for the big bottles before filling them up you will have over 1000.00 tied up into a decent setup . you dont save that much money unless you use a lot of n2o its not worth it. If you go through 2 bottles a week you need to get a refill station.

2002t/a06

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had to pay at least 5 a lb when i was stationed in az. glad im back in houston but still not cheap, but i dont go through 2 bottles a week!

ZONES89RS

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I still get 2.00$ a lb

2002t/a06

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rub it in

ZONES89RS

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LOL, if it gets to where i cannot get it for cheaper than 3.50 a lb, i will make sure i get a good procharger for 0.00$ a lb

2002t/a06

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lol, very wise man!

Austin Auflick

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Exactly. The reason most go with n2o is cause it was the cost effective power adder. seems it just got less cost effective.

U LUZ: Thanks for the explanation. I was just havin' a hard time wrapping my head around what was goin' on. Guess I gotta get a refill station...not such a bad thing.