neofy705
Member
Hello all,
Long time lurker first time poster This is my first time using pressurised CO2 in my tanks.
I bought an ista pressurised system off marketplace for £30 which i thought was amazing value. The "premium" ista kit, it has a 0.5L refillable cylinder, a solenoid etc.
The system worked beautifully in my 54L tank... until it needed a refill.
The bottle clearly states 5/8-18UNF (same as disposable 95g) so I bought a sodastream to nano adaptor and a sodastream cylinder and it turns out the ista bottle is clearly not 5/8-18 unf, using a ruler the thread measures 21-22mm much bigger than what a 5/8-18UNF should be.
Does anyone have any experience with the ista setup? What do I do now?
Does anyone know what the ista bottles/regulator thread type is?
I asked a number of retailers/sellers and they all said it's din477 but a quick search here shows quite a few members had incompatibility issues.
I'm on a budget and I've already wasted £35 on a sodastream conversion that failed.
As I'm only running 1 bubble per 3 seconds I thought a sodastream would be ideal for me.
But now I don't know what to do. Options:
1) Send the ista bottle for a refill via someone i found on ebay (£15) and have no co2 for a week?
2) find an adaptor that can make my regulator use sodastream? I can find DIN477, CGA320, G5/8 but which one is it? And will it work or is my regulator only compatible with insta cylinders so option 1?
3) try all possible adaptors (between 20-22mm) with the risk of just wasting another £30?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Long time lurker first time poster This is my first time using pressurised CO2 in my tanks.
I bought an ista pressurised system off marketplace for £30 which i thought was amazing value. The "premium" ista kit, it has a 0.5L refillable cylinder, a solenoid etc.
The system worked beautifully in my 54L tank... until it needed a refill.
The bottle clearly states 5/8-18UNF (same as disposable 95g) so I bought a sodastream to nano adaptor and a sodastream cylinder and it turns out the ista bottle is clearly not 5/8-18 unf, using a ruler the thread measures 21-22mm much bigger than what a 5/8-18UNF should be.
Does anyone have any experience with the ista setup? What do I do now?
Does anyone know what the ista bottles/regulator thread type is?
I asked a number of retailers/sellers and they all said it's din477 but a quick search here shows quite a few members had incompatibility issues.
I'm on a budget and I've already wasted £35 on a sodastream conversion that failed.
As I'm only running 1 bubble per 3 seconds I thought a sodastream would be ideal for me.
But now I don't know what to do. Options:
1) Send the ista bottle for a refill via someone i found on ebay (£15) and have no co2 for a week?
2) find an adaptor that can make my regulator use sodastream? I can find DIN477, CGA320, G5/8 but which one is it? And will it work or is my regulator only compatible with insta cylinders so option 1?
3) try all possible adaptors (between 20-22mm) with the risk of just wasting another £30?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.