Tuning Alteros vs Lane regulator

[Cbourbeau32]

I'm looking to put a regulator in my Urban. I read some good things on here about the Alteros but I also read some good reviews about the Lane. I would like to hear from those who have either of these (or both) in Urbans at one time or another. Pluses and minuses. 

Thanks! 

 

[corny]

Any reason why u don’t have huma in the lineup? 

 

[gendoc]

Any reason why u don’t have huma in the lineup?

good question.................

 

[BigTinBoat]

I can tell you in the PRod the Lane is WAY better. Altaros does not breathe well. ES way higher.

 

[mwils111]

I have an Altaros in my Urban. I've had a great experience with it, but it's not perfect. The major limitations of the Altaros are its smallish plenum and the fact it's not vented, which hasn't caused me any trouble but may be a problem down the road. The upside is installation is super easy and I see single digit ES. I'm not as familiar with the others, but I'm pretty sure the Huma would require drilling the cylinder to create a vent hole. 

 

[tsmith]

I have an Altaros in my Urban. I've had a great experience with it, but it's not perfect. The major limitations of the Altaros are its smallish plenum and the fact it's not vented, which hasn't caused me any trouble but may be a problem down the road. The upside is installation is super easy and I see single digit ES. I'm not as familiar with the others, but I'm pretty sure the Huma would require drilling the cylinder to create a vent hole. 

how is your urban tuned?

reg pressure, fps, shot count, pellet….

thanks

 

[Cbourbeau32]

Any reason why u don’t have huma in the lineup?

Is the huma harder to install? I'm not against one for sure. 

 

[mwils111]

It's been a while since I set my Urban up, but if I recall I ended up with the reg around 135 bar. I am tuned for JSB Hades at 775fps for 28 shots from 3350psi down to 1900psi. I do have a DIY SSG/floating hammer, so am probably getting more shots than would be expected with the stock hammer setup.

Check out this link to Huma-Air's Urban installation guide. It's more involved than the Altaros, but because Huma is a better known company, is a vented design, and appears to have a larger plenum it would probably get my vote. It appears that because the o-ring sealing the unit gets moved to the very front of the reg/valve unit that it can just vent out the gap between the valve body and the main tube without having to drill the cylinder.



http://foto.huma-air.com/foto/installation%20guide%20BSA%20Buccaneer%20Gamo%20Coyote.pdf

 

[scubajeeper]

My good buddy, whose opinion on most things I value greatly, especially anything to do with airguns, claims that the Lane cannot be beat.