GX air filter

[bchannell]

As many of you may know, I've used nitrogen exclusively for a long while now and it keeps everything nice and clean, and above all, dry. Well, I'm getting tired of running out all the time to get new cylinders. I'm not saying I'm going to stop using n2, but I thought with the new GX filter out, I'd give it a try.
I installed it today, great kit and really easy to setup and use. GX thought of everything.
To fill the filter and get air started to your gun adds almost exactly one minute, so the added time is not a big issue.
One thing that I do notice is that when feeding my compressor 10 psi of n2, it pumps slightly faster than using air, but again, not a big deal.

The filter looks like it's super well built and would last almost forever, and according to GX the filter media is good for a long time. The advert says a year, or that's how I take the graphic included with the unit. I think I'll change it three times a year and be good. I already still have a quart jar of desicant from using a filter before, so I'm good for a long time. I'll try it for a while and see how it goes. At the least, If I do go back to n2 and run out, I still have a quick way to switch over and use air.

 

[JimD]

I have the GX filter on my CS2 and I also like it. I normally use my bottle refilled by my Yong Heng but when the bottle is not full enough or the Yong Heng is acting up I use the CS2. My Yong Heng has a different dessicant filled filter in addition to the little absorbent filter it came with. That filter is filled with color changing beads which I find handy for determining when it needs to be replaced. No signs of moisture from either of my setups.

 

[RoosterCogburn]

As many of you may know, I've used nitrogen exclusively for a long while now and it keeps everything nice and clean, and above all, dry. Well, I'm getting tired of running out all the time to get new cylinders. I'm not saying I'm going to stop using n2, but I thought with the new GX filter out, I'd give it a try.
I installed it today, great kit and really easy to setup and use. GX thought of everything.
To fill the filter and get air started to your gun adds almost exactly one minute, so the added time is not a big issue.
One thing that I do notice is that when feeding my compressor 10 psi of n2, it pumps slightly faster than using air, but again, not a big deal.

The filter looks like it's super well built and would last almost forever, and according to GX the filter media is good for a long time. The advert says a year, or that's how I take the graphic included with the unit. I think I'll change it three times a year and be good. I already still have a quart jar of desicant from using a filter before, so I'm good for a long time. I'll try it for a while and see how it goes. At the least, If I do go back to n2 and run out, I still have a quick way to switch over and use air.

Any chance you're using steel n2 bulk cylinders. The 414b 43.3? Or are you getting fills into typical HPA composite SCBA tanks?

Curious how much the fill on a bulk is with nitrogen.

 

[kwaping]

Glad to see another positive review from someone I think knows their stuff. I also run the GX filter on my compressor, but I'm just taking other people's word on it.

 

[bchannell]

I use the 40 cu ft cylinders fed at 10 psi to my GX CS2. Works great. I have an HVAC company and always have n2 around. A refill at contractors prices is ~$18. I can do two months pretty easy, unless I'm working on a gun and drain refill a lot, then about a month.

I'll say one thing, the supply house thinks I do a TON of pressure testing and I haven't bothered correcting them.

 

[rut]

I use the GX filter on my GX E L3 compressor. Then I have another small filter attached to the line that feeds from that filter to the gun. I get zero moisture when I drain ( depressurize) the filter. One thing I noticed, after releasing the pressure from the upper valve on the filter first and the lower valve on the filter second,and then open the valve located directly on the compressor 3rd, there is no pressure released from the compressor valve. I’m just unscrewing the compressor release valve and there’s no pressure like I use to have when just using the small (5” long gold) filter by itself. I’m assuming all that pressure that was in the compressor must be being released from the lower valve on the new GX filter. Anyway the filter works great. Quality built item.