Especially for my Avenger getting the YH was a big deal. I could and did pump it but it took hundreds of pumps and was not what I consider fun. I agree that weight matters, at higher pressures I applied a lot of my 185 lbs to the pump. Instead, I could run the YH for less than 2 minutes and have it as high as I wanted. But it was noisy. The YH is also not very portable so if I wanted to go the gun range I either had to limit my shots or bring a hand pump. So I got a used SCBA tank, 45 minute, for less than $100. I first bought an inexpensive chinese fill set but it leaked severely so I more than doubled my expenditure and got a good one. Now I fill in near total silence in a few seconds. Once a month or so I have to let the YH pump up the tank. That is a noisy 15 minutes or so but I do not do it often.
To me getting a hand pump is step one. It doesn't add much to the cost of the gun and with it you can shoot. Even if you upgrade later the hand pump is handy to have sometimes. Not everybody will proceed further but I think most will. You can either just get a pump that runs on 12V so you can use it at the range or a YH or other big compressor that will fill a gun or a SCBA tank. Some probably get both. But I am quite happy with my hand pumps, YH, and SCBA tank. If I get something else it will probably be a small 4500 psi tank (like 100 cubic inches) that is easy to transport and less than 15 years old so it can be commercially filled. It might cost as much as a 12V compressor, however, but it won't be noisy like one.
