Bottle Heater/s Do I need one.

There are two answers to this question. YES and of course NO.

The bottle heater is used to maintain bottle pressure. Why is that so important? The Performance of your nitrous system is mostly related to the bottle pressure. Company’s use anywhere between 900-1050 psi for there starting point. NX uses 1050psi; at that pressure it yields the maximum amount of flow through a system. Anything above that point and lbs per second of flow go down. The liquid nitrous in the bottle reverts back to gaseous state. And your liquid flow goes down performance goes down. The initial hit might feel like hammer to the back of the head but overall you will not run as fast.

So back to the heater discussion. A pressure switch is the best means for controlling your heater, you can also use a temperature based controller, but I do not feel it is as accurate as monitoring the actual pressure itself. Not using a control devise and just hooking the heater up directly; you could over the 1050 point and even over pressurize the bottle and blow the burst disc. So follow the mfg instruction perfectly and your heater should last a long time and give you the performance you are looking for.

Now to the YES and NO.
Do I really need a heater?
YES if,
You want repeatable performance.
You want the system to be at its maximum reliability
You live in a cold climate
You buy ever accessory you can get your hands on. lol

NO if,
You live in a hot climate all year around
You do not care about performance just want the look of the kit.
You cannot afford it right now, but they are not that expensive and this one eaa, you can always find a little change in the couch. lol
You use a pusher system. (learn while you burn)

Ricky