A-5 or ION

Time to lock it.  NOW.

Why wont this thread die?

I agree With HOInfantry, Far more upgrades for the Ion HOWEVER, the Ion is made for Speed Ball in My opinion.

  As far as looks the TIPPMAN A-5 has more markers but, in all I like the Ion Much More for its Custombility and is Light Weight

A5Player123 wrote: well..... i hav an a5, and ive uses my freinds ion, its a great gun; it really is, but... it eats up air really fast, its hard to change options on the board, and its not reliable. i only have an a5 right now, but if i were to get a new gun, id get an ion. but now, an a5 egrip can shoot 30bps and it comes with a cyclone loader. its very reliable ad will never break. i suggest an a5. its not as flarey as the ion, and is a little more expensive, but the ion in my opinion is just something fun that can shoot fast. get the a5, its worth it (also the range on the ion is horrible!)

Is there any reason you felt the need to dredge up a two year old thread?  If you wanted to state your opinion about the A-5 vs Ion argument, start your own thread about it.

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I've been reading a lot of reviews specifically on the ion and the a-5... the two consisten themes:

The ion leaks gas all over the place(cheap quality), has a really bad solenoid problems, very slow breakdown time, but is cheap, accurate and fires fast out of the box. Barrel upgrade and part replacements are a must, as well as an e-hopper and HSA.

The A-5 is solid, so/so accurate, a bit louder, heavier and requires more upgrades to be "quality". It is also more of an air hog, although not too bad. Response trigger is a must, a remote is more likely due to gun weight, and the barrel is pretty bad so needs to be replaced.

Overall... I think I prefer quality over cost, so while the a-5 might take a bit more money to be "high end" the Ion is being reported as very flimsy and in need of repairs regularly... so...

well u prolly messed it up u dum buttt.........ions r the best.......THAS THE FINAL WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MilSimBaller wrote: dont listen to the idiots telling you to get an ion.  for one its only half as reliable.  though reliable, thats only compared to other markers in its catagory, the a5 however is as realiable as it gets.  also the ion costs more...though itmay not be THAT MUCH more your going to also have to buy an HPA tank and a hopper to keep up with the rate of fire or else your going to just be shooting a paint blender.  so theres another 250-300 bucks.

Wow, do you even know what an ion is?  First of all, the ion is $200 new and a-5 $230 new. The ion is cheaper.  It depends what hpa tank you want to get.  If you're too worried about hpa being too expensive and can't afford it, just get the aluminum tanks that go for $60-65.  And if you don't get a hopper($70) to keep up with the rate of fire, it'll just be shooting a paint blender?  The ion has an eye that can sense when there is a ball in the the chamber.  So, it only fires if a ball is in the chamber(unless you turn the eye off).

This is an ion

HeavyGunner5292 wrote:       Hey everybody i have a problem im kinda stuck between theses two. I did alot of reserch on both but still no luck. I have 430$ right now and im going to the shop this weekend so i need help. I play mostly woods and rifght now i have a custom pro r/t will stock shroud n all that so it really hevy n i kinda want something liter  And good upgrade should i get first since i have extra $$ Thax