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I sent you a PM, I would like to order you kit for my X7 hit me up on a pm with info.
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techietaichi
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Hmmmmm....I'll have to chew on that one. Thanks for the suggestion Nagash. Anyways, I was surfing ebaY and uh-oh, CRAP! The darn thing's fugly, but I hope their liner isn't patented and damned if I'll ask. Man, this process of talking to patent lawyers, the expense I have to bear and wondering if someone's going to usurp my hard work is really taxing. I hope I'm not pissing in the wind. |
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Nagash1959
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What about setting up a site so that people can send you whatever hopper they have, do it at home from the patterns you already have, and then send it back? Simply including the return shipping as part of the price. Most hoppers (or at least the empty shells) would be so light the cost would be almost nothing. I don't think it will get too out of control, and start eating all your free time, but even if it does, who doesn't love the $'s? |
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techietaichi
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So I've been thinking of having pre-made hoppers for peeps that don't have an A5, X7 or R5 hopper. Thing is, I gotta sell them at a premium because I won't get any discounts for the hoppers and can't buy THAT much bulk to knock down the price. Cost of hopper($?) + liner($15) = $25 - $35 for my pre-mades. Thoughts?
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The Guy
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Did you fire shots at an unpadded hopper to see if you got breaks?
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StormyKnight
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Finally my review. I finally got the inserts into the hopper. No mean feat considering my lack of dextrous, nimble fingers. I couldn't make it look as nice as the pictures, so there were some gaps here and there. The only thing that was more frustrating was not being able to put the hopper lid spring back in. Unfortunately it is a necissity as I re-load during games and I have a camo hopper cover that already interferes with the lid staying up. I found that the foam inserts do indeed quiet the hopper. The only place where the balls rattle is up against the hopper lid (which has been taken care of already). My problem with putting foam on the hopper lid is not being able to see how much paint I have left. And I can't really tell by shaking the hopper since it is a lot more silent due to the inserts. The one thing I tested that nobody else (that I can recall) is the hopper shot. How many here have had paint break inside their hopper from it being hit every once and awhile? I know I have. With the hopper full of paint, I took another marker and shot it from several distances all the way up to 10' away. Never suffered a break inside. So, not only do the inserts quiet the hopper, it also protects the paint inside. I did notice a loss of capacity of around 20 paintballs, but that really isn't much considering the benefits. |
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ibuprofen
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i saw your thread on 98OG (I'm a member on A5OG) http://www.98og.net/98og/showthread.php?t=629 I've been doing alot of silence and camo mods lately. polished internals, silencing my pods and actually bought materials to silence my hopper yesterday. I just but a sheet of non sticky 2mm foam for $1 from a craft store and was going to cut and glue it to the inside of my hoppers but stumbled apon your thread before I started. Your product looks way easier. If you have an opening left I'd take one of your x7 designs and test it for you. I will probably do my regular a5 one using my own 2mm foam too and compare the noise difference. I'd be happy to write up a review/comparison for you. if you don't have any spots left that's fine. just let me know. I sent you a PM too. |
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Nagash1959
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By volentarily places a how-to video of an un-patented product on the net, he sacrafices all rights to claim infringement of intullectual property.
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kurieitaa
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he coudent anyways, borg should of jump'd on the idea in the first place, his loss really lol. |
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paintball437085
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lol
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techietaichi
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He'll have to speak with my patent lawyer if he comes over from Croatia, no offense Borg.
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paintball437085
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i hope borg wont sue you for his idea.
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RoboCop
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I'm sure you could sell for more than $10, but for that price, more people will be willing to spend the money on it. "Snipers" will definetly buy them even at a higher price.
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techietaichi
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I'm set on $10, but I was scoping some material today and WOW! prices got retarded. |
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paintball437085
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how much do you plan on selling them for?
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techietaichi
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Some members over at A5OG have decided to join in on the field testing as well as the 98OG gang. I'm waiting on a couple return e-mails but first come first serve, ya know? Four more open spots for field testers, lemme know.
A5 Participants: 1. StormyKnight [TIPPMANN Forum] 2. The Guy[TIPPMANN Forum reviewed] 3. Yomillio and Matt[TIPPMANN Forum reviewed] 4. Nagash1959[TIPPMANN Forum reviewed] 5. ctchofday[TIPPMANN Forum reviewed] X7 Participants: 1. Reb Cpl[TIPPMANN Forum reviewed] 2. nchittendon[98OG] 3. greasegun1964[98OG] 4. KRA SHARPSHOOTER [A5OG] 5. Ricochet R5 Participants: 1. oldpnoob [TIPPMANN Forum] 2. shartley [A5OG reviewed] 3. 4. 5. Revvy Participants: COMING SOON! Edited by techietaichi - 03 July 2008 at 3:44pm |
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Nagash1959
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The lost capacity isn't too bad. If you fully load your hopper before the game like normal then you won't be missing too much. And as I have never seen a 200 round pod you won't feel like you got shorted when you reload either. I have the 160 Dye pods and there is still room when I dump that in for more, so in game feels pretty much the same.
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jordanpischke
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I'm definatly considering trying this out, but my gravity fed hopper is a really weird shape. Although I may end up buying a cyclone some time soon and getting an x7 hopper so I will have to try and get a hold of one of these then. The only thing thta kinda bothers me is the loss of capacity, but for almost pure silence I think it will be worth it. Edited by jordanpischke - 22 June 2008 at 11:52pm |
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techietaichi
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Thanks for the review 'ctchofday' and for the time you committed to doing it. Most of all, I'm glad you like it. If you don't mind, could you come back and tell us how it worked out in the field for you? I'd love to hear about it. Never know, it might make for a good tale.
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ctchofday
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Thanks man. I like it. Heres my Review:
Initial thought: Opened the packaging and layed the pieces out for inspection. Looked very nice. Clean cuts, nice soft but durable foam. Installation: The sticky side made it so much more clean than using some other form of glue. I will say that laying down some of the pieces was very annoying due the the sticky side being VERY sticky, but once i got the piece in place it didnt move. Everything lined up right and covered around 97% or so of the hopper. Took around 10 min, not bad. Operation: Dumped around 1/2 to 3/4 of a hopper of paintballs the hopper on the gun. Ran around outside doing various maneuvers that you'd normally do running around in the woods. Noise suppression was nice indeed, reduced it by atleast half maybe more. Very good mod indeed Techie. I cant wait to actually use it in a game and be able to run around with no one hearing anything but maybe a few footsteps every now and then. |
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