Stealth Modded Hoppers

Nagash1959 wrote:   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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

lol

i hope borg wont sue you for his idea.

paintball437085 wrote: how much do you plan on selling them for?

I'm set on $10, but I was scoping some material today and WOW! prices got retarded.

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

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

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.