ion vs. a-5
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Topic: ion vs. a-5
Posted By: newbie527
Subject: ion vs. a-5
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 5:45pm
| please explain why |
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Posted By: newbie527
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 6:05pm
| im mostly gonna use the gun for speed ball and a few forrest course once in a while |
Posted By: Watari
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 6:41pm
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If for speedball then the Ion is better. ------------- 
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Posted By: TimeSplitter
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 7:14pm
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The ion is alot better for the $ enless u want to be playing long distance wood ball alll day long. The ion come with a better barrel, and alot better trigger, also the extoskeleten is replacible. The A-5 is made of plastic were the ion, excluding the exoskeleton, the rest is alluminun. Also the ion can shot faster and more accurate, enless u by the flatline.. witch cost an extra 120$ and in close range makes the ball go slower and arce and is hard to clean. Both the guns are good and dont have to be fixed often, but id say go with ion.. i would buy it off ebay, i got mine off ebay for 220.. a 60 doller save. If you do get the A-5 u will spen hundreds on the barrel and responce trigger u might also want to get a new bored for it. this would still not be as good as the ion an not as expansive. Conclusion: get the ion or you will regret it. Thats my opion though. |
Posted By: 98c Dude13
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 7:45pm
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Well if you play mostly out in the woods then get the A-5 but if you play like with air bunkers then get the Ion. ------------- TIPPMANN 98 CUSTOM 14" Progressive barrel 32* Black gel grips BT-16 Double trigger Pen Spring Mod X-core Expansion Chamber Vertical Adapter |
Posted By: Contract KillaZ
Date Posted: 28 March 2005 at 1:39pm
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Ion. It goes 2 bps faster. A t-board will some be out for
it making it 22 bps. (new solonoid) Its lighter, smalller,
more compact. less necesiry upgrades also.
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Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 28 March 2005 at 2:14pm
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boo ion spend another 30 and get the omen
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Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 28 March 2005 at 9:19pm
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Well, if you mainly play speedball then the ion might be better suited
for you but if you play mostly woods or a little of both then I think
the A5 is better. My reason for that is because the A5 can be a great
woods gun and a fairly decent speedball gun as well. Since you have so
many upgrade options with the A5, you can change it to meet your needs.
For example, I play both speedball and woodsball with my A5. When I
play speedball, I usually put my bigshot on. When I go into the woods,
then I'll usually put the flatline on for some extra range. You can do
some more extensive modding for the different play styles but I find my
setup to work great for both so I don't usually change the gun that
much. I plan on getting a folding stock for my A5 soon too so I can use
the stock in the woods and then fold it when I want to play speedball
so I can keep the gun close. The ion is good for speedball but you
can't mod it much so it's nothing special in the woods. You also need
to get a good hopper for it which will add another $100 or so if you
don't already have one. Being able to shoot 17 bps is nothing if you
can't feed that fast.
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Posted By: TimeSplitter
Date Posted: 28 March 2005 at 11:07pm
| o by the way this sight is kind of a tippmann sight so most people will say the a-5 better. But get the ion |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 29 March 2005 at 12:17am
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Posted By: I-Shot-the-ref
Date Posted: 29 March 2005 at 6:13pm
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i like speedball more but i was seriously wondering, does the ion take CO2? |
Posted By: Stitch
Date Posted: 29 March 2005 at 6:23pm
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A-5 cuz i like how customizable it is, but the ION with a better stock barrel could be a major compedator (however you spell that) ------------- 98 Custom R/T Flatline BT Stock Tippmann Vertical adapter GTA Inline X-Chamber ADCO IMP Red dot Sight Rocket C*ck II Apache Attack Loader Armotech Zeus Pistol Laser sight Armotech holster |
Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 29 March 2005 at 7:47pm
I don't really know much about the ion but my guess is that it will work on Co2. If you plan on shooting fast though, I'd highly recommend getting nitro. If you don't then the gun will freeze up on you and condensation doesn't go very well with electronics. If the gun runs on less than 800 psi (which is likely) then you should definitely use nitro instead. Most regulators aren't made to handle CO2 or just don't do it well so nitro would help you greatly if it's a low pressure gun. Nitro is better anyway so if you can, spend the extra money and get a nitro tank. ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |
I-Shot-the-ref wrote:Posted By: the snipe
Date Posted: 30 March 2005 at 6:18am
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I would get both ,but i'm sure you don't want to spend that much.You said speedball so I would get the ion. ------------- 
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Posted By: fastrigger81
Date Posted: 31 March 2005 at 12:34pm
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yea if ur gonna play speedball get the ion, its a lot smaller ------------- Tippmann 98 custom 12 inch JJ Pro 1 Barrel Dead on drop foward expansion chamber pen spring mod 12v Revvy w/ x board Dead on 2x Trigger |
Posted By: rwt0802
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 6:24pm
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I'll bet you, Timesplitter, that the Ions got more plastic than the A-5. But the choice of guns depends on what you're gonna do with it. Woodsball= A-5(needs upgrade to hit 15bps) Speedball= ion (17bps stock i think) |
Posted By: danielXMD
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 7:53pm
I'm new in paintball, but i have buy for me a A5...  ------------- http://www.us-city.net |
Posted By: supergman
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 9:55pm
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I've never shot an Ion, but I've heard that they can be pretty finicky and tend to break down a lot. The A-5 is invincible and will take any amount of abuse you can give it. If it were me, I'd go A-5 because i put reliability ahead of bps. But, I'll concede, the Ion is definately a superior speedball gun. ------------- Tippmann A-5 14 in. Smart Parts All American Ricochet R-5 Tippmann A-5 Expansion Chamber 5 wood golf club head cover (tank cover) |
Posted By: Mr.Shake56
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 12:07am
| ion all around is a better gun all around |
Posted By: blue orchids
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 1:45pm
the ion can take co2 if a anti-syphon tube is installed but if your gonna get a ion get HPA definetly |
Posted By: dyedude0007
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 4:00pm
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 6:52pm
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boo omens
spend a little more and get a promaster |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 9:02pm
WHAT?! the A-5 is not made of plastic. Its a blend and super tough and thats only the grip (Replacable) and the cycolne (also replacable) the ion might be faster but the A-5 is deff. the more stronger one. SO dont say anything about it unless you have all your facts straight. ------------- Gamertag: Kataklysm999 
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Posted By: blue orchids
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:33am
| ^ i 2nd that |
Posted By: gergnayr33
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 11:34am
| ^ i 3rd that |
Posted By: alienboy527
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 11:00pm
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i'd get the ion cuz its a bit faster and really light. so once again ion is 4 speedball and A-5 is for woodsball btw omens suk my friend had 1 and it was really slow and broke a lot |
Posted By: monty_sniper
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 8:20pm
i 4th it... ------------- 98% of ion owners think ions are better than any high end gun. If you would like to bonus ball these idiots put this in your sig. Proud owner of 3 guns and counting. |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 8:24pm
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This forum sure likes messing with the collective time machine....
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Posted By: Mr. Spiffy
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 11:42pm
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I have give a generous amount of caution when checking out electro markers. The nice thing about the a-5 is it actually needs very little to be a solid marker. If you're playing a true tourney (that includes no ramping), then all you need is a better barrel and either an expansion chamber or nitro. Semi-auto's the only option anyway and the trigger pull and recoil can be ajusted to a perfect match by simply tinkering with different quality springs. Since I've never played with an ion myself, I can't say much pertaining to its overall performance, but the mods I've suggested for an a-5 are more or less the same to consider when completing any marker setup (ion included of course) minus the springs (and I'm sure a spare pen spring can be found with no charge). All together as little as 340 would cover tank and a reasonable barrel. ------------- Missing: 2nd star and 960+ posts to my name. -Another victim of the system. |
Posted By: GoTrauma
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 8:15pm
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This A-5 vs. Ion argument gets so old, its been going on since the ion came out. Flat out A-5: Takes a beating, and will rock woodsball Ion: It is a better speedball marker(will no take a beating) |