WARNING! Rochet hopper POS junk!!!
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Topic: WARNING! Rochet hopper POS junk!!!
Posted By: Xspyderman
Subject: WARNING! Rochet hopper POS junk!!!
Date Posted: 24 April 2005 at 12:37pm
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WARNING!!! My Ricochet R-5 has two problems: 1) The lid pops open a lot! I've lost a good bit of paint from this issue. I'm not looking for suggestions like, use duct tape to keep it closed. I'm just letting eveyone know about the problem. 2) The second time out, it got cracked on the nose by a calibrated marker shooting under 290 fps. This was very disappointing. It still works, but I can't believe it got cracked so easily. I am really surprised this R5 hopper is such poor quality. They could not have done much testing of the unit for it to have these problems. Unfortunately, there aren't very many hopper options for the A5, and the R5's stealth look really looks good on my Tippmann. The stock A5 hopper has a flat spot on the front that is a paintball magnet. Mine is the smoked version. I wonder if the black one holds up better? Anyone have a black one and know for sure if it is better? I picked the smoked one so I could see how much paint is left in it. ------------- Xs. A5, GTA; Flatline, Double Trigger, R/T, Tapco Stock, 32° Remote, Attitude Forum: meeting place or medium for discussion of matters of public interest. NOT INTERESTED? DON'T POST! |
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 24 April 2005 at 1:06pm
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A vast majority of people have known it sucks. It's just a marketing ploy, or hype if you will.
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Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 24 April 2005 at 1:47pm
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I highly doubt that the color makes a difference in durability. ------------- http://www.macdev.net - MacDev Militia http://www.alienpb.com - Alien - Because winning is more fun. |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 24 April 2005 at 1:53pm
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The way we pressured them into making it they had to rush the process of making it. Therefore less quality. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: Menohl
Date Posted: 24 April 2005 at 4:15pm
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The lid popping open is from the blowback gas that escapes though the cyclone.
The fix i've heard several people use, is to drill several small holes in the lid so that the gas can escape without blowing the hole lid off. Hope this helps ------------- 
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Posted By: Tippmann98mike
Date Posted: 24 April 2005 at 6:38pm
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did u post ur gun on pbreview.com??, its nice, o ya, ricochet rules, got some problems but its a good hopper ------------- Tippmann 98 custom flatline 12v revvy w/ x board java diamond grips |
Menohl wrote:Posted By: Xspyderman
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 4:23pm
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Not so much the color as the material... I don't think they are the same polymer... I'll look into it. ------------- Xs. A5, GTA; Flatline, Double Trigger, R/T, Tapco Stock, 32° Remote, Attitude Forum: meeting place or medium for discussion of matters of public interest. NOT INTERESTED? DON'T POST! |
Posted By: andrewc
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 4:37pm
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i have an R5 and i have no problems at all
hey, Xspyderman i have a black one but it probably doesn't make a difference |
Posted By: VTpaintballer
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 4:54pm
| i don't know why you would want another hopper from the stock they are all the same |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 4:55pm
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Yay for bumping old posts. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: VTpaintballer
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 5:08pm
| o ya this is an old post |