apex vs. flatline
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Topic: apex vs. flatline
Posted By: anarchyintheua
Subject: apex vs. flatline
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 9:24pm
| which is better for woods ball |
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Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 9:25pm
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Ehhh. I'm gonna have to say the Apex. It has the capabilities of the Flatline and more. ------------- http://www.macdev.net - MacDev Militia http://www.alienpb.com - Alien - Because winning is more fun. |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 9:47pm
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Flatline. In the time it takes to sit there and adjust the Apex you could have already made the shot with the flatline. |
Posted By: Cormier
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 9:48pm
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SuzukiRider987 wrote:Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 10:25pm
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Then don't adjust it. You can use the Apex just like a Flatline if you choose. But you also have the OPTION of adjusting if you like. The Apex does everything the Flatline does and more. |
Posted By: Hoddersplat2008
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 11:08pm
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what is the Apex and were can i see it
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Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 11:25pm
If you will do an "Apex" search on all Tippmann forums you will find about 13 subjects about the barrel. Somewhere in that is a link to a demo showing a rather awesome performance. Also, you can read about it at: http://www.pbreview.com/products/reviews/3894/ - http://www.pbreview.com/products/reviews/3894/ The barrel works with any decent paint, no need for high priced PMI. It can be instantly adjusted to up, down, right or left curves, It will shoot like a Flatline or like a regular barrel. It is available all over the web, 888paintball.com for one, for $119. |
Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 7:44am
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http://www.btpaintball.com/bt_newsite/f_b_apex.html - http://www.btpaintball.com/bt_newsite/f_b_apex.html
Personally I wouldnt get it because, I love my Flatline too much. ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition! 
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Posted By: Xspyderman
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 5:17pm
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^^^ Me too. The demonstration video is impressive, but they really are not the same. No matter how you have it set, the Apex shoots weird.... weird in a way that could beneficial in many cases, but weird in a way that would irritate the crap out of me. The long straight shot running more or less parallel to the ground is not possible with the Apex, and is the main stay of the Flatline... to me the flatty is the wayt to go, which is a safe opinion in my case having already installed it. It would be cool to play around with one, but I would not want to live with it day in and day out, that I'm sure of. Frankly, the potential advantage for the shots that wrap around bunkers, is almost cheating to me.
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Posted By: pooperscooper
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 5:20pm
Exactly. ------------- Chuck Norris doesnt read books, he stares them down untill he gets the information he wants. |
Posted By: baconking
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 6:57pm
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simple is better |
Posted By: Sargent Duck
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 7:03pm
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It's really personal prefrence. See if your proshop will let you try one out (if they have one).
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Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 5:07am
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I do not understand where you are getting your info. Even following the link you provided you see right on the instructions, as you progress through the feature windows, that you can adjust not only the direction of spin but the amount of spin...allowing you to tailor the barrel to duplicate the Flatline performance. |
Posted By: ekim98
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 4:49pm
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i was at TWC this week end and i talked to several a5 org. members that were selling there flatlines and buying the apex. they said they couldn't get within range to shoot back at the guys with an apex. like any game you have people long balling, but some of those guy's where shooting quite accurately a good range. i don't shoot either, so i'm just going by what i saw and heard ------------- |
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 7:37pm
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I would prefer the flatline, but I would recommend you try out both and decide for yourself. It really is all personnal opinion. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: WeekEndWarrior9
Date Posted: 20 September 2005 at 1:04pm
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Ill stick with my flatty, want to know why? 1.all the rumors about how its hard to clean and what not are not true, and for paint draxxus works perfect (only broke one ball in a year) so it truly performs well. 2.its sexy looking 3.ive already paid for it and sure as hell am not going to fork out another $100 dollars 4.honestly for woods ball its better because if your trying to use the apex to make a curve shot, its not gonna work becuase you hit one twig and BAM your paintball explodes, you'd have to be one lucky person or just great at geomerty to curve through brush, straight is were its at.. 5.its sexy looking ------------- C98 Expansion Chamber Response Trigger Flatline Remote Line Rocket Cock Full Camo |
Posted By: lee l
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 2:10pm
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get a J&J ceramic barrel much cheeper and more effective the the flatty and apex lee |
Posted By: A5 Man
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 4:07pm
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yea should i get apex? ------------- tippmann a5 e-grip 14 inch new hopper and a scope double trigger flatline remote remote pack stock more on its way |
Posted By: PB 24/7
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 4:41pm
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I'm so-so on the Apex. The "flatline effect" thing on the apex looks cheesy to me... I saw a video of a guy doing that and after a certian distance the paintballs would start swerving everywhere. I guess that could've been bad paint. I like the flatline better I think, but the Apex has a huge advantage in going around obstacles. Just depends on what you want. ------------- A-5 Response Trigger 14" All-American barrel Expansion Chamber Drop Forward |
Posted By: Teh_Ninja
Date Posted: 16 October 2005 at 11:12pm
| Does anyone have a link to a video of it? |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 17 October 2005 at 2:40am
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There are a couple of videos floating around - none of them are very good. Bruce Frank posted a decent review of his Apex in another thread in this forum, however. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: A5 dude15
Date Posted: 17 October 2005 at 7:17pm
| this freaking sucks i bought a flatline like 2 days ago and im just now finding out about this...i dont know which ill like better...i havnt even used the flatline yet. but ya...this sucks. |
Posted By: GRRWingNut
Date Posted: 17 October 2005 at 7:25pm
Not true. Maybe for short distances, but I would love to see a JJ shoot as far as an Apex or a Flatty, and still get reliable breaks. And for me, I would choose a Flatline. The Apex has some sweet features, but it hasn't been around all that long yet, and is still, for the most part, untested as far as durability is concerned. And I don't want to say anything against the Apex, I am merely saying that I would choose a proven system with lots of experience behind it before choosing a system that has been only out for a few months. jj ------------- A5RT Specops A5A2 kit Soon a Flatline with UMS shroud, and Specops F.O.G. grip |
Posted By: Teh_Ninja
Date Posted: 17 October 2005 at 8:05pm
| And id like to see the apex hit the side of a barn at 10 feet out. |