A-5 egrip
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Topic: A-5 egrip
Posted By: Tippymann15
Subject: A-5 egrip
Date Posted: 08 November 2005 at 6:39pm
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I read somewhere that batteries on my egrip should last at least 2000 shots right? Wrong, Ive been using my A5 for about 1.5 months and gone through 4 brand new batteries and about 6 partials... This cannot be right? The first two batteries lasted the longest but ever since, If when I am done a game I turn my gun off until further use, the battery is dead in no more than twenty-four hours, if I leave it on... Same thing!??! What the heck is going on here? Even when I don't use the battery it runs out when it's off! Is the only solution to take the battery out after each game?!?!!??? These batteries are starting to cost me more than paint for crying out loud. PS, I had my egrip factory installed. Lost... |
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Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 08 November 2005 at 7:07pm
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you biuying the cheap batteries? I know my duracells lasted for about 4 months and I played every sunday.
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Posted By: Tippymann15
Date Posted: 08 November 2005 at 7:09pm
| I first bought two durracels, then two energizers, then an everready and then the partials where aoto... |
Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 08 November 2005 at 8:02pm
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do u leave the battery in the gun? it may be a stupid question but i left the batterys in my Halo and the died after i played only 2imes. they were also energizer ------------- 
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Posted By: kuhndog599
Date Posted: 08 November 2005 at 8:43pm
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yea maybe you should take it out. not the egrip but the battery after you play. ------------- model 98 - homemade handguard solid stock - opsgear mag polished internals homemade sling - paintjob operator barrel progressive barrel opsgear mag - stock |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 08 November 2005 at 8:58pm
Did you leave your halo on when you played? Your supposed to. -------------
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pbdude985 wrote:Posted By: Mr. Heckler
Date Posted: 08 November 2005 at 9:19pm
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Are you positive that you are turning off the E-grip? Make sure you are and if it doesn't work maybe take it to your proshop and ask. ------------- The Tippmann Forums.....My Anti-Drug. -98Custom -Flatline -6-Position Collapsible Stock -32 Degrees Remote Hose -Crossman Red Dot |
Posted By: Xspyderman
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 11:30am
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Try lithium-ion rechargeables. They are expensive up front, but over the long haul will save you a lot of coin... on the other hand, why not convert to full mech and forget about batteries... ------------- 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: Whazuuup!
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 1:49pm
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^^^ Because full mech is slow and has a heavy trigger pull, and no alternate firing modes. If mechanical was better nobody would own an electric gun.... ------------- 
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Posted By: VTpaintballer
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 5:36pm
| mine has lasted for 7 games so far and i've shot over 3 cases of 1000 paintballs. so yea i dotn know what your doing and by the way i dont try to turn my e-grip off its automatic it turns of after 10 minutes of use and what are you talkign about 2 energizers and stuff you only use one 9v |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 6:52pm
Ummmm.. there is no on/off for the E-grip, just an fyi. -------------
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Posted By: Tippymann15
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 10:28am
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That's how many batteries I've gone through, I don't use two at a time lol!!! Anyway, it's like 7 bucks for two energizers, I just bought two more and am hoping these will serve me better. I always leave the battery in the gun, obviously if I took it out it would be fine, the problem is that it's burning in the gun when the gun is on or off. I never noticed if it turned off after a while? But I can say that the only battery that served it's purpose was when the gun was on. But then the next time I left my gun on nothing so... Oh yah, I would NEVER go back to mechanical lol.
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 3:35pm
The argument that something is better because a lot of people do it is dumb. If the Tippy RT wasn't hated on by these tourney homos maybe we would have more mechanicals in the pros....but when they hate on the only mech that can keep up, what do you expect? Mechanical Tippy RT's are so fast and vicious they are banned, 'nuff said. |
Posted By: Whazuuup!
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 3:42pm
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I agree the R/T is fast. I guess that's still full mechanical, but I would consider it an exception. And I didn't argue that electros are better cause lots of people have them. I argued that they're better because they have a higher rate of fire and more options. -------------
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 3:44pm
| But they don't have a higher rate of fire! And what good are a bunch of options when my RT can do all of them on the fly? Without batteries? |
Posted By: Whazuuup!
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 3:48pm
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Oh come on dude! You've gotta admit there are electros out there that are faster than the most tricked out R/T.
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 3:52pm
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I've seen the RT's shooting reliably at 20BPS, if you need more than that I can't relate to you
Also, I don't think you can get a gun to shoot 20+BPS as cheaply as the A5RT w/ QEV and super RT.....it does 20bps, is cheaper than anything else, and it doesn't require batteries....did I mention you can change modes on the fly? Single shots, or a burts of however many you want, the A5RT'll do it. No adjustments needed. |
Posted By: Whazuuup!
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 5:18pm
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Ok, so the R/T shoots fast for cheap. But what about a tournament situation? Then you're stuck with either a completely mechanical semi (without the R/T), or an electro that can do 15+ BPS by walking the trigger. The choice is easy, you get an electro because Rate of Fire matters in speedball... -------------
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 6:13pm
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and why is the RT tourney-illegal? Because players with $1000 God guns don't like being dominated by a gun that costs less than $300!
When did we start talking about tourneys? I thought the issue you brought up was speed? If the RT was tourney legal(which it should be), all you electro fans wouldn't be so confident in your superiority.....it's easy to disrespect when you outlaw the best Mech gun available! Ripping 15+ bps on a Tippy RT is just as hard as ripping 15bps+ on any of today's electros....why the hate on mechanical firepower? |
Posted By: curby972
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 6:14pm
| i have an egrip and the battery has been it since last december and it still works fine so i dunno maybe make sure u turn it off |
Posted By: Whazuuup!
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 6:57pm
It sounds to me like you are saying every electro is obsolete because the R/T and A-5 exist. This isn't true. I'm sorry. While the A-5 R/T combo can certainly shred it up, there is also a place for electros and high-end markers. It's called the speedball field. I'm not one of those rich kids who has the latest $1000 marker (and jersey to match of course  ),
but I realize that these guns dominate for a reason, and you can't go
dissing electro markers just because your mech A-5 can come close in
terms of BPS.And as for that last part about R/Ts and electros requireing the same amount of skill, I don't share your opinion. -------------
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 7:13pm
I don't see anywhere where I've said electros are whack or inferior, that is for the owner to decide. All I responded to was you ignorantly claiming mechanical guns are slow, when I own a mechanical gun that pulls 13+bps, can shoot any sort of burst you want on the fly, and requires nothing but an airsource. Your logic is flawed, because it relies on the fact that the Tippy RT is unrightfully banned from tourney play. You are the one that brought up that mechs are slow, and the tournbey aspect....no one is talking about tourney play but you! But since you brought it up, I shared my opinion that the only reason electros are so heavily dominant in the tourney scene is because the most dominant mech paintgun, the Tippy RT, is outlawed. If the Tippy RT wasn't outlawed, people who wanted high ROF could actually have a choice between mech and electro....but since they are outlawed, it's a moot point to say,"The tourney scene is dominated by electros", because the tourney scene has taken the choice away from the players! It's either go electro or be at a disadvantage. But it's not because there isn't fast, capable mechanical guns out there, it's because they are outlawed, so there is no choice, so you have no point. |
Posted By: Mr.Shake56
Date Posted: 18 November 2005 at 7:47pm
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use rechargeble ones they cost expensive but in the long run its all good |
Posted By: Whazuuup!
Date Posted: 19 November 2005 at 12:20am
I'm not dissing mech guns. I own one and am perfectly fine with
it. I'm just contrasting them to electros, and explaining why
somebody would want an e-grip over a mech. The post I originally
responded to with the ^^ marks was something like this:
And I explained why you would not want to do this. E-grip > Stock A-5. Now about the R/t... And in my opinion, the R/T is outlawed because of the shallow learning curve. It's not some Smart-Parts conspiricy to keep Tippmanns out of the tournament scene because they cost less. And the reason I brought up touraments in the first place was because you were implying that the A-5 R/T is better than everything out there, and costs less and is more reliable etc.... Even if it is, that doesn't change the fact that they are banned, and so electro is the way to go. -------------
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Posted By: Xspyderman
Date Posted: 19 November 2005 at 2:16am
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What the? You always surprizzzze me..... Ok, so you're an R/t fan and a flatty flop... well we can't all agree I guess... I'm a flatty fan and a an R/T fan... go figure? Here I'm planning on playing game at a Tippmann field the weekend after Turkeyday,,, and they won't let me use my R/T.... sUUUUUUUcKKKKsssss! I'll have to forgive them... Hell Survivors... Exotic Sportz... bought some of it from them.. and they won't let me run the R/T in general admission. Sure, I'd clean them all up.... Boo! F'ing who! I paid for the up's! I want to shoot some rookies!!! ------------- 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: Zesty
Date Posted: 19 November 2005 at 1:15pm
I disagree....I think holding the swetspot on an RT is harder than pulling 15bps on these newer electros....more skill required. I never said any gun is better, stop putting words in my mouth to suit your argument! You're only point seems to be that the RT is banned, which is pretty weak. It doesn't discount the fact that the RT is fully mechanical, and rips just as fast as most any electro out there. You said mechs were slow, and you were 100% WRONG. E-Grip>stock A5...whose arguing against that?! Again, you seem to be making up your own arguments! The issue we are debating, would be more like A5RT vs. A5 E-Grip.....in which case the A5RT shoots just as fast if not faster, can shoot single shots or any length of burst on the fly, and requires no batteries.....plus it's cheaper! I never said better, because that's subjective. |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 19 November 2005 at 1:19pm
But personally I think the best way I can put it is this: For my play style, I feel MUCH more comfortable and capable with the added accuracy of the LAPCO barrels rather than the added distance of the Flatline...I'll take accuracy over distance any day of the week. I buy my barrels for utmost accuracy, not utmost distance. I feel the biggest thing a paintball barrel should do well is shoot a paintball accurately. The LAPCO's give me that, the FL does not. |
Posted By: Whazuuup!
Date Posted: 20 November 2005 at 12:31am
How on earth is that a weak argument!? If you play at fields where the R/T cannot be used, it is simply not an option. If you want faster BPS when you play at these fields, you go electro. Simple as that. And just to clarify things, when Xspyder wrote his very first comment about full mech vs. E-grip, I assumed stock A-5. That's where that first comment about mechs being slow came from. Ever since then, we've been arguing about the R/T vs the E-grip, just because you're mad about the stereotype that electros are better than R/Ts. I also assumed that maybe the reason he got the E-grip in the first place was because he liked playing at his local field or maybe in tournments, so I disreguarded the R/T in that first post anyway. I just assume everything and I'm a horrible person.  -------------
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 20 November 2005 at 11:41am
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^Dude, why are you still posting? Your arguments jump from one thing to another, honestly.....re-read the thread and see what you said and how everything has unfolded.
Your point was that mechs are slow, you are/were wrong, 100% so. I give you examples, and the only thing you bring up is that they are banned.....we weren't talking about tourneys when you made your ignorant statement. You just brought that up to suit your argument. I know you assumed stock A5, and you assumed wrong....you know what they say about "assumptions"? Have you ever used an RT? |
Posted By: Whazuuup!
Date Posted: 20 November 2005 at 11:50am
No I have not used an R/T in a game. I have seen and heard them (yes in real life).
My point was that without the E-grip, his gun would be slower. I worded it in such a way that it suggested that mechanical = slow. I was not including the R/T because it is banned, and I don't think it's a solution to his original problem.
No actually it's your arguments that are jumping. I admitted that R/Ts were fast, but said that electros are faster. Then when I was right about that, you start going on about why the R/T is better than electros because of the on-the-fly adjustments and whatnot. Well this may be true, I reminded you that R/Ts are not for tournaments, so electros are still the best option for a tourney player. I'm right about this too, so you go on a rant about why they are banned. Maybe you can enlighten us, Tippymann15. Is the R/T allowed where you play? And would you replace your e-grip with the R/T, given the choice? -------------
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