TIppy v. Ion
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Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Which Gun is Best
Forum Description: Need Advice? Ask the pros.
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Topic: TIppy v. Ion
Posted By: Phantasm
Subject: TIppy v. Ion
Date Posted: 23 December 2005 at 10:10pm
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Is Tippmann A-5 With an E-Grip > an Ion?
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Posted By: Jman27
Date Posted: 23 December 2005 at 10:34pm
| depends what your gonna be usin them for |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 23 December 2005 at 10:48pm
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I would get an A-5 over the Ion any day.
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Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 23 December 2005 at 10:54pm
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Snake6 wrote:Posted By: A5Gunner24
Date Posted: 23 December 2005 at 11:18pm
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Ion's I will simply put are great for the price, but also they should have many upgrades that you need to add to them. The A5 w/ EGrip is great, especially if you add for a small price of around $28-$30. It only works with the EGrip this trigger, but it makes it walkable up to 15 BPS! Which is pretty good. The Ion is a great gun for the price also, I don't consider it a High End, but I would also has Snake6 said.. I would go with the A5 anyday over the Ion. |
Posted By: Phantasm
Date Posted: 23 December 2005 at 11:18pm
like speedball and woodsball, maybe speedball a little more than woodsball... ------------- Early bird gets the worm, second mouse gets the cheese. |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 23 December 2005 at 11:28pm
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Id go with the A5 and egrip. Get a new board for it and your set. Talk about walking over the Ion... ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: Phantasm
Date Posted: 23 December 2005 at 11:43pm
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hmm, i dont know much about the egrip, what exactly does it meen to get a new board.. like what does that exactly do...
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Posted By: EriK6
Date Posted: 24 December 2005 at 11:21am
| A5 E |
Posted By: hotshot_1392
Date Posted: 24 December 2005 at 5:41pm
| I'd take the A5 with E-Grip and Dual Trigger over the Ion any day. Not only would you need the Ion you would also need a Halo or something like that. The WAS board would make an A5 slaughter an Ion. You would also do the QEV mod on the Cyclone to keep up with the WAS. |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 24 December 2005 at 7:17pm
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here www.goapeonline.com or www.wickedairsportz.com these are new boards.
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Posted By: Autococker/A5
Date Posted: 24 December 2005 at 7:19pm
| a5 all the way ions are g ay ION REBON MODE f ags |
Posted By: Die-Trying
Date Posted: 24 December 2005 at 7:56pm
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I would go with the ion. I’m more into speed ball and I like a lighter, faster, and smaller marker. But my opinion is bias do to the fact I prefer speed ball. But then again you’re on a tippmann forum comparing a tippmann marker to a smart parts marker so there is bias there to. ------------- Ion sanded and bondo'd body Orange painted body and frame Dead On Bullet Drop Evo II 68/4500 crossfire Evil pipe kit with ultra tip |
Posted By: Phantasm
Date Posted: 24 December 2005 at 11:17pm
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I guess the ion would probably be smaller and lighter, but im not too
sure on how much faster compared to an a5 egrip with one of those ape
boards in it, idk, I dont like a few things about the ion... well,
really only one thing... it does not ever seem to impress me... .I see
on certain other paintball websites..all these videos posted with
people shooting their ions really fast... that is not impressive,
moving your fingers on a switch... kinda like turning on and off a
light..... now, something that I would find impressive is someone doing
some work and mods to get something like an old stingray (for example)
to shoot fast ... or to make a mechanical marker do something kool,
rather than just clicking a trigger really fast and claiming that it is
something amazing.... idk, does anyone see what im sayin?
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Posted By: Die-Trying
Date Posted: 26 December 2005 at 11:48am
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ya i see what your saying but most people don't have the time or tools
to do something like that. i've always wanted to make a truely one of a
kind custom marker.
------------- Ion sanded and bondo'd body Orange painted body and frame Dead On Bullet Drop Evo II 68/4500 crossfire Evil pipe kit with ultra tip |
Posted By: Bushyboy0404
Date Posted: 27 December 2005 at 12:43pm
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the ion is a better gun for what you wanna do....besides the fact that the a5 is more durable ur gonna have to put more money into the a5...my friend has an a5 with egrip and its cool but i like my ion more in all categories ------------- 02 cocker-sold ion max flo progressive clamping feedneck 47/3k tank revvy |
Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 27 December 2005 at 9:51pm
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Posted By: super_gman
Date Posted: 27 December 2005 at 10:02pm
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A-5. It's built like a tank, unlike the Ion. It's also just as fast as long as it gets a new board. ------------- Zerglet. |
Posted By: monty_sniper
Date Posted: 28 December 2005 at 1:28pm
i'd say tippy over ion on a smart parts forum. i got an ion the other day, i really liked it, but it doesn't compare to my 98 w/ halo b, and super r/t. ------------- 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: jw1961
Date Posted: 28 December 2005 at 3:17pm
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I 2x the a-5 W/ e-grip |