looking at hoppers
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Topic: looking at hoppers
Posted By: tippmannfreak
Subject: looking at hoppers
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 10:06pm
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i'm finally gonna spend the cash and get a motorized hopper. i've been shooting the old gravity feed until now. i was looking at the q-loader system, but murphy's law steers me away from it (as well as the price tag) the halo b is real popular around hear and everywhere, but idon't really need 23 ball/sec or whatever. i was kinda lookin at the backman by halo too.
what kind of hoppers do you guys use/suggest. i'm not afraid of spending the cash if i'm getting something reliable. ------------- Tippmann 98 Custom Psycho Ballistics X-Chamber P.B. Drop Forward Polished internals Lapco Bigshot 12" Macro Line Rufus Dog Double Trigger Dye Stickies Polished Receiver Halves |
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Posted By: paintbusta
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 10:11pm
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wut kind of gun do u have? i say just go ahead and get a halob,empireb,velocity because any gun u get you can still use the same hopper so if you get something cheap now then later on if you get a better marker than you will need a better hopper ------------- 
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Posted By: I Shoot Fast
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 11:04pm
| id say get a halo, even if you dont need to feed 20+ bps, its still a good reliable hopper and the other choices are like egg hopper which breaks soooo easily and those cheap vl ones that feed 10 bps. I got a used halo with rip drive for 80 bucks and it works fine. |
Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 11:07pm
| Something Halo... |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 11:49pm
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get a VL Revolution. It's the most reliable. and it's light almost as light as a gravity feed.... ------------- X |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 12:04am
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halos are gigantic but i still like them. ewww eggs. personally the only hopper i really like is the overdrive hopper by extreme rage.
or any or the richochet hoppers though i hate the rhino cause it's continuous adjutation ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 12:07am
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carl_the_sniper wrote:Posted By: an94
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 12:18am
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yes they did, look again. what is the egg anyways? who makes them? I have seen some hoppers that have Earth magnet for the lid, are they any good? does anyone make one for an A5? ------------- 1 paintball gun package=$150 1 case of paint=$50 air & entry fee=$15 lighting up newbies all day long= Priceless |
Posted By: KoolKidsKlan
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 12:25am
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VL makes eggs. I like the VL Revvy. They're cheap, pretty fast and light. I have a richochet 2k Hopper, feeds 14 balls but I might get a revvy because Their only about 40 bucks.. They any faster then a richochet? ------------- 
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 12:25am
vl makes eggs. they're lighter than halos. ------------- X |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 12:27am
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Posted By: paintballinbill
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 12:34am
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you didn't specify the type of gun you are using, but i'm going to assume that it's the one in your sig. i'd recommend the cyclone. it'll feed as fast as you'd ever need, and it would keep your gun mechanical if you want to go with an electric one, i'd suggest a halo. if i had a dime for every person i knew with broke eggy shells laying around their house, i'd probably have a dollar or so... ------------- 98 Custom milled;painted;J&J Ceramic;X-Chamber;R/T;Cyclone. |
. i have one on my 98 along with an R/T, and it keeps up just fine, even if i turn the R/T all the way up.Posted By: Duechy
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 12:35am
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You might also look at the Empire Reloader II. I've had one for about a year now and it's always worked great. They're cheaper than a Halo but a little more than a Revy. I think I got mine for $55. ------------- One shot, One kill.... Oh, wait. What fun is that? TEN shots, one kill, and a bunch of welts on your back. |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 8:20am
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I'm going to pick up a VL Revvy soon. I dont shoot to fast, but any electric hopper is better than gravity. If I do decide to shoot faster, the Revvy should be able to keep up. Look into a Halo B or a Revvy. ------------- 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: Dan db09
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 10:10am
| Theres nothing wrong with eggs... When people say they break its because the battery cover falls off.... |
Posted By: a5Tpp789
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 10:59am
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what type ofgun do you have its no use getting a halo b with a wal mart gun Ex orion i have an empire its good -------------  if you put 500 dollars into an A5 it is still an A5
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 11:09am
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If you are shooting mech, then Revvy is your best bet. Only exception might be the Cyclone, particularly if you play woods (lower but wider profile). ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 12:34pm
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um, tell us what gun you have, i would reccomend a revvy or egg if you is short on cash, but if its a nice gun and you're loaded, get a vlocity or halo b edit, i just looked at you sig, get a revvy or an egg, or cyclone it/......... ------------- 
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Posted By: I Shoot Fast
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 3:34pm
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does it really matter how heavy the hoppper is, i mean your going to hook up a tank to your gun anyway and your going to fill up the hopper with paint, so can you really tell the difference? and like they say on the angel g7 fly ads, "Its a whole 2 ounces lighter than the regular g7" OMG 2 ounces im going to spend $1,250 to get the new one becuase its a whole 2 ouces lighter!!! |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 3:36pm
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Yes. The hopper sits up high, and the weight is quite noticable on the balance of the gun. Take a gun and switch between a Revvy and a HALO, and you can easily tell the difference. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: tippmannfreak
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:47pm
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sorry, i shoot the tippmann in my sig, and a mimimag. the mimimag has a level 10, but nothing special as as far as ROF. right now the tippmann doens't have an r/t but it may in the near future. i know the guns i shoot know aren't exactly "high end markers," but i'm also considering buying a new automag r/t. so a good hopper would be a intelligent investment.
also, thanks paintballinbill, i was considering the cyclone however i would like to move the hopper around to different guns. thanks guys. any feelings about the "backman," er whatever buy halo? ------------- Tippmann 98 Custom Psycho Ballistics X-Chamber P.B. Drop Forward Polished internals Lapco Bigshot 12" Macro Line Rufus Dog Double Trigger Dye Stickies Polished Receiver Halves |
Posted By: Hadarac
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 1:57pm
| i have a ricochet apache with my r/t and its fine |
Posted By: paintballinbill
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 9:56pm
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yeah, that's really the only downside to getting a cyclone---you can't take it to another gun, unless you happen to have a second 98 custom.. ------------- 98 Custom milled;painted;J&J Ceramic;X-Chamber;R/T;Cyclone. |