Very light and small
Fast enough
Affordable
Consistent
Accurate
Manual is good
Weaknesses:
Very little drop off
Dissembly
magnet
Review:
Ok i just bought this gun to back up my Alias Intimidator, and let me tell ya Awesome gun. Right when i took it out of the box i was very impressed, it feels just like a shocker and is light, not as light as my timmy, Also very small, which i like a lot, can stay nice and tight to bunkers and easy to handle. I loaded my evo 2 with paint and it fit very snug, i have heard that the neck doesn't fit halos. Put on a cross fire 45/4500, and started shooting, I really wasn't expecting good accuracy but this thing surprised me a lot, i was shooting arrows, now i started ripping on it (after i took the magnet out which is a lot better trust me) i put it on rebound and started shooting ropes, 17 balls is not the fastest out there, but fast enough, a lot of people won't agree. Now the reg. I took it out to the chroney and the results were 282, 274, 284, 285, 291, Not bad. That's not even broken in yet. Now after i was playing with it i experienced very little drop off, when shooting 15-17 bps, but it was there, a new reg will fix that. Another thing that really buggs me is that it's not field strip-able. I mean if you chop (which i didn't chop one ball with the break beam eyes) you have to take the gun apart, this starts to be a pain in the but, but after you do it a while it gets easy. (read the manual before striping) Now the shells. Now the people that are saying that it is plastic are wrong and there a bunch of you know what. The shell is very durable and its almost as durable as aluminum. If you threw the body to the ground it probably wont even crack, and its looks good, defiantly better than in pics looks a lot better in person. Another great idea that smart parts brang up was that you can switch the shells to yellow, blue, red, black, and soon to come other colors and designs. The trigger isn't all that bad. I defiantly recommend that you take the magnet out, it will increase ROF a lot, it is a little sloppy but when an aftermarket trigger comes out, that problem will be fixed. The sound of it was a little wield, at least mine was, almost sounded like an auto cannon, a new barrel can fix that, I put a 12" freak (takes Impulse threading) on mine and it sounded a lot better. As far as efficiency goes with my 45/4500 tank i got 1100 shots, not too bad. Im no gun tech but the people who say the ION uses cheap parts, that's wrong, its a very simple design that will be very reliable. I havn't used it much but im pretty sure that it won't cause a lot of problems
Conclusion:
I defiantly would recommend this marker to anyone, not just noobs, this gun will not beat a Bob long or Angel, but it is better than a lot of 600 dollar guns out there. Great back up if you have a 1000 dollar marker. And the price is incredible going for 300 bucks. I wasn't a real smart parts fan, but this gun was great. 9/10 performance but for the price i gatta give it a 10.
Ok, only have one problem about this review. The creator stated that his timmy is lighter than the ION. Your timmy is lighter than 2.2 pounds? I may be mistaken, but I don't see how that is possible when I doubt that the timmy is made from a lightweight plastic. Bob Long would lose weight before he made a gun with a plastic body.
Ok, I lied...I read it again and found something else. I don't think it is a big deal about beating a timmy or an angel. For one, I have seen people take phantoms on to a speedball field and take out timmies and angels. It is not always the gun, it is the player. In my opinion, speed isn't everything, 17bps is plenty fast, and most people cant get above 15 w/o help from a cheater board, so why complicate things with all those bells and whistles you get with a timmy or an angel?
Last edited on Thursday, March 3rd, 2005 at 6:08 am PST
quote:Originally posted by TheNatural The creator stated that his timmy is lighter than the ION. Your timmy is lighter than 2.2 pounds? I may be mistaken, but I don't see how that is possible when I doubt that the timmy is made from a lightweight plastic. Bob Long would lose weight before he made a gun with a plastic body.
all right timmys are easily one of the lightest markers made an alias weighs about 1.2or 1.4pounds and their some of the most solidly built markers out there and thenatural there is a little thing called milling that reduces a lot of weight and if you think a timmy weighs more than 2.2 pounds u musta been holding some old ass timmy
so is the shocker way better than an ion because im not sure which one to buy, i mean money is an issue for me but i can still afford a 700 doller shocker but i dont want to waste a crap load of money on a gun, so which one should i buy?
quote:Originally posted by pbfreak97
all right timmys are easily one of the lightest markers made an alias weighs about 1.2or 1.4pounds and their some of the most solidly built markers out there and thenatural there is a little thing called milling that reduces a lot of weight and if you think a timmy weighs more than 2.2 pounds u musta been holding some old ass timmy
yea ok... the only guns that are 1.2 or 1.4 pounds are shockers, and egos, the alias is 1.5 lbs, so ha, and anyway timmies are way over rated, you spend 200$ more on a timmy wen u can get an angel speed and have 6 bps more, plus you get more respect w/ an angel, belive me, i have 1, so ha
quote:Originally posted by Ballinvincent so is the shocker way better than an ion because im not sure which one to buy, i mean money is an issue for me but i can still afford a 700 doller shocker but i dont want to waste a crap load of money on a gun, so which one should i buy?
get the ion with QEV and stickys, cuz its cool, and a freak, and ull still have like 300-350$ to get a new tank and a hopper
but if you wanna go for price, both the wrath and the ion would be nice. you cant adjust the spring tension on the wrath though... if thats a big deal with you. u can stilll walk it, but not as fast as u could if you could adjust tension.
i shot one today and was pleased with its performance but was wondering about its long term reliability can any one tell me if they have had any problems and if they would recommend something else instead?please don't tell me they its perfect just because you have one.. it would be easier to email.... slugger_1700@hotmail.com
shimboodo I was wondering the same thing, how did he get 1100 out of a 45/45. I have read many review in magazines and on the internet (besides this site) and they all were saying that they got about 1000-1100 from a 68/45
quote:Originally posted by muzjr9
yea ok... the only guns that are 1.2 or 1.4 pounds are shockers, and egos, the alias is 1.5 lbs, so ha, and anyway timmies are way over rated, you spend 200$ more on a timmy wen u can get an angel speed and have 6 bps more, plus you get more respect w/ an angel, belive me, i have 1, so ha
why are you saying ha? the dude was off by .1 pounds, and how do u know timmys get less respect then angels if you dont own one?
Jolly good review. Quite smashing! Ah, who am I kidding, I'm from Maine. Nice review. It's about time SOMEONE wrote one that wasn't a pile of crud. Yours seems very honest. Thanks, man.
