SP Ion with Blackheart board, Freak barrel, CP regulator, NDZ trigger, CP on/off.
Marker Setup:
Proto Matrix Rail with proto 2 piece barrel, Vlocity hopper, and Dye 70/4500 stubby tank.
Recommended Upgrades:
2 piece barrel
Strengths:
Very light
Very fast
Compact
Accurate
Reasonable Price
Weaknesses:
See review
Review:
Ok, I've been playing paintball for about a year now, and like about a million other people I started with an Ion. My new gun senses where kicking in and I didn't want to spend an arm and a leg, so I thought I would at least give this gun a try, after all it is made by Dye.
The gun feels very good in the hands, its extremely light ( I was surprised at how light it was) its very compact, and the polymer parts don't seem to bother me. The stock board is pretty much like the response board by proto and it may be, haven't seen that in the features, mine is setup for 3 trigger pulls then ramping kicks in. The manual is very easy to follow and the settings seem to be fairly straightforward on how to adjust them. The marker has an anti bolt stick mode that is on by default, and the other modes are trigger sensitivity, dwell, ROF, and firing mode (semi, PSP, and Millenium)
Upon shooting the gun, I couldn't help but notice how fast it was, the factory setting is 20 bps according to the manual. The Rail was pretty accurate with some lower end paint (white box) and seemed pretty consistent, I don't have the chrono numbers, but I expect it to be more consistent when the Hyper 2 reg gets broken in good which takes about 2000 shots. The Rail had very little kick, not quite as smooth as DM's and PM's that I have shot but at a fraction of the price so its more than ok. To me it looks better than the PM 6, it has a lower body profile I believe and looks a lot like the PM 7. It definitely looks better in person and with a 2 piece barrel.
The gun is easy to disassemble, clean, lube and reassemble, very low maintenance, which is a plus.
The only complaint I have and its not a big one, is that there are a lot of allen wrenches and I couldn't find a way to differentiate between the sizes, not a big deal since I have a set of standard and metrics in a sized carrying sleeve, and also some of the screws are very tedious to get to, so patience is a virtue.
I was hesitant about purchasing this marker at first, but Im glad I did. It truly is a lot of performance for the price, Im not sure of another marker that is close to the performance of this stock. So, if your thinking about it, just get it. You don't need to spend an arm and a leg on a high end marker, this is high end performance for the price, and the biggest thing is the person behind the marker, not the marker itself.
Hope this review was helpful
12.8.06
OK, just to update, I have decided to go with one of the new metal triggers that have just come out, and upon installing it I decided to remove the spring behind the trigger, which lightened the pull on the trigger greatly (not that it had a hard pull to begin with). I like the feel of the metal trigger better and it seems to provide more area for two fingers and without the spring is much easier to walk. I havent read anywhere that this will effect the warranty, just that it may wear on the microswitch more, so you will have to be your own judge.
Conclusion:
I would recommend this marker to beginners and intermediate players and to serious players not wanting to drop a house payment on a marker. Nothing is perfect, so 9.
Rating:
9 out of 10
Last edited on Friday, December 8th, 2006 at 4:37 pm PST
What do i need to buy for my pmr if my macroline popped out and the little grey peice that holds the macroline to the ASA flew away and got lost. if i bought a new on/off would that fix it or would i still have to buy a new hose and stuff. please comment and tell me somebody. thanks
quote:Originally posted by acballa O sorry hahhaa my bad. I buy all my stuff too. I hate people who get stuff for free and bash the people who had to buy there own stuff and cant afford thousand dollar guns
Same here man, im only 14 but my parents dislike paintball and i have to mow lawns to cover my field and paint costs.
quote:Originally posted by hxcman1 What do i need to buy for my pmr if my macroline popped out and the little grey peice that holds the macroline to the ASA flew away and got lost. if i bought a new on/off would that fix it or would i still have to buy a new hose and stuff. please comment and tell me somebody. thanks
Im not sure exactly, maybe you have gotten the issue resolved by now, if not just contact you local PB store and someone should be able to help you. Thanks for all the positive comments guys and helping this post get to # 1...thanks again, hope this review was helpful...
Proto would like to say they're different, but they're really just part of the Dye Precision family... I mean, other than the fact Proto stuff costs less than Dye (thank god).
Want a matrix? Buy a Proto. Want a sick paint job, ridiculously complex milling and an insane amount of attention given to detail (along with a huge price tag)? Buy a Dye.
Proto is a registered trademark of Dye Precision, so therefore Proto is made by the "Dye" company, nice try at bein a jackazz tho, I give you a 10......
Last edited on Friday, June 8th, 2007 at 3:25 pm PST
quote:Originally posted by psychoballer93 "so I thought I would at least give this gun a try, after all it is made by Dye."-STHPARK
I'm not flaming you but its a Proto, not a Dye
Read the review again, and point out where I said it was a Dye and not made by Dye, two completely different statements, and look on the back of any Proto product and see what the address is, I guarantee you its Dye Precision etc..........Cali. So we know you can read you just need to work on the comprehension and you should go far in life, thanks for looking
i got a nice setup bob long defiant 2 almost completely upped with reloader B and pmi tank and i'm 14 but i paid for all my crap
i have a job so i make money fast enough to afford a lot of the stuff so yeah
but my friend has two 1000 dollar guns that his parents bought him and hes terrible at paintball and doesn't even go its so annoying
he also has a reloader B, B2, pmi tank, empire tank, and dye gear
Thanks for all the positive comments... and as everyone knows its the baller behind the gun, but good reliable equipment make you more mentally comfotable and that translates into playing better, but yes its a really good marker in my opinion, why pay more for something that does the same thing, the tourneys we play in are capped at 15 bps so why do I need a $1000 gun that can shoot 30, yeah the CFOA would prob suspend me indefinitely...lol
quote:Originally posted by ryanchampion
seriously dude i have two buy everything air paint gear and im gettin a pmr i have a ion with a empire reloader b and a pure energy tank
Yeah my parents don't really help me out, I have to buy everything myself
