Comments on Canadian Goonie's Review

Canadian Goonie Sunday, December 20th, 2009 Period of Product Use: 3 months Paintball Experience: 1 year Similar Products Used: Tippmann Model 98 (not very similar at all) Marker Setup: -Bob Long Vice -Empire Prophecy Loader -Pure Energy 68/4500 Tank Recommended Upgrades: -Nothing that is absolutely needed out of the box. -The 4C Eye system if you want to spray some paint. -Eventually a new barrel, although the stock barrel works just fine. Strengths: -Locking Feed neck -Ease of use (programming) -Rate of Fire -Eye System -Great looks Weaknesses: Hose leak located at the ASA. Easily fixed. Review: I started playing back in 2003 and for some reason stopped playing until October, 2009 when a new paintball field opened up near where I live. After reading multiple reviews on this marker from this website along with watching videos of it on the internet, I became very interested in this marker. I went to a store in Michigan where I was able to hold the Vice and became quickly attached to it. About 20 minutes later, I left with a new marker that cost approximately $750.00 U.S. The first time I used it at the new field, I could not believe the speed of the trigger. The marker was set on a burst mode, which I quickly found out after first starting out and I wasn't pressing the trigger any more and it continued to shoot rapidly. I then set it to an uncapped semi-auto mode. The marker has a great rate of fire, along with great accuracy. Currently the paintball field is using a smaller caliber paintball so sometimes the balls fly left and right. When I shot balls that actually fit the barrel, the grouping was great. There are tons of settings to choose from including, semi-auto, full-auto, bursts, etc. I was disappointed at the fact that the marker did not come with any instruction manual or tools of any sort. I had to search for the manual on the internet and print of the instructions myself. As to this date, I have probably shot between 3,500 to 4,500 paint balls through it and have only had 2 ball breaks total. Conclusion: I believe this marker is great and I definitely recommend getting it. I have not shot many other markers, but I am quite satisfied with its performance and abilities. Rating: 9 out of 10