Are BKO's worth it?

[eyesofsandman]

I have heard good and bad things about bkos. I have a piranha now and i am looking to buy a cheap electro. I just want to know if buying a bko is worth all the bad things about them?

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[canemaster]

Bko s are definetly worth it. I would recomend to save extra money to upgrade it but its worth it no matter what.

[ShootPaint]

Originally posted by eyesofsandman
I have heard good and bad things about bkos. I have a piranha now and i am looking to buy a cheap electro. I just want to know if buying a bko is worth all the bad things about them?

:eyes:

Would you care to let us know what you have been hearing bad about them???

I can say that I am very impressed with the marker. For $255 you are not going to find another marker that will work as well and give you all the preformance you will get with the BKO!!!

[eyesofsandman]

well i mean do you get what you pay for.....cheapest electro=cheapest quality????

[ShootPaint]

It maybe the cheapest electro but it is far from the cheapest quality!!!
There are several people playing this marker in tournaments. The BKO thought cheap in price is actually a good quality marker.
There are a couple of areas they have cut the corners to save money.

1) The milling is very simple
2) The LPR. Although it works it isnt the best things ever made, none the less it is still very functional.
3) Gas lines instead of internal air passages in the body. Again reduced machine time, less cost, but not bad.
4) Stock barrel is at best a decent barrel. This however holds true on most low end markers. The manufacturer would be about as well off putting a piece of conduit on the end of the marker and threading it to screw into their marker. I am sure you would get about the same preformance out of it:D
This seems to be the hot upgrade for almost any level marker so I dont really see a big problem here either.
5) Spring returned ram instead of air return. The major downside to the spring is it limits the ROF of the marker. That limit is about 17 CPS. Now how many people are actually going to pull the trigger 17 times in one sec.
6) 2 way solenoid. Dont need a four way. The ram is returned with a spring.

I think that pretty well covers the items I can think of that help reduce the price on this marker.
Althought these items reduce the price that doesnt mean they wont preform, because they will. Not only will they preform they will preform quite well.

If you any further questions please let us know.

[bsucaptainbilly]

the circuit board is majorly cut back, semi auto only but the logistics are ok @ best

[jwong]

Shootpaint sums it up nicely.

ICD has created a marker that can function in the 90th percentile of all markers, at a low price. They've done this through what Shootpaint has summarized.

The quality is very good, regardless of the price.

Argueably, the biggest drawback are the HPR and LPR. However, they are completely functional and will work well.

I still think the stock barrel is quite good for medium bore paint; I can keep up with guys using Impulses with their progressive or teardrop barrels. That is, if I'm not hitting my targets.... it's my careless aiming. If I check my technique, the paintballs will hit what I'm aiming at (of course, that's within the physics of the trajectory of the paintball).

I do not have any problems with the electronics of the BKO. I've noticed that if I walk the trigger and the marker doesn't fire with each activation of the trigger, it tends to be my fingers not letting the trigger return to the point where the microswitch resets. I don't think it's a problem with the logic of the board. Semi-auto is plenty good given the very nice trigger setup of the 2k3 frame.

ROF is not everything. Multiple modes of fire, I've found to be quite useless. With the BKO, I have full control over the "modes of fire". I can do "full auto" up to 9bps without chopping with my setup. I can do 1 or 2, or 3, of 4 round bursts. I can have full control over how I shoot. So, instead of preseting the marker for a particular mode of fire, I can change on the go, and to suit the situation.

If you are looking for an marker that has (IMHO) the best price:performance ratio, the BKO will suit that bill. However, the BKO will force you to learn about the marker itself and to be able to trouble shoot.

Cheers

[ImpYa]

Ill be giving mine a go at the IAO...ill let you know how she peforms!

Well later...time to go get on the road.

ShootPaint...take care of these forums while im gone.;)

ImpYa

[metalmylisha03]

My friend and I bought are BKO's a couple of month's ago from www.pbgear.com and we've had nothing but problems. I sent mine into ICD to get fixed, it took about a month for them to tell me that it was missing pieces from the LPR. When they "fixed" it it took another two weeks to get back.

When I went out to play, the gun broke again. I had an airsmith from the field check it out and he said that ICD didn't fix the regulator and that the valve was messed up to. So I sent it back, and it took another month for them to fix it. When it came back, it actually worked. But I sold it, and bought an Impulse because the BKO is not reliable. That surprised me because the B2K2 worked great, no problems. I guess I expected to much out of the BKO.

Don't get me wrong, ICD is a good brand. But after the BKO insedent, I'm sticking with Smart Parts.

[SPS16]

same goes for me, its sold now

[legion]

BKOs are horrible! :wink3: (JK)

I had some problems with the marker initially, and ICD's service was slow. I think that they didn't really anticipate the popularity of the marker and don't (or didn't) have the staff to handle them. I know when I got mine, most stores were sold out of 'em.

Anyway, I think the kinks have been worked out.

[bsucaptainbilly]

don't e-mail icd, they will neva e-mail you back. you have 2 call them