Recomended hopper for promaster

[dom_camm]

Im thinking about getting the promaster and cant decide whether to get an eggy, halo, or reloader B, and which is the best for this gun. Also i want to know which is the most reliable out of the three and dont have man problems.:eek:

[lotus_esprit5]

what is best? the freakin fastest one. dont get an Egg, they are slower than advertised and not very good quality. almost all my friend's eggies have had broken lids and shells at one time or another. get a Halo or Reloader B.

[Shadow21]

Fastness isnt worth anything if it isnt reliable at all. They can all feed the same once upgraded. You need to get the Z-Board to made the Eggy feed a consistent 20-23 bps. The Eggy has a little weaker shells than the Reloader or the HALO. If it comes down to the Reloader or HALO, it depneds. If you use light colored, not dark or matte, get the HALO. The HALO has trouble seeing dark paint because of the eyes. If you use dark paint, usually, then get the Reloader so you dont have to worry about the eyes. The Reloader and HALO are the most reliable, if you wanted to know...

[dom_camm]

ok thanks a lot... cause ive only used an eggy.

[pk5]

Also if you have to worry about prices:

You can get a vloader instead of a halo or a reloader b. The vloader is smaller than a halo and a reloader b (yes i have compare it in person), and it hold more balls. Not the Revvy Vloader, the newer vloader that retail for 129.00, instead of the halo 100.00 or the reloader b 130+. Also the vloader claim to load at 26bps, i haven't had the chance to test it yet, but that claim is higher than the halo or reloader b.

[pb4fun]

reloader B is 35 isnt it.... and on the Halo, you could add a V-board for the price difference. They are all the same it just comes down to preference.

[pk5]

"The Reloader B features a 3-speed sound-activated circuit board with 4-AA and 6-AA battery packs. Features a see-thru internal drive assembly and standard rip drive.

Use any color paintballs with this sound-activated loader to achieve up to 22+ balls per second." If i were you i would get the vloader (hold much more balls, beside who can shoot above 20 bps without ramping?) But if you are on a budget or have other upgrades on the promaster that you want to do, new hpr for example, then i would get a used halo, people are dumping them for a pretty low price to get the vloader. Look on the b/s/t/ forum here or ron pbnation and you will find plenty used halo and empire b for sale.

[lotus_esprit5]

If you use light colored, not dark or matte, get the HALO. The HALO has trouble seeing dark paint because of the eyes.
I see in your profile you have a Halo so maybe you'vr had some experience with this happening. But just to get this out there, I've used a Halo for 3 years and shot every color paint you can think of including ones the Halo supposedly can't see (matte, dark blue, dark green, dark purple, you name it) and I have yet to see my Halo not work because of paint color. It's been able to see everything that I've used. I've never seen it firsthand with other ppl's Halos or heard about it happening either except online. But for all I know it really could be a problem, I don't know, I cant speak for every Halo owner out there. Shadow, have you ever had it happen to yours? what paint was it?

[cutomcocker1]

I see in your profile you have a Halo so maybe you'vr had some experience with this happening. But just to get this out there, I've used a Halo for 3 years and shot every color paint you can think of including ones the Halo supposedly can't see (matte, dark blue, dark green, dark purple, you name it) and I have yet to see my Halo not work because of paint color. It's been able to see everything that I've used. I've never seen it firsthand with other ppl's Halos or heard about it happening either except online. But for all I know it really could be a problem, I don't know, I cant speak for every Halo owner out there. Shadow, have you ever had it happen to yours? what paint was it?

i used my friends halo once with nearly black paint and it screwed up bad. that convinced me to get a reloader b (no matter how sparkley it is)

[Shadow21]

Lotus- I think I was unsing a flat purple shell, with a dark dark blue fill, I think. It was 1 year ago with a freinds hopper, and it wouldnt feed most of the time...then we switched to a new paint and it worked perfectly.

[lotus_esprit5]

hmmmm see this has always puzzled me. I've used paint very similar to both of yours, sometimes nearly black, that you would not think the Halo could handle, and it worked. It always surprises me. i guess they do have issues with that after all.

[ShootPaint]

hmmmm see this has always puzzled me. I've used paint very similar to both of yours, sometimes nearly black, that you would not think the Halo could handle, and it worked. It always surprises me. i guess they do have issues with that after all.

My experience with dark shelled paints wasnt the hopper not wanting to load but it was keeping the marker from loading.

I was using Nitro Duck paint (that is the name brand as well as the Box name of the paint) It was a black and orange tiger stripped shell. This is the same paint as Sevre Cyclone.

The issue I would see if the hopper would feed and as long as the oring strip appeared in front of the eyes it would stop feeding. If the black part of the shell was in front of the eye the hopper would continue to feed until the belt started slipping or until it finally cut through the balls in the race. In either case I would usually wind up with a broken ball either in the breech or the race of teh hopper.

Reloader B all the way if you ask me:)

[pb4fun]

I really dont know about the eyes on the halo. My friends older halo could not see dark shelled paint at all, yet I have put dark purple shelled paint through mine, and it saw it fine.... Maybe they somehow reformatted the eyes for the newer halos.

[buckeyeFAN]

you guys arent smart when it comes to loaders evolution 2 has the z-board and then feeds better than all the hoppers but the new vlocity is what i would get, freakin drop rate is 35 bps! Cant beat it boyz!

[lotus_esprit5]

you guys arent smart when it comes to loaders evolution 2 has the z-board and then feeds better than all the hoppers but the new vlocity is what i would get, freakin drop rate is 35 bps! Cant beat it boyz!
lol you ******* noob :P what is this your third post?
Viewloader's claims for the Z-board are exaggerated. They dont actually feed nearly as fast as advertised, that is old news. They can get a drop rate of like 18bps, but put that **** on a gun and it wont even be able to get that, or have quick enough response time, because they dont use spring tension. Its not a problem with the board, its just the hopper design. You can get a board and motor that will spin that little propellor as fast as you want and its not gonna do much good because its not force-feed. dont even try to say that an egg is as fast as a Halo or Reloader B.

As for the vlocity, why are you bragging about the drop rate? are you aware that the drop rate doesn't count for ****? what matters is how fast it feeds on a gun. the vlocity, according to viewloader, does 25 on a gun. and remember, that is viewloader's rating, who knows what the actual speed is.

[Superandy12]

my Halo does fine with any type of paint, it just seems to go thru batterys fast.

[dom_camm]

besides the hopper...shooting out 22-25 bps....how many bps can the promaster shoot. I know it can be caped at 15 bps....but besides that on unlimited bps wat have people gotten up to and what can it get up to realistically.:|

[Superandy12]

with just your fingers, the fastest that I have, seen in person, is 18bps.

[lotus_esprit5]

i believe its been tested up to a true 40cps.

[cutomcocker1]

i believe its been tested up to a true 40cps.

with balls that drops dramaticaly but it is fast enough to warrent a halo platform loader

[lotus_esprit5]

^well throw a QLoader on that biatch and I'm sure you could do an actual 40bps, but yeah with any other hopper its gonna drop down to whatever the hopper's max speed is.

[BigTarget04]

If you have the money I would invest in either a reloader B or viewloader vlocity.

[dom_camm]

ya i think the Vlocity is the best hopper on the market right now

[Tab8715]

Does the Reloader B fit into the feedneck of the Promaster perfectly? No sanding or other modifications?

[pr0xy_dA3m0n 1]

halo b with victory board and Contract Killerz Delrin Drive Cone, 35 bps comes out of that *****.

[dom_camm]

i think u have to do some sanding down to the reloader B before puting it on the promaster. If u dont like sanding down ur hopper just buy a clamping feed neck

[Tab8715]

What feednecks can the Promaster accept?

[nitrofreak12]

I know that people will problably hate me for bringing this up, but I reccommend a Qloader. I have one and absolutely love it, small profile, no batteries, fast as you could possibly ever want it and completely mechanical. A package with 5 pods is $140, so it's somewhat in line with a Reloader B. That's just my 2 cents.
-Pete

[Jaredistheman]

Halo or Vlocity

I would say Vlocity just becuase it's new, and you'll be envyed at the field.

[pr0xy_dA3m0n 1]

i personally think the vlocity is extremely ugly, its fast, but its really just a remodel of the halob/reloderb

[delipio]

but lighter

[pr0xy_dA3m0n 1]

is it lighter?

[delipio]

yea theres a guy at my local field with one and i was talking to him, and he said its fast as a halo but half the weight