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Bob Long Torpedo Regulator Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
59 |
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Average Rating: |
8.9 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
$60 |
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Maximum input(psi): 900
Output range(psi): 200-600
Gas type: N2/HPA or CO2
Does not come with it's own gauge, the gauge measures output psi. Gauge should be mounted on side where the spring can not be seen. Threading is 1/8" female and is a ASA vertical. Comes in Nickel or Black. Nickel usually costs more. |
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| The Bob Long Torpedo Regulator is newer, so it should be commonly available, both new and used. |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 10 of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
6 months |
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Similar
Products Used: |
none |
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| Marker Setup: |
spyder imagine
Smart Parts AA barrel 14 AA & 16 Teardrop fronts / Dye Stainless 12
Bob Long Torpedo
Bob Long VA adapter
Maddman Rocket Valve
32 Spring kit
Dead on Paintball Drop Forward
Spudnukl bolt
Empire Reloader w/ Java feed neck.
20 oz. Pure Energy w/ wasatch ballers siphon kit |
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| Strengths: |
ummmm, regulates gas
looks good |
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| Weaknesses: |
look below |
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| Review: |
pros:
My gun is very consistent after installing this and the Bob Long vertical adapter (larger holes than stock). Definitely better than stock. Im currently running 275 psi and am consistently getting 270-275 fps.
Looks good.
Good grip too.
cons:
On my spyder, the gauge port/gauge is positioned in a 45 degree angle so it kinda gets in the way. No biggie.
Didn't come with instructions but you do not really need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how it works. |
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| Conclusion: |
Highly Recommended. Cheap, looks good and does its job well. You can't go wrong with this.
Check out otterscustoms' review in his project LP page for more tech data. |
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Period of
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| 6 months | 10 of 35 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Tippman regulator |
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| Marker Setup: |
14" Ice Cold - Bob Long Torpedo Regulator - 200 Round Revy - Low pressure kit - Phyco Ballistics Dropforward - Crossfire 4500 psi N2 Tank - Dye Sticky Grips - Double Trigger (responce trigger) - Macroline...
Basicly a C98 with nothing stock on it exept for the body... (and yes, internals too, the LPK gives new interals too)
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| Strengths: |
Looks great on a tippmann (or at least mine)
Works great on a tippmann (or at least mine)
Very smooth and clean
Easy to work with
Very good price, as far as regulators go - the tippmann 2nd regulator is 70 bucks while this one is available for 50-60 bucks. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Not much - Plus its hard to complain about regulators... |
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| Conclusion: |
Great product, Great company, Great Buy, Great price
Go for it. |
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skitz |
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Friday, May 9th, 2003 |
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Period of
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| 6 months | 7 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Products Used: |
Center Flag Clone, Air America Vigilante, Stock A/C |
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| Marker Setup: |
Matrix, Reloader, SM-1, SM-1 Barrel System, 91/4500 or 68/3000 Crossfire Tanks, Dye LPR, Evolve Bolt kit |
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| Strengths: |
Simple well thought out construction, large internal air passages |
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| Weaknesses: |
Torpedo or Lightning Strike milling |
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| Review: |
In MHO, the reg is very consistent, has a high flow rate, is easily disassembled, looks simple, feels comfortable in the hand. I have two Air America Vigilantes and the stock Center Flag Reg that came on my Matrix. I did not have any problems with the center flag, but i just wanted to replace it. Found a great deal on the Torpedo and have not looked back since. This reg has been trouble and maintenance free for well over 30,000 balls and numerous dry fires. If I need another reg, it will be a Torpedo. Update: Have some sand get into this reg and Bob Long replaced the damaged pieces for free, great custome service!!! |
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| Conclusion: |
Great product, simple, inexpensive, buy it if you can find it. |
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| Rating: |
| 10 out of 10 | Last edited on Monday, September 22nd, 2003 at 8:30 am PST |
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Kowz_76 |
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Sunday, September 14th, 2003 |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 7 of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Products Used: |
NOthing |
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| Marker Setup: |
2k2 VF Cocker, BL Torpedo, Psycho Ballistics drop, Outkast Bolt, 12" Lapco Bigshot |
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| Strengths: |
Good reg with CO2 and N2. Good Looking. Very fast recharge. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Max pressure of 600, not great for blowbacks. |
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| Review: |
Awesome reg. Easily adjustable, nice looking, a great overall reg. Bob Long has done a great job with this reg. It comes in both black and chrome, so it will match most all color schemes. Taking this reg apart is a breeze. It also has a guage port, which is always handy. |
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| Conclusion: |
This is the best reg for a budget player. Excellet reg, do buy it. |
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| Rating: |
| 9 out of 10 | Last edited on Saturday, January 31st, 2004 at 10:42 am PST |
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xm65 |
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2003 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 6 of 23 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Plamer Stab, Gen X, Ergo, centerflag, Angel mini, system X pro, AA vig. |
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| Strengths: |
Small, inexpensive, uses AA springs |
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| Weaknesses: |
was not very consistant. |
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| Review: |
I bought this reg to test it out. I was not impressed. While the reg worked ok. It did not perform as well as other in lines I have used. The reg would not recharge as fast as other regs that I have used. There was about a 3 second delay before full recharge. It was a noticeable decrease in performance from most of the other in regs I have used.
I took the reg apart, lubed it and still the same. I switched the Guage on it... still the same. I finally put the Centerflag reg back on... and recharge was almost instantaneous. The reg never crept past set pressure. So that was good. |
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| Conclusion: |
This reg did not work well for me. I have found much better at this price. Perhaps I expected too much from it. |
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chino |
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Thursday, February 5th, 2004 |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 4 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Palmer stablizer, CP, MacDev 2k4 Gladiator, Bob Long Torpedo |
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B2k2 - Halo B, Chaos Board, PDS, MacDev Red Valve, Palmer Micro Rock, Zentram Mag Trigger Fram, Zenitram 15' ASA, Full Freak Kit 14", Palmer Stablizer
B2k - 12v Warp Feed, Chaos Max board, Mac Dev Red Valve, CP Reg, Palmer Micro Rock, Full Freak 10", Bulldog 68/3000 Nitrogen tank
Alias 2k4 - Gladiator 2k4, Techna Trigger, Magnetic Mod, CP gas/grip, Dye Ultralight 12", Shocktech adjustable ram/ramcap. |
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| Strengths: |
CO2 compatible, HPA compatible, easy disassembly, very light, gauge port. |
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| Weaknesses: |
requires constant lubing with Dow 55 or Dow 33 grease. Quality control issues. |
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| Review: |
My torpedo has had problems since the inception. They might be great regulators when you get a good one - but the one I received had burrs on the spring so the regulator would not be consistant since the regulator spring would catch on the side of the torpedo. I understand that this is an issue with not just mine but others as well. The solution is to debur the spring or return it to the dealer for free repair. |
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| Conclusion: |
It seems that the platinum reputation of the torpedo regulator is in doubt recently since so many have had quality control issues. I hope that the next production run will have better luck. Good design - poor manufacturing. |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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| Marker Setup: |
Ion With Alot Of Ups
Alias
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| Strengths: |
Light, Never Fails, Always Consisent |
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| Weaknesses: |
What The Elbow Sets Up At. Always In My Hands Way |
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| Review: |
I Love this reg. Its just like a cp but a little cheaper. works really well and has never faild me. easy to clean and not awhole lot to worry about. Its on one of the best guns ever made and those are timmys. that has to say something. I recmomend this reg to anyone looking to add style and better performance to there marker. |
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| Conclusion: |
Get It |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Products Used: |
dye hyper reg
testing a few others, will post those reviews later |
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| Marker Setup: |
Here we go
03 Dye Reflex Autococker
Halo B w/ Rip drive (blue)
12'' Blue Evil Pipe kit (excellent system, highly recommended)
3ds Litestik bolt (2nd generation, smooth as silk)
CCM Delrin back block
Shocktech FGP regulator (awesome)
Eclipse Ram w/ QEV's ( a must for e-cockers)
E-Blade trigger and solenoid (E-1, has a few kinks but overall very good)
Bob Long Torpedo Reg w/ Centerflag gauge (see review body)
Eclipse Supercharger vavle
Nelson hammer and valve springs
Jackal Str8-line pump arm
Eclipse SS hammer with Rex Dialer
Dead on Paintball Bullet drop (perfect possitioning for 68-72ci tanks)
68ci 4500psi Nitro Duck Plasma tank
70ci 4500psi Worr Gas
Dye Rhino cover (blue, best tank cover, and very sexy too!) |
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| Strengths: |
Adjustabe pressure
Doesn't creep
Drilled for guage (unlike dye hyper reg)
Decently comfortable grip |
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| Weaknesses: |
Recharge rate
Poor consistancy (becuase of recharge rate) |
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| Review: |
This reg has a bad recharge rate, plain and simple. If you plan on shooting more than 5-6 pb/s then look for a better reg. That's really all there is to it. If you set the reg at 250psi and your tank output pressure is set at 800-850psi there shouldn't be too much recharge time right, wrong. While waking the trigger I would watch the gauge and it would start at 250psi and after I started shooting the gauge would drop to about 200psi and stay right around there, that's horrible in my opinion. I tested that over a chrono and it translated to a 70fps drop from 285-215fps. That's very bad if you really need to get a guy out and your shots drop instead of hitting him. |
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| Conclusion: |
If you need to get a reg a don't have one this reg isn't a bad starting spot. If you are obsessed with perfection (like me) don't get this reg, there a better ones out there. I give it a 6 because it does its job, doesn't creep on you (increase pressure in the reg above set pressure), but has a horrible recharge rate (somewhere around a second or more). So overall it isn't perfect, but nothing is, but this is further away from perfect than I find acceptable, and wouldn't recommend it to those serious about getting the most out of there gun. |
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| 6 out of 10 | Last edited on Saturday, May 7th, 2005 at 5:12 pm PST |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Ergo reg-uncomfortable, not as consistent
Sidewinder: better quality, but Torp's still decent |
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Unmilled WASd AKA Viking, Smoke Halo B, 45/45, St!ffi/Ultralite, CP stuff
VSC Phantom
But I used the Torp on my Timmy. |
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| Strengths: |
Cheap
Easily adjustable
Looks cool
Easy to clean/disassemble |
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| Weaknesses: |
None really...there are better regs out there, but not for the price. |
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| Review: |
I used the Torpedo on my Timmy, on which it comes stock. It's a great reg; no shootdown/consistency issues, and gets even better after the break-in period, as with every reg. It's very easy to adjust, and as easy to disassemble and clean/rebuild.
There are only a few gripes I might have; namely, the output fitting is on the side, which makes it more uncomfortable than, say, a CP reg or a Sidewinder that has the fitting on the bottom...w/e. At least it's not as atrociously uncomfortable as the WGP Ergo reg, which is designed to be comfortable but ironically has the worst hose placement ever, and gets even worse when using a gauge.
Also on the Torpedo, you can only put the hose on one of the output holes, so that might pose a placement problem...but it should work with most guns. |
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| Conclusion: |
A great affordable omnigas reg...there's a reason it comes stock on Timmies; it's one of the best. |
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Pbkid39 |
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Monday, September 6th, 2004 |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Stock WGP reg ( not bad ) |
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| Marker Setup: |
2k3 WGP cocker w/ ups |
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| Strengths: |
* Very cool looking
* Easily strippable
* Very consistent ( even with c02)
* Cheap |
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| Weaknesses: |
I have yet to find any. |
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| Review: |
The BL Torp. reg is an awsome reg for anyone who would want a cheap reg that works great with c02/ n2. My first few shots wit this reg were: 284-287 and it wasnt broken in yet. It usually takes I figure about 3000 shots to fully break it in. The lightning milling on this reg. is very cool looking. It is recommended that you lube the o-ring inside the reg before you use it so you'll need to know how to take it apart. Pretty simple, there's a place in the middle of the reg where it can separate in two. Inside, you should find an o-ring on the piston, lube this o-ring with some Dow 33 and then put the reg back together. If you need to adjust this reg, turning the screw at the bottom clockwise will result in a higher velocity and turning it counter- clockwise will result in a lower velocity. |
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| Conclusion: |
This reg. is very good. Its a nice, cheap and consistent reg. Other alternatives would be, Palmer Stab., CP reg, Sidewinder, etc.. |
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| Rating: |
| 10 out of 10 | Last edited on Monday, September 6th, 2004 at 2:02 pm PST |
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