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Smart Parts Q-Lock Feedneck Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
28 |
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Average Rating: |
8.7 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
Click here |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
$45 |
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| This feedneck can fit any hopper on the market. |
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| Product Availability | |
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| The Smart Parts Q-Lock Feedneck is newer, so it should be commonly available, both new and used. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 3 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Stock Smart Parts Feedneck On Shocker |
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| Marker Setup: |
2003 Vision Black Smart Parts Shocker
Smart Parts Drop Foward
Smart Parts Turbocharger Bolt Kit With New Designz Firing Can
AKA 2 Liter Low Pressure Regulater
2004 Smart Parts High Pressure Inline Max Flo Regulator With 88ci 4500 Tank
Carbon Fiber Roller Blade trigger
New Desingz ASA
Smart Parts Low Pressure Gauge
Smart Parts Mini Flo Low Pressure Regulator
New Designz Stainless Steal Manifold
Total Stainless Steal Freak Kit with Stailess Steal Freak back and 10&12 inch All American front
New Designz Talon Grip
Smart Parts Q-Lock Feedneck
Halo B with Victory Board
Microswitch Modification
SFT O-Ring Modification
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| Strengths: |
Fits any hopper
Design |
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| Weaknesses: |
None |
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| Review: |
What could be wrong with this feedneck. It was easy to install and I have had no problem with stripping or anything. I personnaly think this looks cool, and can it can fit any hopper that you have, no matter how bid or small the feedneck. If and when you get this feedneck make sure to put locktite on it so it never comes out or strips. |
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| Conclusion: |
This feedneck is a must for people with more than one hopper! |
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punch |
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Monday, February 28th, 2005 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Twist style adjustable feednecks |
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| Marker Setup: |
2003 ICD Bushmaster w/ PDS
unimount
mac dev red valve
cp reg
chaos board
acid customs trigger |
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| Strengths: |
Low profile, locks tight, looks cool, can take loader on and off in split seconds |
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| Weaknesses: |
NONE!! Best feedneck I've ever used |
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| Review: |
I was sick of my twist-style adjustable feedneck. No matter what I did it wouldn't secure my halo 100%.. it would always wiggle a little bit which bothered me.
My local indoor field just got the Smart Parts Q-Lock feednecks in and they had a black impulse threaded one for 45 bucks. I know you can probably find them cheaper onlie but I like supporting the local fields/shops so I don't mind paying a little extra.
I've heard great things about this style of feedneck from the Timmy crowd because of similar design of the Hybrid feednecks so I was willing to give it a shot.
I slapped it on my gun, put my halo on, adjusted the thumbscrew to where it was somewhat snug, locked it in place.. and woah.. I couldn't belive how tight my halo was in place. With this type of feedneck I was in a little disbelief that it would hold the halo down as well as say a CCM type neck would.. but let me tell you this sucker holds the halo in like a vice grip.
I played for about 4 hours with this feedneck.. sometimes hitting the ground with the gun and being pretty physical with it.. and the halo didn't budge. I was really impressed with it.
What I really liked about it is how quickly you can take the halo on and off. I wanted to put my halo on my friends new angel to use for a few games, and I could get my halo on and off in 1/4th the time it took him on his fancy O ring feedneck. |
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| Conclusion: |
Get this neck!! It's awesome. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| 3 months | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Stock shocker feedneck (not clamping)
Stock Spyder Fenix Feedneck (clamping) |
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| Marker Setup: |
'05 Vision Sh((o))cker
Blackheart Board
Halo B
System X 68/4500 fiber wrapped HPA tank
Dye Rhino Cover
SP Q-Lock Feedneck |
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| Strengths: |
Fits Halo-B
Locks tight
Looks amazing
Low profile
Easy install |
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| Weaknesses: |
Sometimes a pain to get the hopper out of it.
Install (see below) |
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| Review: |
What more can I say? Excellent design, fits the Halo-B snuggly. Doesn't allow the hopper to move while locked on the field. However, sometimes the hopper takes a little effort to get out, but I'd much rather have that than the hopper being able to come out easily that's for sure.
Installing was easy, but to get it screwed on tightly is a bit of a trick. The inner tube isn't bonded to the outer locking casing, so it can rotate around. Easy fix, clamp your hopper down really tightly and crank the feedneck on tighter using the hopper.
An absolute must if you own a shocker (the stock feedneck will not fit the halo). Also a must for Ion owners. My friend could only get the halo to fit by removing the o-rings in the stock feedneck, even then it was flimsy.
Amazingly, found a pewter one that matched my shocker perfectly. What more can you ask for? |
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| Conclusion: |
An amazing feedneck that does what it should flawlessly. The perfect feedneck. Buy it. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| 3 months | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Stock feed and Shocktech feednecks.. |
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| Marker Setup: |
'06 Smart Parts Vision Shocker SFT
New Designz v.3 Stinger bolt
Smart Parts Q-lock feed
HaloB w/ Rip drive
All Dye apparel. |
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| Strengths: |
Holds your loader tight, small profile, easy to adjust. |
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| Weaknesses: |
I think all feednecks are a bit overpriced.. |
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| Review: |
Well its a feedneck, theres not much more to say.. but I will say that it is really easy to screw into your shocker's body and once you clamp it down onto your hopper, its not going anywhere. I like the low profile and low rise of it as I dont really need a large stack of balls..(its a shocker..) Its hold your hopper real tight but also allows for quick removal at the end of the day. Its also very easy to adjust if you feel the need to change loaders during the day (but why?). Smart parts is a trusted brand and the Q-lock is no exception.. buy if you have a Shocker and a Halo or plan on getting a Halo, otherwise it wont fit into the stock feed unless you like a lot of sanding.. |
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| Conclusion: |
Small yet strong, gets the job done, would reccomend it for any marker.. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 months |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Stock ION feedneck (bad) |
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| Marker Setup: |
Black Smart Parts ION
Q Lock Feedneck
Crossfire 68/45
Halo B w/rip
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| Strengths: |
Holds hoppers on really tight. |
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| Weaknesses: |
None Yet |
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| Review: |
I bought this feedneck for my ION hoping it would hold my halo b in tight so I wouldn't have to worry about it falling out. It holds it in so tight that I never have to worry about it. Its easy to get the hopper in and out. I would recommend this feedneck to anybody who need one to hold their hopper down nice and tight. |
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| Conclusion: |
Great Feedneck don't hesitate to buy it. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
stock feed neck |
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| Marker Setup: |
05 shocker
q-lock
virtue board
H.E. bolt kit
shocktech drop
pmi 68 cu,3000psi |
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| Strengths: |
Holds like a vice grip
easy to adjust
easy to install
well built |
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| Weaknesses: |
None |
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| Review: |
This product was very easy to install and i was very impressed with it in my hands.It felt very sturdy and well designed,smart parts took some time designing this.I put my egg 2 on it and adjusted it with ease.It holds very well and looks very nice and makes the shocker smooth and clean looking. |
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| Conclusion: |
I would recommend this product for anyone that has a gun that will accept this feed neck because it was easy to install and adjust and holds any hopper. |
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| Rating: |
| 10 out of 10 | Last edited on Thursday, November 24th, 2005 at 4:42 pm PST |
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cuffman |
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Friday, February 11th, 2005 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Products Used: |
I used the stock feed neck, then I used a low rise twist feed neck and I still had soooo much twisting and looseness with my hopper. |
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| Marker Setup: |
Shocker Vison, Halo |
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| Strengths: |
Simplicity, durability |
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| Weaknesses: |
None |
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| Review: |
When I saw the q-lock it made perfect sense to me. I paid the thirty four dollars installed and have loved it ever since. I use the Halo and it does NOT move with this feed. I love it. I even installed it on my impulse. I would recommend this feed neck to all! |
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| Conclusion: |
This feed neck is SWEET! |
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Period of
Product Use: |
3 months |
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Old new designz feedneck for my spyder??? |
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| Marker Setup: |
Smart Parts Ion (Pretty much stock)
Smart Parts Q-Lock
Smart Parts Freak System
New Designz Easy On/Off + Rail Combo
Internals hopefully coming soon |
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| Strengths: |
Very Low
Very Tight hold on your hopper
Death Grip |
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| Weaknesses: |
Maybe price? |
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| Review: |
COST...
Ok, so maybe this thing is over the top expensive. I mean how much do you think making these things really costs? Who cares!?!? It does what it says it does... Which is LOCK your loader in place, and have very LOW rise
LOOKS...
Well, this feedneck looks very nice. It has a simple, yet cool design. looks good on any marker, assuming you have the right color to match your marker.
PERFORMANCE
Honestly, I think this product is the best in it's class. It holds your hopper so tight, I am very surprised that this thing doesn't break the hopper with as hard as it clamps down on that thing. SOme people complain about this thing coming loose.. or stripping.. so here's a small run through...
Ok, you screw the feedneck in until you can't turn it anymore without trying relatively hard. Now, to demonstrate how much this thing clamps down on your loader, stick the neck in, lock your loader in place, and turn the loader. You will actually start to take off the feedneck, the thing WILL NOT let go!!!! LoL, exactly what it's supposed to do.
As for fitting ANY hopper, it actually technically does fit any hopper, some people complain about having to sand their halo's, reloader B's, and Vlocity's... but honestly, that's the thing, all the high end hoppers make them just a bit big so that when you sand them, you get that perfect fit on your feed neck. Think about it this way, by sanding your loader you can get it to fit just right in the neck, but if the loader was too small, the thing would fall out all the time... doesn't take a brain surgeon to understand that... |
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Overall, this product is worth the price. It is VERY low rising, and VERY tight around just about every loader neck. I recommend this to EVERYONE who is looking for a means of keeping your hopper steady on your marker, short of locktite or gorilla glue. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
Less than a month |
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
None |
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| Marker Setup: |
Smart Parts Epiphany
Smart Parts Q-Lock Feedneck
Viewloader Vlocity Jr. |
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| Strengths: |
Price
Adjustable
Strong |
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| Weaknesses: |
None |
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| Review: |
I bought this feedneck for my Epiphany because the stock one is garbage. My friends use a Q-Lock so I decided to go down this route as well. I got it for $32.00 at my local paintball retailer.
Other than the obvious, it's very well built, and highly adjustable. Can fit most any hopper.
I've yet to actually play with it, but I can't imagine anything going wrong. Just make sure your hopper's on tight. |
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| Conclusion: |
Much better than the stock Smart Parts Ion/Epiphany feed necks. Get it if you're upgrading. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
6 months |
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
NDZ clamping neck (hard to adjust, insecure hold)
Stock neck |
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| Marker Setup: |
Black '05 Shocker SFT
WS Dark frame
NDZ Slik trig
Silver CP Shorty reg
Limited Ed. Hybrid NBK grips
Black & Silver SP Q-Lock feedneck
Dye On/Off
Freak kit
Dye 2pc Ultralite
Black Smartparts Ion
SP 360 QEV
Tech T L6 Lightning Bolt
NDZ Blade trig
SP Q-Lock feedneck
Dye Sticky3 grips
SP S-Rail & On/Off
14" SP Progressive '06 barrel
ViewLoader eVLution 3 hopper
Dye Rhino '07 Tank Cover
Pure Energy 48/3000 tank |
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| Strengths: |
Easy adjust
Secure hold
Great look
Low Rise |
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| Weaknesses: |
Slightly Pricey |
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| Review: |
This feedneck works great. I have one on my Ion too and I wouldn't use any other neck. I've tried a few feednecks and I would definitely go with a clamping neck over any other design (twist-tight / O-ring) and of Clamping feednecks, the Q-Lock is my favorite.
It's very easy to adjust. All you have to do is unclamp the neck, twist the thumbscrew and clamp the neck down on your hopper. If you want a really secure fit, there is a hole in the thumbscrew that fits an alan key.
This feedneck offers a VERY secure hold on your loader. If you've tightened the screw enough, you shouldn't have ANY wobble or side to side play even while running and diving over the course of multiple games.
The Q-lock is also a rather attractive piece for your marker and definitely matches the look of all SP markers ( I have only seen them on one other make of marker and yes, they do look good on DMs). They're pretty low profile too, so it'll help with keeping your hopper out of fire.
This feedneck may be a little more expensive than some others, but it really is worth every penny. |
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This is a great feedneck. It looks great, is VERY easy to adjust and does it's job better than most feednecks out there. I would highly recommend this product to anybody looking to upgrade their feedneck. |
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