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PMI Stingers Paintballs Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
84 |
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Average Rating: |
7.1 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
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| Stingers is a PMI/RPS field grade ball. |
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| Product Availability | |
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| The PMI Stingers Paintballs are older, so they are not commonly available anymore. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 8 of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
All RPS paint, Evil, Diablo, JT....... |
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| Marker Setup: |
Tippmann A-5 w/ RT
Dye 14" Ultralight Barrel
Ricochet R-5 Hopper
20 oz C02 Tank
Redz 20oz Tank Cover
Dead On Vertical Block Adapter
Dead On Core 8x Expansion Chamber
Dead on Drop Forward
Macro Line Kit
Dead On Double Trigger
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Any.. |
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| Strengths: |
Inexpensive, Round, and easy break. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Shell Thickness. |
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| Review: |
The Stinger Paint is decent paint for the player who wants to just throw around some paint for the heck of it. Great for your own field use, plinking, or some rec-ball. The thickness of the shell is a little thicker than I would normally like. The paint seemed to break on contact well and I had no breaks in the barrel. Tends to drop off sooner from the looks of it to me, but until I test this I can't prove it. Color variations are limitted if that is important to you. |
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| Conclusion: |
Decent paint for some rec or target use. I wouldn't recommend it for any tourny play or even serious woodsball play. I am giving it a 8 out of 10, just because to me it seemed like it drops off sooner than most other paint I shoot. For the price though you really can't go wrong if you are just buying paint to shoot for the heck of it. |
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| Rating: |
| 8 out of 10 | Last edited on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005 at 8:16 am PST |
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The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
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Period of
Product Use: |
| 3 months | 6 of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
"Stingers" is PMI's version of RPS Rampage. However, Rampage is much better. |
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| Marker Setup: |
Red 2004 Vision Shocker with...
Nerve Board
New Designz Talon Grip
New Designz Ball Detents
New Designz Gauge Adapter
Ion Feed Neck
Ion Grips
Ion ASA
Bob Long Gauge
32 Degree Drop Forward
Smart Parts HE Bolt kit
14" All American Barrel .689 back
Full Freak Kit with all 8 inserts, Also two additional freak front 10" black and 14" silver
Evolution with Z- Board
HUGE 88 4500psi Pure Energy Tank |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
.684 bore seems to be the best. |
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| Strengths: |
Cheap
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| Weaknesses: |
Very thin shell
Very oily
Weak, runny fill
Ugly, mismatched colors
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| Review: |
I take a lot into consideration when I write a review. I've never given a 1 to any product before. The reason why is that I look at every factor, and discover that it's not always the paintballs fault for poor performance (actually it's quite the contrary usually). However, I really cannot believe how bad these paintballs are. I've never used such poor quality paintballs. I bought three cases for only 75 bucks. I thought "wow, these will probably be pretty bad quality, oh well i just need it as practice paint". I didn't realize what I had done. When I opened each box to check to see if any had broken, I noticed that in almost EVERY bag of the 12, that there were shells of the wrong color mixed in with shells of the right color. The paintballs were also incredibly oily, much more that DBX or Brass Eagle Blue streak. The balls had very inconsistent sizes, but .684 was the most compromising bore I could find. However, some worked well with .691 or .681! This obviously led to many barrel breaks and some severe inaccuracy. Now keep in mind that this is a Freak kit I'm using. When I say Stingers worked the best in the .684 bore, I ment the least amount broke. Accuracy is a whole different ball game. Because the balls are so oily, they just spun right out of the barrel and went in some odd direction. I usually can nail someone of the break by lobbing a few balls at someone in a back standup, but with these balls I got lucky if I could hit the bunker!!Please if you make a comment, don't tell me that this was a bad batch, because I bought THREE CASES and all three gave me the same results. When playing, the only chance I've had at hitting someone with these is when I get very close (2 bunkers apart to bunkering). The shell is very thin as well. Usually I enjoy a thin shell in the cold winter months (that is when I purchased these). But.. to give you an example of how thin these shells are, one time I filled my egg up with these before turning it on. When I turned it on, just the distance of the ball going down the feed neck into the breech caused it to break!!!!!!!!!! It was the most pathetic thing I have ever seen happen with a paintball. This was the only time I've ever had a ball break in my breech in the history of my Shocker. Cleaning the eye out and cleaning the bolt was such a pain. The Shocker was designed in mind for that to NEVER happen. I think I've covered everything. Please let me know if this was helpful I really want to let people know that these paintballs are horrible! |
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| Conclusion: |
I'll pay 10 more bucks to use DBX or Brass Eagle Blue Streak over this. It is fun to give your opponent a pod of these though. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Only tested | 5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Premium - Great
Zap Rec Balls - Pretty good
Super Swirl - it worked. |
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| Marker Setup: |
Tippmann Model 98 Custom
Evil Driver Barrel
200rd Hopper
8 Stage Expansion Chamber
Pure Energy 20oz CO2
ViewLoader Attitubes Harness |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Any Barrel. |
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| Strengths: |
Cheap
Breaks on Target
No chops |
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| Weaknesses: |
There was 1 break in 2 out of 4 bags |
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| Review: |
I bought these balls because i didn't have any paint. I wanted to buy some premium, but the field didn't have any. So i bought stinger thinking that they were crap. Well with my EVIL Driver Barrel they Went to where i aimed. If i get this paitn again im gonna buy like 3 cases from actionvillage. cause its like $35 a case there instead of $45 at thunderbay. |
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| Conclusion: |
its great paint. Buy it if ur short on money. |
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Period of
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| 2 years | 5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
hmm...
midevil
evil
premium
a lot of draxxus/diablo paints |
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| Marker Setup: |
2004 SP vision imp (black
freak
blade trigger
ndz bolt
ndz feedneck
PE 68/3
haloB |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
one that is the same thread as your gun...anything |
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| Strengths: |
Cheap
Cheap
Look pretty damn cool
Not that many dimples...for about 4 weeks |
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| Weaknesses: |
Fill isn't visible on opponents
Easy chop
Go bad fast... |
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| Review: |
The first paint I used to play with, and I use it now (for practices and when the $ isn't in my pocket).
strengths******
1. pretty cheap-at around $40 a case, significantly les than evil/midevil (my favorites) so it's easy on your wallet and is still good enough for practices
2. Looks- well, i don't give a *monkey* how my paint looks, but still, this looks pretty cool...
3. dimples- very few...well, for about a month, i tried this with a bunch of paints, and hot streak and some others had more, but still, this wasn't the best...but for $40, it's fine
weakness'******
1. visiblity-The clear paintballs (comes in a multitude of colors, with dark green/purple, gray, clear (yellow, blue or green fill) and i bet more).
2. CHOP- They chop, chop and chop somemore. I have a vision imp, that won't chop a midevil once, but for some reason, they break in the barrel...my freak doesn't break paint either. Maybe it's the clear fill, maybe the breakbeam on the eyes goes through it, either way...it still shops.
3. over time it goes bad- when u keep for over a month, the balls will break more, and dimples will form...(though I thought it was funny when i found a bag of 140 sitting under a pile of books for 4 months....they were all flat...didn't even try to shoot them) |
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| Conclusion: |
good product, with good benefits for the price, but if you have the money for better, than do so...
I recommend this for all the beginners who rely on allowence and the such, and cant afford good paint |
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| Rating: |
| 8 out of 10 | Last edited on Wednesday, May 4th, 2005 at 3:23 pm PST |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| 3 months | 5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Diablo Heat, Brass Eagle wild streak, Draxxus Midnight |
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| Marker Setup: |
Spyder Imagine 04 (removed venturi), 6 stage X chamber, 16" Smart Parts Boss Progressive, Phys co Ballistics Drop Forward, 20oz CO2 |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Any barrel is good with this paint. Even stock barrels work decent with this paint. |
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| Strengths: |
Round
Shoot straight and hit hard
Shoot through breaks well
Cheap |
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| Weaknesses: |
Hard to find |
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| Review: |
These are some good paintballs. They shoot straight and they hit hard. They break just about every time have bright colors. I have shot through brush and got someone out on the first shot. They are cheap and fly straight. They are hard shells but seem to bust on contact with somene though. |
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| Conclusion: |
In conclusion these are some sweet paintballs for the price. |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Rampage
Polar Ice
WhiteBox
Spectrum |
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| Marker Setup: |
2005 Pirhana GTI
Halo TSA Hopper
20oz co2 Tank
14' inch PMI Razzor Barrel |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
anyone |
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| Strengths: |
Fill Is Bright
Doesnt Break Often(In Barrel)
Doesnt Curve(Mostly)
Cheap |
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| Weaknesses: |
Sometimes Bounces |
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| Review: |
Well i bought this paintball for a scenario game. It was $70.00 canadian( thats not too bad for my home shop). I used 1000 of my 2000 balls. It sounds bad but i didnt need to shoot off alot of paint to kill people. I used it again yesterday and it shot like a dream. |
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| Conclusion: |
Get this if you cant afford all-star,marbs, or evil. It is better than white box and other paint at the same price. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
all walmart paint |
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| Marker Setup: |
sp ion with blue body kit
eggy II
72/3k tank
q lock |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Any |
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| Strengths: |
Accurate
white shell, white fill
30 bucks |
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| Weaknesses: |
None that i saw |
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| Review: |
i use walmart paint but one weekend i was up in baldwin park CA and i stopped at the local shop, i saw numerous paint but since i only had 30 bucks i went with theres stingers. i was not dissapointed at all. it was white and white. personally i love white paint becuase no one else shoots it and when u see somone hit with white paint u can say DAMN RIGHT I SHOT U
its very acurate on my ion and i havent had a break or any bounces
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| Conclusion: |
This is a great set of paintballs
30 bucks for awsome paint |
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The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
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Period of
Product Use: |
| 3 months | 4 of 16 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Evil, Mid Evil, Big Ball |
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| Marker Setup: |
Piranha R6, Stock Everything, CO2 |
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| Strengths: |
Cheap, Fly Alright |
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| Weaknesses: |
Not very True, Don't fly to good, |
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| Review: |
!!!!!!!!!!!READ THIS FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY!!!!!!!!!!
I was once playing in my homemade course and my hopper got clog-ed so i took off my hopper and pulled out a slightly oversized paintball that wouldn't go through. I then started to Push on the paintball and for some reason it wasn't braking. Then i thought ok this is stupid so i start to step on it..... Still not braking. Finally i go inside pull out a knife and start to cut through the paintball.....Turns out the paintball is pure plastic....not a joke PURE PLASTIC. Now this was the first and only plastic paintball i have ever found in a case of paint but i still would never buy these again...unless you want to take the risk. |
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| Conclusion: |
I wouldn't buy these again and take the chance of getting hit with a PURE PLASTIC paintball. |
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| Rating: |
| 1 out of 10 | Last edited on Tuesday, October 18th, 2005 at 1:58 pm PST |
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The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
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Period of
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| 3 months | 3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
dbx
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tippman model 98 which gun piranha gti eforce or spyder e99 should i buy
dye excel barrel
pmi hopper
20 oz co2 tank |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
dye barrels with .697 bore size |
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| Strengths: |
Break on contact
Accurate |
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| Weaknesses: |
Liquidy fill
Dimple easily
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| Review: |
The paintballs work really well with anything .697 bore zise. They are very accurate with my dye excel barrel. The only problem i have ever experienced is that they dimple in pods with can deccease the accuracy. another thing is that the colore isnt that visible and you never know what fill you might recieve. But these paintballs shoot better than any other paint i have used |
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| Conclusion: |
these paintballs are very affordable accurate and consistant. There is no reason anyone will not want to pick these up. I give it an 8 out of 10 since they are way above average but arnt the best |
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| 8 out of 10 | Last edited on Saturday, July 9th, 2005 at 6:40 am PST |
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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: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
RPS Premiums
Gameface Scorch
ZAP DBX
Monster Balls
Polar Ice
Super Swirls
Marbalizers |
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| Marker Setup: |
Spyder Electra '05
Evolution 2
CP One Piece
CCM No-Rise Feedneck |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
CP one piece works great |
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| Strengths: |
-Break on Target
-Don't Break in barrel
-good fill
-cheap |
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| Weaknesses: |
None so far |
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| Review: |
At this field I sometimes go to, these are the cheapest field paint. For $40 a case they are a good buy and work well enough that I don't see the point of buying more expensive paint. They shoot accuratly and break on target with a nice fill. Stingers have what I look for in a paint. They're nothing amazing but these are a good all around paint. |
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| Conclusion: |
A cheap and effective paint, I definetly recommend trying it |
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