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Air America Black Ice Regulator Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
13 |
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Average Rating: |
7.8 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
Click here |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
$110 |
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| The Black Ice is a single stage regulator designed to accept input pressures up to
850 PSI. The Black Ice is precision machined from solid aerospace aluminum and
anodized for appearance and durability. Construction and styling of the Black Ice
enable it to be used with confidence for the recreational and tournament players.
The Black Ice also carries the famous 100% Bulletproof Air America limited
lifetime warranty. |
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| The Air America Black Ice Regulator is older, so while it may be available used and in a few cases new, it is not commonly available anymore. |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
-PMI Pure Energy Reg (Stock quality, not good for LP and/or as consistent)
-AA Vigilante (much better for LP, just as consistent) |
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PMI Piranha EXT Pro G3 w/ CP Lighting Drop and KAPP Railmount ASA, AA Vigilante, White Wolf Delrin Bolt, Maddman "Rocket" Valve, Center Flag 68ci/4500psi, 12" DYE Boomstick, 10" DYE Titanium Boomstick, warp feed and HALO-B.
Lvl 10 Center Feed Polished Mag w/ Intelly. |
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| Strengths: |
-Small
-very flexible and easy to install
-Consistent
-Tough |
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| Weaknesses: |
Doesn't come in chrome. |
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| Review: |
Great reg!. If you wanna have a guage, you can, if not, you don't have to, i have a guage on my ASA, so I'm fine. It's got a burst disk safety feature also. It's way easy to adjust, you just need a fatty allen wrench, not a long skinny one. Very consistent, less 5 psi flex, even when blasting 15 bps for extended periods of time! I got mine new for $55 shipped and i wouldn't give it up! it's also REALLY easy to clean, no crazy tools needed at all. It's tough too, doesn't scratch easily. |
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| Conclusion: |
If you can find a good deal on this puppy, TAKE IT. It's way better than all the others except Messiah, but for the money it's way awesome. |
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| Rating: |
| 9 out of 10 | Last edited on Tuesday, March 18th, 2003 at 3:50 pm PST |
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Saturday, March 16th, 2002 |
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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: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Gen X-2 Regulator |
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| Marker Setup: |
99 LED |
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| Strengths: |
This regulator is pretty good, it's recharge time is amazing... better than a few others i've tried. It's sweet on my angel, alot better than the crappy stock one. Also very consistant, it gets about your fps in the range of -3 to +3. |
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| Weaknesses: |
the guage doesn't really do anything on mine... it doesn't tell you the pressure that goes right up to the gun, but rather the air that goes from your tank to the reg. I guess it could be helpfull if you had a leak or something in your bottom line in between, but other than that... |
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| Conclusion: |
Nice regulator, reccomend it to anyone |
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Period of
Product Use: |
1 year |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Custom Products inline - compared to the black ice, the CP is flawless |
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| Marker Setup: |
Primary/Tournament - SP Ion, with VP Scythe trigger, Shocktech on/off asa and drop forward, CP clamping feed neck, 14" Freak kit, Halo/Rico 2K
Backup/Rec. - Shocktech Tremor Series Autococker (Silver), mostly stock (seeing as stock beats most upgraded cockers still, lol), CP reg, 14" Dye boomstick, Shocktech drop forward, clamping feed neck |
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| Strengths: |
Dirt cheap compared to other regs |
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| Weaknesses: |
Internal flaw with seals, have heard of a lot of issues locally (Chicago and Orlando) |
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| Review: |
This regulator came stock on my Tremor Series Cocker bought directly from BBT, seeing as it was my first cocker, took me almost 3 months of tweaking the marker before I realized that there was literally no regulation going into my three way. No tank had ever been hooked up to the marker pryor to buying it brand new, and when a LPA (PE 3000/68 tank) was hooked up for the first time, it began instantly leaking. After the first few shots and one short stroke, an internal seal blew on the black ice, causing the full pressure to enter the three way, blowing off the hoses. I took it into a local field store where they had a cocker specialist and he laughed when I told him BBT had sold me the marker with this reg on it. He had told me that he'd seen about 8 cockers come through his store with this particular reg on it and all of them had a blown seal. If you happen to buy a marker with a Black Ice reg on it, I strongly recommend replacing it immediately and spare yourself the headache, especially for a time-consuming autococker. |
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| Conclusion: |
Stick with CP/Shocktech for autococker regulators, my CP is extremely efficient and was similar in price to a new AA Black Ice, plus they're available in matching colors for your marker instead of only black. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
Less than a month |
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Products Used: |
kingman stock |
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em1 with warped sports drop, C.I.P. v/a, clear and blue 12 volt revvy with turborev,12"boomy,black ice reg,clear dye stickies, and a few other things |
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| Strengths: |
well it is smaller than i thought it would be, pretty cheap, easy ot adjust,like the double output ports so it is easy to fit your style |
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| Weaknesses: |
ok i am not saying this is for certain a bad reg but this is my own stupid mistake. First off i went to play with this for the first time and everything was hooked right and wouldn't fire at all then i noticed on my gauge on my verticle adaptor that the input was like 825psi that is grounds for expolding my solinoid so i took 30 min out of my time setting my gun back up stock so that i could even play that day good thing i come prepared. so i need to get a low pressure spring pack (if anyone knows the price IM me at mooseboy1486 please!!!). |
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| Conclusion: |
all in all this is compact good reg for high pressure guns and i will post again when i get the spring pack |
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| Rating: |
| 8 out of 10 | Last edited on Saturday, January 29th, 2005 at 6:15 am PST |
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Period of
Product Use: |
6 months |
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Generation X |
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| Marker Setup: |
Custom vertical spyder,black ice reg, dye boomstick,hyperframe trigger,custom air assist,shocktech bolt,AKA tornado valve, RAM air, smartparts drop,68ci maxflo tank |
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| Strengths: |
Its sweet, went fullo auto for about ten seconds and didnt come close to spiking. Consistant as heck. I thought it performed better or as good as the generation X. Stuck a guage on one side and it looks bad. |
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| Weaknesses: |
need a low preasure spring kit if you want to go below 400PSI. Its black. |
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| Conclusion: |
I love this reg! I recomend buying one right now if you want consistant shots and insane accuracy! |
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Unregistered User |
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2001 |
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| Strengths: |
Great consistancy, very easy to adjust the pressure
light,looks cool. |
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| Weaknesses: |
i bought this reg broken with two things wrong wit it. one the regulator seal/t was busted and was tough to change.2 the pressure was set to 900 psi when i bought it and the people failed to tell me that i needed to adjust it. anither thing is that the adjuster on the bottom moves way to easily. needs a lock deperately. |
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| Conclusion: |
good reg had some problems but that just might have been the people who sold it to me faults. suggest a vigilante over the black ice. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Only tested | 0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Angel 04 Fly, Timmy's |
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| Marker Setup: |
2K2 Intimidator
Halo B Hopper
Check It Drop
ACI 68/4500 nitrogen
Macro Line |
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| Strengths: |
Small
Light
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| Weaknesses: |
Too Small
Hard To Grip |
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| Review: |
This reg would be good for those players who dont care about their gun being remotely comfortable. Air America states that this reg is capeable of being used with C02 so I put it to the test. After about the 30th shot the reg froze up on me and I was done with it for the day. So the next day when i actually used n2 the gun still wasnt shooting all that great. The reg was being used with a cocker and the 2 were just not getting along. If ur looking for a reg thats probably meant for the much higher end guns than go with this other wise look for something else... |
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| Conclusion: |
Only buy if it is not going on an autococker... |
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Unregistered User |
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Saturday, April 13th, 2002 |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
gen X reguator |
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| Marker Setup: |
2001 freeflow autococker, dye ultralite, kapp flame dropforward with on/off switch, black ice reg (of coarse), and 68ci 4500 psi crossfire nitrotank |
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| Strengths: |
It is really consisant
looks cool and black matches almost any gun
comes with a bolted on o ring (pretty much)
really cheap price too
easy to clean if you need to |
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| Weaknesses: |
not much I can think of now
never had a problem with it
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| Conclusion: |
deffinitly consider this if you are getting a reg. If you want to spend the money dont get this one (gen X reg). But if you want an extremely good reg for a good price buy this. Best reg that air america makes, and way better than vigalante reg. It almost never had problems either. Buy this reg!! |
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| Strengths: |
when it worked it was very consistant
looks nice
small
light
easy to ajust (kinda) |
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| Weaknesses: |
it broke. several times. |
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| Conclusion: |
it was bought at this years mardi gras open and had trouble with it ever since
save some money and buy either a WDP mini reg (whats on an angel) or a mac dev gladiator |
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Unregistered User |
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Saturday, August 11th, 2001 |
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| Strengths: |
It will not spike, at all. Keeps my Mag VERY consistant. Fps is always is a range of about 6fps from each shot(highest velocity to lowest).
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| Weaknesses: |
They dont make it in chrome or stainless steel |
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| Conclusion: |
I got it for $75 and I wouldnt give it up. |
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