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ACI Coiled Remote Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
14 |
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Average Rating: |
6.6 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
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| Includes universal fill adapter, nickel plated quick disconnect and gun to hose adapter. Fits any gun with ASA. |
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| The ACI Coiled Remote is newer, so it should be commonly available, both new and used. |
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Period of
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| 1 year | 3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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| Marker Setup: |
CCI Phantom, remote, 20oz CO2, red dot sight
pre-2k1 Sheridan PGP, Aluminum grips and pump, no internal mods
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| Strengths: |
Does what it's supposed to do.
On-off |
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| Weaknesses: |
Tight coils. |
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| Review: |
First of all, I'd like to make this clear. THE ON-OFF WORKS. Everyone just gets scared when it starts hissing and screws it back in, assuming the on-off valve is bogus. When you back it out, it releases the pin valve on your tank. No gas is escaping from your tank if you release the on-off fully. What is happening is because there is no checkvalve. Your marker is de-gassing, and so all co2 or air in the hose and in your marker comes out from the tank mount where the knob is. Dry-firing makes this go faster, especially if you have an expansion chamber or a high internal volume marker.
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| Conclusion: |
Works fine. I can deal with the few problems it has. |
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| Rating: |
| 8 out of 10 | Last edited on Thursday, January 20th, 2005 at 9:55 pm PST |
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Porby |
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Friday, October 3rd, 2003 |
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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: |
32* Coil Remote |
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| Marker Setup: |
~Spyder Xtra w/ camo gun cover
~20oz Co2 w/ camo cover
~Homemade M4 Stock w/ camo cover
~Homemade Spring loaded 25rd feed tube w/ homemade 25 rd loaders
~32* Coil remote w/ quick release & slide check
~Homemade Barrel "Muffler" ( Whats yur reaction when u hear paintballs whizzing by, and u cant hear the shots? )
~Stock barrel & exp chambers, 200rd loader |
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| Strengths: |
just as good as my 32* remote and worth every penny of it. |
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| Weaknesses: |
It lets alot of the air out when u detach the tank. |
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| Review: |
This coil remote is awesome, buy it, u wont be disappointed. However remotes in general are very simple designs, and personally a homemade remote wouldn't be so difficult to make, jusy purchase a quick release and the attachments and a high pressure tube similar to those at gas stations.
However if you do not have a drop forward with a stock ( if your gun doesn't have a shoulder rest without the co2 bottle ) this is a very difficult to use in prolonged games, when you hold the gun against your shoulder much of the weight gets distributes onto your body, making you one with the gun, therefore reducing fatigue and steadying your aim dramatically. I have made my own m4-like stock out of pvc pipe and heavy duty camoflauge cloth, and even though it doesnt balance out thw weight of the hopper like a normal co2 bottle would, it can be kept close to your body and the gun just feels lighter.
Keeping the Co2 bottle, even a 20oz like mine, on yur back is no trouble, i dont even use those harnesses with the tank holder, i just use my school backpack. |
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| Conclusion: |
If you dont own a shoulder stock or never plan on getting one, your gun will feel top heavy and unstable. However if you do have a stock, i reconmend this product highly, i have 2 remotes myself, a 32* and an ACI, using the 32* remote on my primary marker (Spyder Xtra, and the ACI remote on my secondary PT Extreme.
Remotes are the way to go. |
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Tony |
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Friday, October 5th, 2001 |
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| 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. |
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| Strengths: |
This remote is great, it never busts, it acts like an expansion chamber when you use CO2 and thier customer support is top notch. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Thier is an O-ring in the disconnect, that will pop out if their is air in the line, once this gets lost the remote is useless. To this day myself nor any one I know, has a clue as to how to get the ASA screw in (the top knob) to work, its supposed to let you unscrew it and stop air from going into your gun, but if you do that the part inside will let out all your air. So basically that part is only there, to screw in at the beginning and thats it. |
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| Conclusion: |
Other than the aforementioned this this is great, it takes off the weight of the tank and doesnt get in the way, ACI's customer service, is knowledgable, efficient and caring (when I lost my o-ring they sent 5 replacements, shipped it out same day and got it 2 days later), what more can you ask for. A must for anyone looking to get a stock, or displace some tank weight. |
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Unregistered User |
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Saturday, September 15th, 2001 |
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| 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. |
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| Strengths: |
best investment you can get on your gun, never worry bout shooting liquid co2 again. this will make your gun so much lighter and makes drop forwards just look dumb. you can shoot better, steady your shot easier, and aim a lot faster. |
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| Weaknesses: |
well when i got mine for some reason the main thing that presses on the pin ont he tank was missing so i had to bo buy it for 5 bucks from my local paint store but o well. |
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| Conclusion: |
some people complain that it gets in there way and that is true. when you first turn the gas on the coiled remote will constrict the tubing, i usually have to rotate my gun clockwise 4 times and then its all right and straight. also another reason they say that is they wear there harness on there back, i wear mine so that my tank is on my side. it makes the remote much more movable and much more enjoyable. if used with a stock your gun just looks pimpin and can improve your game more than you think. dont be deterred by what some people might say. i love my remote and im never going back. its definately worth the money. i would give it a ten if it werent for the fact that part of it was missing, which was slighjtly odd.
*a quick note, coiled remotes shoudl be used if your gonna be focusing on playing woods because the coil will stay close and wont catch on trees. a metal line should be used for speedball, but watch out, it could be too short for some uses and also it can catch on branches. |
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Period of
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| Only tested | 2 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
6 months |
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Similar
Products Used: |
None, I play speedball there is no need for one. |
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| Marker Setup: |
12" Bigshot
E-Sprit
12v Revy-x
D.O.P Drop forward
WGp Inline reg
Rocket Valve
12 oz aluminum tank |
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| Strengths: |
It lets you move the weight from your gun to your harness. you're just shifting weight. People should learn how to read the psi imprinted on there its says max is 2500 psi, so all it can run is co2 or a tank that has an adjustable reg on it. |
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| Weaknesses: |
The on and off didnt work on mine. too much of a hassle with the line. you need to tuck in and have total movement of your gun why would you need to be tehered down. |
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| Conclusion: |
im glad i got it for free and sold it for 25 thats 100%% gain for me. would never buy a remote becuz they're not all that great. |
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Period of
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| 6 months | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
none |
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| Marker Setup: |
Tippmann 98 Custom
14" Dye Excel
9v Revy
Remote for CO2
20oz tank |
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| Strengths: |
-reduces weight of gun
-acts as an expansion chamber |
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| Weaknesses: |
-if you play in thick woods the coils might get hung up in the bushes |
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| Review: |
I bought the remote because i wanted to decrease the weight of my gun. Once you have the CO2 tank off your gun, you have a wider range of movement on your gun and you dont have to worry about dropping it because its too heavy. The remote line also acts as an expansion chamber because it gives the liquid CO2 more time to turn to the gas because it has to go through the line before reaching the gun. This is an excellent purchase if you play woodsball, it lets you move around easier because the heavy tank is off your gun. This is also good if you play speedball because you can hold the gun closer to your shoulder which will allow you to get tighter into the bunker. |
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| Conclusion: |
This is an excellent product. Its cheap, very easy to put together (just screw in the CO2 piece into the place you would normally put the tank, and then attach the remote to that, and screw the tank into the pin valve). Decreases the weight of your gun giving more mobility and allows you to get your gun closer to your body making you a smaller target. |
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| Rating: |
| 10 out of 10 | Last edited on Tuesday, June 17th, 2003 at 6:42 pm PST |
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Sconic |
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Wednesday, July 24th, 2002 |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
o other remotes |
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| Marker Setup: |
aci maverick, coiled remote
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| Strengths: |
well it works the first few times you use it. it feels like its high quality, it has an on/ off, it looks cool, and it takes the weight off your marker (i dont have much weight anyways. i use a maverick) i spose it acts like an expansion chamber. |
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| Weaknesses: |
well, it only worked the first 2 or 3 times i used it, then it leaked like crazy, i tightened everything up and it still stinks. i dont know maybe i got a bad one. it doesnt work anymore. |
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| Conclusion: |
well every1 gave it a good review, so i think i just got a dud. ill take that into consideration when i give it my score.i still had a bad experience, so a 4 |
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Unregistered User |
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Friday, May 24th, 2002 |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
None |
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| Marker Setup: |
Spyder Compact Deluxe w/ Stock Barrel
Bottomline & Grip
ACI Coil Remote
Redz Flex Tech Pack 500 |
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| Strengths: |
- Takes all the weight off the marker.
- No more tank at rear means you can bring the marker closer to your face for shots.
- Goes great with a good harness like Redz Flex Tech Pack 500
- No more frosting of barrel or liquid CO2! Hooray! |
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| Weaknesses: |
- On mine, the valve which screws on to the CO2 tank is tight, and when I go to turn it off, it doesn't do anything unless the tank is almost at full pressure. Tried to oil the sleeve inside, hope that will help.
- Coils are a little tight, could be looser so that there's no pulling when marker is raised up to the face. |
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| Conclusion: |
Good remote line. Get it. NOW! |
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Period of
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| Only tested | 1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
32 degrees coil remote |
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| Marker Setup: |
Woods Ball/ Scenario
Tippmann 98c
flatline
jj ceramic
Dop power tube
32 Degrees 8 stage expansion chamber
hyper-star delrin bolt
Lapco Direct Feed
32 Degrees rear velocity adjuster
Speed-ball
I just use my tippy
Don't have one yet (to poor 2 play and not into it) |
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| Strengths: |
There are no strengths to this!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Weaknesses: |
Quick Dissconect breaks , leaks, and bursts
shoddly built (most of the parts a glued in)
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This thing blows monkey chunks avoid at all cost and buy something else. I bought this remote last week. When i got it everything looked fine. Then when i fed the thing a bit of co2 bam ....the quick dissconnect goes flying out into space. IT seem a ball baring pooped out and i had to buy a new quick dissconnect. When i tired 2 remove 1/8 male connecter snaped off the coil. It looks like it was glued rather than souldered, pinched, or sealed in. HINCE LEAKING CRZAY CO2. DONT: BUY THIS >>>BEST 25 bucks u'll save. |
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| Conclusion: |
DONT WASTE UR MONEY ON A SHODDY POS of a remote like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WILL BREAK DOWN for SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Period of
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Less than a month |
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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| Marker Setup: |
psychoballistics cocker with hyper reg,nw drop, 68/45 angel air and halo hopper |
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| Strengths: |
Very good for co2 |
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| Weaknesses: |
Leaks a little |
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| Review: |
first off i would say this is a very good remote, BUT!!! , mine leaked a little out of the box , but you can cure that with teflon tape. I always had to put teflon tape on the hose and the hose fittings. Maybe i got a difective one who knows. Other than that its all awesome passum. |
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| Conclusion: |
not a good remote, not for serious players any way I would recomend it for bush ball situations. |
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