Well i have 2:
Tippman 98 Custom - standard layout....nothing special
Spyder Aggressor - 14" terminator barrel
Recommended Barrels:
Terminator
Strengths:
Cheap and nice and bright. you know when you have hit someone. They seemed pretty accurate but i have seen better, i have seen worse to. Not a bad buy. They never bounced off my target. I shot 175 balls....every single 1 broke on target....never in my barrel
Weaknesses:
Didnt break in my barrel but did get stuck once in awhile on the Tippman stick barral. Hopefully wont happen with my flatline.
Conclusion:
I would recomend these balls. I didnt see any major problems with them but be prepare to take of your barral once in awhile and squeegee it to knock a paintball out.
ZAP Pro Paintballs, RPS Marballizer, RPS All Star, RPS Superswirl, RPS Slam Ball, RPS Big Ball, Diablo Dusk, 32 Degrees Team Colors, 32 Degrees Team Colors Winter Fill, PMI Premium, Brass Eagle, the list goes on.....
Marker Setup:
Bob Long Millenium, 16" Dye Ultalite and 14" J&J Ceramics Barrel, 32 Degrees expansion chamber w/ macroline, Bob Long Cyclone Bolt, 12v Revy w/ X - Board and 9v Revy, PsycoBallistics Universal Drop Forward, 20 Oz Tank with buttplate, 12 Oz with buttplate, and 4 Oz Tank
Recommended Barrels:
None
Strengths:
I did NOT find anything good about these paintballs. They broke in my barrel almost every time. Nothing was good at all. They call these ball "Pro Performance" when not even the beginner paintball players are stupid enough to use them or buy them a second time.
Weaknesses:
Everything was bad. I only got one or two out of the barrel before one broke which totally sucked. I hate these paintballs with a passion. They dont deserve to be bought. I would give these a 0 but 1 is the lowest i can give.
Conclusion:
Im glad i got mine for free. My friend gave them to me because they were so bad that they were even breaking in his Autococker STO. Then using them in my Bob Long Millenium for a week i gave them to my friend with a Bob Long Intimidator and he ended up giving them away too. Trust me, These suck alot.
Proballs, Diablo Midnights, a few Big Balls, a few 32 Degrees
The Midnights seemed the best of this bunch but not by much.
Marker Setup:
Bob Long Millenium
12v Revolution
Just added J&J 14" Barrel but haven't used in the field yet
20 oz. tank
Strengths:
It was cheap. It is easy to see in the air.
It worked very well. I ran about 1000 balls through my Bob Long Millenium last time out and I don't remember breaking one ball in competition. It seemed fairly accurate too. I hit at least two pretty long shots over the course of the afternoon.
Weaknesses:
Some failed to break on target but that's pretty normal for any paint. I'd rather have them fail on impact than inside my barrel.
Conclusion:
It's a great value. We play recreationally and were very happy with it. I'll continue to use it if I can continue to get it for $48 shipped.
Spyder TL-Plus, with regulator, Bob Long bolt, and 32* Terminator barrel (12")
I use nitro and CO2.
Recommended Barrels:
Any quality medium bore barrel (.689)
Strengths:
The price, availability, and the new colors in the Performance Series. I like the Green Hornet colors best in the Pro Series. Both types shoot well in my Terminator barrel. I have very few breaks (as long as the balls are fresh and my velocity is set correctly).
Weaknesses:
For the price, I can't poor-mouth this paint. It does fine by me.
Conclusion:
I believe many of the complaints have come from players with either cheap guns/barrels or perhaps they are shooting way too high in velocity. Also, balls need to be stored in a dry place. Humidity can make them swell and you will have tons of breaks when that happens. Check the bore size of your barrels. Any ball that fits snug but can be pushed gently through the barrel should do OK. If it rolls right out, the ball is too small (Proball?). If it can't be pushed down without great effort or breakage, it's too big. Find a ball that matches your barrel. Don't say a ball is bad just because it doesn't fit your barrel. Proballs are great, but they don't shoot well in my barrel. Happy shooting!
alot of different paints. almost all diablos, 32 degrees team colors, marballizer, other PMI's, and some brass eagle.
Marker Setup:
green fade defiant w/micro apocolypse drop foward, ANS duck bill bottomline, also i have an 8 inch taso speedball barrel, to go with the 14" j&j two piece which is anodized to match my gun. And a macro line setup.
Recommended Barrels:
i decent one, as always
Strengths:
it's your normal paint. Not great, not horrible. It's cheap too, i like this stuff. you can always get like 3 cases for $110. by the way, i'd like to say that ALL of the people so far have horrible guns. they have no right to even rate paint, and say that it is innacurate, or accurate. with the guns that these guys are using it won't make a difference, but, they are entitled to rate the fill and the shell and stuff. but they're guns must definetly chop alotta balls too. not dissing them, i'm sure they are good players, but it's difficult to rate the accuracy with those kind of guns.
Weaknesses:
well, they aren't great. But, they never said that they were the greatest anyways.
Conclusion:
good, all round paint. not great, but then again its cheap. great for when you are just playing a normal game, i have come to like this paint alot.
I have used the older Zap paintballs and these are much better. Less breaks and shoot straighter. Some can have a bad seem but not many. THESE ARE A GREAT WINTER BALL!! I play in the cold a lot and I am telling you that there are great when the temp. goes down.
Weaknesses:
Like I said before some have a bad seem but not too many.
Conclusion:
If you play in the cold then these will work awesome for you. And they are among the cheapest paint that you can get but well worth it. BUY THEM. you will see what I am talking about in the cold weather. I give them an 8 cause they are good but they are not the BEst. if you want better then you have to pay more. still an awesome all around deal
Green Raptor with tru-flight thunderpig barrel and bottom line
Recommended Barrels:
Use a large bore barrel with this paint.
Strengths:
Even though this paint is way to large for my barrel and only land about 30' away with the muzzle velocity all the way up, they always fly straight, and make a nice big splat.
Weaknesses:
They smell bad when they break, but it's not as strong as some other painballs.
Some of the balls are very dimpled, but they have yet t break in the barrel.
Conclusion:
Size matters.
Brand does not.
If you have a large bore barrel, brasseagle paint will work fine for you.
If you have a large bore barrel and try to use diablo paint, they will corkscrew and dive, and you can shoot around trees with them.
If you try to use Nelson Challenger pain in an Armson Stealth barrel, you will break paint.
Large barrels need large paint.
Small barrels need small paint.
Rating:
8 out of 10
Last edited on Saturday, January 29th, 2005 at 6:29 am PST
They didn't cost much. Paint fill was thick enough to keep people from just wiping it off.
Weaknesses:
Lots of busted balls. Thin shell. Most balls had large dimples in them. Many barrel busts as well. This also happened to all my other friends who were using them on different guns.
Conclusion:
I would only recommend these balls for recreational use if even that. Put it like this; I would recommend BE balls over these.
