Now you can give your 98 or 98 Custom marker the same advantages as the A-5!
Features:
* Links the feeder sprocket to the air system
* Synchronized ball feed for reduced breakage and jamming
* The faster you shoot, the faster you feed!
* Feeds up to 15 balls per second
* Includes wide mouthed 200 round hopper
* Attaches via quick release elbow
Product Availability
The Tippmann Cyclone Feed System is newer, so it should be commonly available, both new and used.
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Cyclone feed kit with R-5 Hopper
LP valve Internals in the Special Cyclone valve tube
Freak Kit
Ion Reg
Shoctech bolt
Blade trigger
GTA Ebolt
GTA Low Pressure Kit
Custom trigger pull
SP on/off
Strengths:
Keeps up with my gun perfectly. Price is good.
Weaknesses:
I had to tune my gun especially for it.
Review:
I bought this because for some reason my halo wasnt keeping up with my ebolt. The cyclone feed works perfectly and works better than the halo. It loads one ball per shot. I can shoot constantly with my ebolt without chopping. I bought it for cheap (1/3 of my halo). I also bought an R-5 for it which turns it into a ricochet so the balls bounce off it.
Conclusion:
Buy this if you need a good hopper to keep up with ur fast 98.
Tippmann 98 Custom Basic
Flatline Barrel w/ Tactical Rails
GTA Expansion Chamber
Double Trigger
TechT Hair Pin Trigger Kit
Cyclone Feed System (Votex Mod, Lightning Rod, Squishy Paddles, QEPH)
Low Profile Hopper
Collapsible Stock
Red Hot Power Tube w/ Derlin Bolt
TechT Zero Kick Hammer
Response Trigger
Remote Line
Adjustable M16 Sight Rail
Tippmann Bravo One
G36 Barrel
Cyclone Feed System
Aluminum Power Tube w/ Derlin Bolt
E-Grip
Tippmann TPX
Remote Line Adapter
TechT Low Pressure Spring Kit
Strengths:
Faster RoF
Reduced Ball Breakage
Easy Install
Weaknesses:
Balls Bounce
Stock Plastic Parts
Review:
First of all, I love this upgrade. So much so that I have one for my Tippmann 98 Custom and my Bravo One. It was the first upgrade I bought for both of my markers. I find it hard to use my JT Tac5 because of the fact it can't use the cyclone feed. I find it hard to use any Tippmann marker without it.
Strengths:
You definitely get a faster rate of fire. You don't necessarily get the faster RoF you'd first think of. The marker fires no faster then you could previously pull the trigger but now you are 99.9% guaranteed to have a ball in the chamber. It also loads balls in such a way that greatly reduces ball breakage. I have seen balls break in this thing but not as often then without it. To install this add-on could not be any more simple. You just take out the powertube plug and screw in the screw that is on the air line of the cyclone feed. Snap in the cyclone feed to the marker and you're off to wreak havoc.
Weaknesses:
I find when your hopper gets low on paint, the stock plastic paddles tend to make the balls bounce so you start to get empty chambers. Its not a big deal but it can be troublesome. I am not a fan of the mass amount of plastic parts in this product. It just smells of plastic that is eventually going to wear out. The piston is plastic, the ratchet is plastic. Everything. Only metal part I think is the tension pin to hold the ratchet in place. TechT has a line of products to replace the plastic in this. I will review each one of them individually as I have them all in my cyclone feed system.
Conclusion:
If you own a Tippmann marker capable of using this upgrade. GET IT! You will have instant results and you will learn to not live without it. It also opens the doors for more upgrades to help you out.
Score: 9
I give it a 9. I know I sound like I absolutely love it and will give it an unbiased opinion, but I just simply can't get over the plastic. If you get one, take it apart to check how it works and you will probably be surprised just how much plastic is in there.
Tippmann 98 Custom
14" Smart Parts Progressive Barrel
Cyclone Feed System
Trigger Mods
Strengths:
-Strong
-Feeds really fast
-No batteries
-Looks really good on the gun
Weaknesses:
-Maybe the price...
Review:
This Feed System is amazing. I've played several games with it and haven't chopped once. I was using the stock hopper but it would chop with the pen spring mod. I think I chopped about 8 paintballs that day. Then I picked up the Cyclone and have shot about 4000 paintballs without a chop. I was also worried that the Cyclone would use a lot of air but I didn't notice a difference, which is great.
Conclusion:
BUY THE CYCLONE!! The best hopper/feed system for the 98C! Does what a electronic hopper does...and then some.
05 Proto Matrix
12" Proto Barrel
PMI Drop
Evlution 2
Pure Energy 3000 PSI Tank
Strengths:
Good Price
No Batteries
Feeds Fast
Weaknesses:
call tippmann to get t-fitting if you have RT
doesnt fit right with flatline
Review:
on ebay i ordered cyclone feed for my 98 the month it came out. when it got to my house, the first thing i did was take off my old hopper and put the cyclone feed on, first thing i noticed was the flatline shroud was perventing it from fitting. i went in my garage and cut the flatline shroud a little bit to make it fit, it did. since i allready had RT, i called tippmann and asked to send me the special T-fitting. when that came to my house i pulled the air hose out of the old RT fitting, and cut the air hose on the cyclone feed. i hooked up both hoses to the T-fitting, fired the gun and it worked great. It kept up great with my RT. a couple days later, when i went woodsballing i had no jams. with my old gravity feed hopper i had to allways hit it to make it feed the balls into the chamber. (anyone with RT and a gravity feed hopper will know what im talking about). Cyclone feed uses no bateries so you dont have to worry about the batteries running out of power. cyclone feed works better on my 98 than my eggy did. and i got cyclone feed for only $50. Dont get cyclone feed if you shoot lefty because the wide mouth hopper will block your view. also since the cyclone feed hopper has a flat front so balls will allmost allways break when you get hit in the hopper.
Conclusion:
If you are thinking about getting a electronic hopper for your 98, dont, this will work alot better.
Supped up DM4
Supped up A5...egrip, LPK, J&J
Ion
98 custom: LPK, Cyclone, E-bolt, dbl trigger, palmers reg, lapc drop w/ stock, polished Internals and different mods, J&J Cermanic. 200psi operating pressure.
Strengths:
The Cyclone system is tried and true. NO MORE CHOPS!!! Cheap
Weaknesses:
Can't do 20bps...but most markers can't either.
Review:
I had no clue they were actualy going to release the cyclone for the 98 till I saw it in a shop and was like.....DAMN!!!! I was so excited about this because even with my Halo-B on my 98 I would still chop a couple times a day. Those days are over!!!! Look at my marker setup section and you will see that I have it running with an E-bolt and the LPK. I did not have to adjust my regulator higher to compensate for the cyclone, and it ran fine at only 200psi operating pressure, thats what I was also really happy about. Kept my dwell at the stock 1/3 turn and LPR at its normal place. So I filled up the hopper a couple times and turned the ROF all the way up to see if it would keep up....and it did! No chops or miss feeds. I got mine on eBay for $20 less than what the local shop was asking so that helped out. All the A5 owners are now jealous that we have the cyclone now and the E-bolt....cause that make for one silent deadly weapon. They can keep their A5 with the E-grip. Buy a cheap 98 and add cyclone instead of buying A5.
Conclusion:
This should be the FIRST upgrade to any 98 owner. Then the low pressure kit, then J&J barrel, then E-bolt with reg and HPA.
Ricochet-2k Hopper feeds 12 balls per second and the 98 cyclone feeds 15 balls per sec.
Marker Setup:
98 Custom R/T military simulation with too many mods to list
A-5 E/Grip military simulation with too many mods to list
Strengths:
No more hopper wobble and lower profile. Fair price $59.00
Weaknesses:
Requires total marker tear down if you install unless u already have an R/T.
Review:
The best hopper or paintball feeding system for the 98 Custom. Work in the kitchen at a table if you plan to do the install so you can find the small parts when they fall off the table on the floor or put the marker in a shoe box when u take the halves apart. Remember to take the velocity screw out and pull the valve out of the rear of the power tube by the stem with pliers.
The new cyclone hinges like the old elbow but fits alot tighter. Push the front sight down and the cyclone hinges down for easy cleaning. Also the cyclone hopper sits lower and to the side of the the marker for easier aiming.
Conclusion:
Own a 98 Custom? First replace the barrel and then add the cyclone. Add a response trigger then rock and roll.
The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
Period of Product Use:
1 year
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Paintball Experience:
2 years
Similar Products Used:
Gravity fed hoppers,And a electric hopper I can not remember the name of.
Marker Setup:
Tippmann 98 custom with:
Smart Parts Progresive 16"
Tapco T6 butt stock
Cyclone feed system
Low profile Butler Creek cap(realy a scope cap)
Strengths:
See review.
Weaknesses:
It is pneumatic
Review:
This hopper is good and here is why.
1.It feeds 15-17 bps.
2.It is very big. It holds about 230 paintballs crammed full.
3.It does not take batteries.
4.It is made by Tippmann
5.It is quick to install. Like 20 minutes flat
Now here are the bad thing about this hopper.
1.It is pneumatic. It takes more air than if you had a electric hopper.
Conclusion:
This hopper is good if you are playing woods ball because it does not make much noise and it does not take batteries.This hopper is not good for speed ball because of how many paintballs it feeds per second.
Rating:
9 out of 10
Last edited on Monday, April 30th, 2007 at 2:52 pm PST
The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
Period of Product Use:
Less than a month
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Paintball Experience:
2 years
Similar Products Used:
gravity hopper
Marker Setup:
Tippmann Custom Pro
Cyclone Feeder
11" Tippman Werks barrel
Strengths:
Low profile
cheap compared to other hoppers
Weaknesses:
Hard to find in stores (got it online)
flat front
gas hog
Review:
Okay loader, shot it in my backyard the day I got it. No problems, took it up north one day and broke a ball inside the loader where the ball enters the gun. Major mess, pain in the ass to clean. Gun wouldn't shoot balls out until I took out a piece of jammed shell. I'm going to play saturday with this hopper so I'll see how it all goes. The loader does usually send in a round without problems and I couldn't outshoot it, but that time when a ball broke got me kind of shook up. It could have been because I was using old paint and a high velocity but who knows.
I also got considerably poor air efficiency with this. I used to be able to fire about 800 rounds with a 12 oz. CO2 and when I was up north I got about 300 rounds out of it. The tempterature was a bit cooler than when I usually play but it was still a low amount of shots for one fill.
I installed it on my Custom Pro and didn't even have to take the gun apart.
I just took 2 screws out of the elbow feeder, pounded the elbow off towards to the back of the gun with a screwdriver and hammer, then put the Cyclone on, took off a side screw and attached one that came with the kit and hooked that screw to the tube. (screw has a valve sticking out of it's side)
Conclusion:
If you have 98 and you dont want your gravity hopper this might not be a bad choice.
Rating:
8 out of 10
Last edited on Thursday, May 4th, 2006 at 1:23 pm PST
nothing is comparable to the cyclone feed. As in there is no air powered hoppers.
Marker Setup:
Tippmann 98c platinum ACT, tippmann cyclone feed,
Strengths:
Does what its sposed to, less chops noticeably.
Weaknesses:
Weak, not that much of a difference from gravity feed.
Review:
Its a good addition to the tippmann i will say that to start. the tippmann just isnt right without it. Its not as good as electronic hoppers in my opinion, and sometimes can be more expensive. And its not the most durable thing either. the screw that attaches to the gun to get air (banjo feed to be technical.) just broke recently on me. Its a hollow low grade aluminum screw. Overall I give it a 7/10. It's better than a gravity feed.
EDIT: Tippmann sent me new parts for free quickly! Greatest customer support ever.
I sent a message asking if i could get a new banjo fitting or if i have to send the whole thing in. I get a response saying I will send you a new power tube. ( this confused me a little bit. I guess he thought I got the screw stuck in the tube.) Soon enough, the banjo fittings and a new power tube come in with a flatline barrel i ordered a week ago. I update to 9/10 because that made the hopper a lot more durable if you can just change up the part Without paying 6$ and shipping.
Conclusion:
Buy this if you own a tippmann. It fits the gun well. and in my opinion the tippmanns not right without it. Of course theres better. and theres worse. just be careful with the screw unlike me >.>
Rating:
9 out of 10
Last edited on Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 7:13 pm PST
15 bps
Feeds as fast as you could possibly need
Durable
Runs on Co2
Weaknesses:
Requires adapter for use with Response
Exposed gasline
Blocky hopper shape
Review:
This is a awesome product. Period. Twice the speed of a gravity loader, with no batteries!
If you find yourself chopping paint because you're outshooting your grav hopper this is the way to go. Installing is easy, just take out the old power tube, and hook up the line to the hopper. Everytime you pull the trigger, the blowback from the gas moves the blade in the hopper. Some people have mentioned the cyclone causing you to use more gas, but I haven't noticed any drop in efficiency.
If I had to make a complaint it would be that you have to order a special adapter hose to use the cyclone with the response trigger, but it's not that big a deal. Sturdy loader, fast action, no batteries. Any questions?
