The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
Period of Product Use:
Only tested
0 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Paintball Experience:
1 year
Similar Products Used:
Other products usually areabout the same or just a little less as good
Marker Setup:
A spyder imagine,red 14 inch teardrop barrel,extreme rage electric hopper ,and a 20oz chrome molyalloy co2 tank.
Recommended Barrels:
honestly I don't know because i haven't used these more than one time on a field and at home.
Strengths:
I can't really name any
Weaknesses:
Seem to get stuck in barrel and shoot like lobs of goo
Review:
I used these at 170 paintball in Huber Heights,Ohio and I wasn't really impressed with these.They got stuck in my barrel and made my gun chop more paint to make my gun stop shooting.These don't work well in cold temperatures but work o.k. in warm temperature.
Conclusion:
I wouldn't buy these because you can get paintballs such as Diablo,RPS,and Severe paintballs that are cheaper but work maybe better.
almost everything you can fire from a paintball marker (including nerf darts)
Marker Setup:
planet eclipse ego
Recommended Barrels:
Ive found my 689 to work famously
Strengths:
Great shell, nice thick fill
Weaknesses:
You cant use this stuff in low end guns...see review as to why
Review:
I have been shooting empire ramp for a couple months now and i have to say that i'm impressed. The shell is nearly as consistent as the more expensive inertia, and the fill is thicker (at least every case ive shot) the shells are very thin, but not brittle at all. that means this stuff flies straight and ALWAYS breaks.
In fact, i was the head ref at my fields last tourney and i cant say that i saw a single bounce all day. If your looking for a decent tourney level paint for a good price...xball silver and empire ramp are the only ones you should be looking at
Ok, on a more negative note...low end guns really dont like the thin shell They simply run at too high pressure to handle it. Every tippmann shooter ive seen at the field using it is constantly cursing at his "bad paint" in fact the only high end gun i saw that wasnt liking it was a dm6, and well, it wasnt the paints fault as the dm6's have some eye logic "issues" that need to be worked out
Conclusion:
Overall, if your marker runs at or under 300psi, you'll love it
if your shooting a blowback....your better off buying the nightmare or blaze type paints with thicker shells
good price for what you get...its right up there with the xball paint
Tippmann custom pro w response trigger 14" J&J ceramic barrel, 68/4500 tank
Recommended Barrels:
not a J&J 14"
Strengths:
They were tough, no barrel breaks, no real visible seams no breaks in hopper
Weaknesses:
Couldn't hit the broad side of a barnw ith this box
Review:
The balls were visibly oblong. They were erratic. They were not wildly erratic but you could have stood 15 feet away and one of 15 balls would actually hit a mansized target.
I used them in a very tight bunker game and an open woods field and folks just laughed at how they shot. The day started cold and warmed up so the temp was not a factor.
Overly large bore...>.692"
Not the brightest fill
Brittle shell
Review:
First, I read the above reviews and most said it was a small bore paint. The two cases that my buddy and I had, the balls were consistantly getting stuck in my .692" Powerlyte insert (which I measured to be sure of the accuracy). My buddy has a Tippmann 98c with a J&J Ceramic barrel. He shot one hoppers worth of these balls and gave up. Too many barrel breaks (not chops). Since I have a barrel kit, I was able to roughly size the balls to my bore (.692") but was still getting quite a few barrel breaks. After a break in play, I re-sized the paint....again...out of five balls, one or two would get stuck and had to be blown out with quite a bit of force. Needless to say, I won't be wasting money on this paint again. I think the Wal-Mart Scorch is better than this stuff.
BTW, the fill is not very thick and can easily be wiped and made to look like an old hit.
Conclusion:
So, in my experience with this paint, I would recommend against it.
The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
Period of Product Use:
Only tested
0 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Paintball Experience:
More than 5 years
Similar Products Used:
All high end paints
Marker Setup:
Dye Reflex Autococker E-Blade
Recommended Barrels:
none
Strengths:
Bright color thats about it.
Weaknesses:
Not perfect spears, weakkkk shells, did i say weak shells! expensive for quality
Review:
The paint was used over the weekend in tournament play and will be the last time ever used (hopefully). Everyone was chopping paint, I couldnt use my cocker with either my boomstick or freak system paint was just up and down the barrel (lucky if 1 out of 6 shots would come out cleanly). Empire disapointed me in the paint department :(
Conclusion:
Don't buy this paint for high end markers or dont buy at all cheaper paints work a whole lot better
Very, very, accurate
Bright/Thick fill
Very good quality paint
Weaknesses:
None what so ever, finally a perfect paint!!!!
Review:
this paint beats all others, its the most accurate paint Ive ever used, its by far the best paint I've ever used
Its freakin accurate as heck, I used up 2 boxes today and it shoot perfect!!!! This is the perfect paint, nothing compares, I went to the target range today to see how my new paint would shoot and I almost crapped in my pants, its so sweet!!! One ball after the other, right on top of each other, the spread was about half a inch, if that, it was so sweet, very accurate, I even choose a huge bore to see how well it would shoot and it still shot extremly well
It has a very bright fill so you can see where you shooting and it has a thick fill similar to Marbs, it just a freakin sweet paint
Conclusion:
use it anytime you can, these is by far a great paint, this is the perfect paint, no more questions, its the best paint, use it anytime you can, very nice, I love it, if I could give it a 100 I would
RPS Marbs, Premium,Polar Ice, Proto Darts, Xball Silver, Xball gold.
Marker Setup:
TIPPMAN A-5 E-grip with WAS, LPK, REMOTE TO 68/4500hp, SWAT FORCE RED DOT SIGHT, J&J ELITE BARREL KIT,/14"ALL AMERICAN, JCS DOUBLE TRIGGER, RVA.
Recommended Barrels:
Match to bore size.
Strengths:
Good in cold weather. Straight. Few breaks. Bright color shells and fill.
Weaknesses:
Price
Review:
After reading reviews, recently tried Xball Silver and Xball Gold, decent but do not compare to Ramp. A friend tried Ramps at a recommendation from a store owner, when we played he was peppering trees and taking people out left and right. He raved about it so I bought a case of ramps, xball gold and had a bag of marbs. Marbs fly just as straight but only if you have a small bore. I have a kit so i can match. Very few dimples. Very round. Fly very straight. I played today in 15 degree, wind chill zero degrees and had one break with extremely fast rates of fire. Few bounces if any. Xball silver and gold ok for price, but I will pay extra for Ramps. Felt good leaving six pink spots on my first kill. Many more to follow. Even shot through brush with good success.
Conclusion:
Buy them...you will not be disappointed. I thought I would only shoot Marbs, but now they have competition.
Rating:
10 out of 10
Last edited on Sunday, February 19th, 2006 at 6:45 pm PST
Xball bronze and silver, only one that compares but still not as nice
Marker Setup:
04 freesetyle with HE bolt and 05 board
Recommended Barrels:
Small bore, freak or dye
Strengths:
See below
Weaknesses:
See below
Review:
Ok well I was playing a tourny in January and they were selling some other unknown paint and these which were a bit more expensive. I decided to buy these and boy was I happy. It was pretty cold, rainy, and even snowy outside and everyone that bought the other stuff was complaining about it, dimples, didnt break, doesnt fly straight. I was completely happy with this stuff, as well as everyone else at the tournament that used it. It never got any bounces, at all, broke every time. Even with the super cold weather they didnt get dimpled at all and still flew completely straight. The fill was hard to wipe, but didnt stain at all. It was the best paint ive ever shot and I have shot a few different kinds. All of this was mid winter, really cold and rainy. During summer this paint must be a dream to shoot if its this good during bad conditions. I even chopped a ball(autococker) and I could still shot it pretty straight.
