The Origin Signature Series line of paintballs are the cream of the crop, the best tournament level paintballs available. These paintballs are perfect in every way, they are the paintballs that all of the other paintballs bow down too. No seam, very thick fill, and a brittle shell that breaks on your target and not in your gun.
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Zap: never use these under any circumstances.
Whack: good ball, but Whack is a different breed. Whack = Value, Origin = Performance.
Marker Setup:
Tippmann 98 Custom
Halo B Loader
5" Drop Forward
20 oz Co2
ADCO Red Dot Sight
Recommended Barrels:
I have only used the stock Tippmann 98 Custom barrel, which works fine.
Strengths:
Accurate
White
Not too pricey
Weaknesses:
Less predictable in cold condition.
Review:
Got a 1,000 count bag as a gift. I was amazed at how good these were. The seamless design is a huge help. From about 30 yards i had very nice grouping at 275 FPS. The white is very easy to see on your target, and is easily traceable to adjust shots. I found it hard to see them coming at me when my friend used it, but seeing them leave my marker was exceptionally good. They have never bounced in my experience. When i played in cold weather the grouping was less tight, but it never affected my performance in the cold.
Conclusion:
I highly recommend these paintballs because they are very accurate and user friendly. White is fresh too, so the more white you have the better :)
Tippmann 98 Custom Pro (Stock everything) w/Crossfire 68/45 tank.
Strengths:
Just $40 a case.
Weaknesses:
Broken balls in bag
Powder instead of liquid fill
Review:
Half of the bags in the case had a broken ball in the bag.
When the paintballs hit their target they exploded into a very fine mist/powder leaving very little on the target and a lot on everything else.
I noticed right away when I got hit, that most of the material in the paintball exploded outwards away from the impact rather than leaving a thick bright colored fill that I would expect from a paintball. Practically every time I got hit, neither I nor the Refs could tell if the mark was from the game before or if it was fresh..
Maybe my field is just going through a really old batch of this paint, but from my experience, it's just really bad.
There was somebody with a rental who kept having these break inside of his shake&shoot hopper.
Conclusion:
Either I got a really horribly bad batch of this paint, or this paint does not age well at all...
Even at $40 a case, I regret buying 'em. Even the Impact paint from Wal-Mart is better.
Is it so hard for Origin to put an f-ing date on the box? Anyway you look at it, I still think Origin is to blame for this bad shipment of paint.
Rating:
3 out of 10
Last edited on Monday, October 13th, 2008 at 12:56 pm PST
origin classic paintballs (similar, just less quality)
Marker Setup:
Tippmann A5 with Opsgear Saw kit
Spyder MR3
Recommended Barrels:
lapco bigshot 14"
Strengths:
No seam, very slick, and no ball breaks
Weaknesses:
Non as of yet.
Review:
i have been trying various types of paint for a while now hoping to find a good quality paint that works consistantly, and one of my buddys said they had this paint on for 40 dollars a case at a local store, so i thought what the heck ill try it.
for 40 bucks it cant be to great, right. RONG, this paint is by far the best paint i have ever used with absolutly no ball breaks so far!
Conclusion:
I would recommend this paint to any entry levle or expirienced player, this is the best paint i have ever used, and its cheap!
Pretty much any paint made by RPS, Draxxus, Procaps.
Marker Setup:
I shoot a 2K5'd GZ, Excalibur, FL Viking, Texas Storm, Ripper, Ripper 2 and Ripper 3 Intimidators. I run a Halo or an Empire Reloader B (and now a Pulse) with a PMI Pure Energy or Crossfire Tank.
Recommended Barrels:
I use a CP barrel kit but have seen them shoot well through Dye UL's, Proto's and SP Freak Kits.
Strengths:
Origin paint is highly consistent with a bright fill.
Weaknesses:
The cost is higher than comparable brands.
Review:
The Origin Signature series has been a field paint at several of the fields that I've travelled to play at. It's a highly consistent shell and utilizes a bright fill that marks well. It's the nice mix of being hard enough not to explode easily in the marker and brittle enough to break cleanly on opposing players. It also has a bit of punch, in that it doesn't break on every twig it comes into contact with in a recball or scenario game.
The Signature series paint also utilizes custom shells. I've used the red white and blue "Stars and Stripes" as well as the "Hemp" logo balls. The shell is more cosmetic but it's a neat effect put on by the manufacturer.
While I prefer other Pro-Caps paints, the Origin series is very good for the price and is an excellent paint to shoot through a middle of the pack bore (.689-691) in your kit. It's easy to see why it's utilized as field paint at many locations.
Conclusion:
A solid paint at reasonable prices that can be used in both speedball and woodsball with great accuracy.
Well, I play at Granite State Paintball in Litchfield New Hampshire and I must say that this paint is excellent.
First Impressions:
I play at GSP every Sunday all of last spring, summer, fall. This is the paint that the owner sold if you would buy from there. I absolutely loved this stuff. I filled my hopper and shot a string over the chrono. Nothing but LINES AND LINES of paint and very consistent over the chrono and ball size.
Breakage:
I have a foam archery target in my backyard and only very brittle paint breaks. Everytime, this stuff broke. Loved it.
Fill:
Well, I know that this stuff has excellent thick fill. My teammate and I were doing some snapping drills and I got hit. Got it right on the goggles. We ended our drill and I went to wipe it off and it was relatively hard. More than the average quick swipe of the microfiber cloth with paint like stinger. It took a good 3 or 4 and the only other paint to do that to me was Chronic and Evil.
Color:
This is just like fill. Very thick orange I experience. THe shell was maroon and tan.
Trajectory:
Well I have shot this through a couple different types of markers. This including 2 egos, pm5, Ion, dm4, dm5, dm6, alien and everytime, I got nothing but straight ball on ball action. Naturally, the spool valves tend to shoot rainbows than a flatline, I am not sure the reason, but something I jsut noticed.
Seam:
None...Nuff said
Shape:
Very rarely has this stuff been odd ball shaped. Always very spherical w/ VERY little dimples.
Performance under extreme rates of fire:
I have put probably close to 12 cases of stuff throught my proto. Never once, chop. I mean EVER.I put a friends Dm4 under Breakout mode, uncapped. Not one chop or break.
Conclusion:
I like it. My team mates like it. Good cheap ball, good qualit.ly
Brass Eagle Avenger, 14" Linear Smart Parts barrel, 12 oz c02 tank, everything else is stock
Strengths:
Noticeable splatter
Doesn't break in marker
sleek shell
splatters where it's supposed to
Weaknesses:
None
Review:
I went to a paintball place and at the front desk there was FIELD PAINT ONLY!!!
So I had to pay $55 for 1000, (not the paint, it's the place). So I go onto the field and they shoot pretty well actually. I chopped a few but that's just my marker. I went outside and shot a couple of extra rounds I took home and well, it didn't freeze (being the winter) unlike my friend's origin originals which a ball froze and jammed my marker. They took an hour to thaw and I had to pry it out with a knife. Anyway. These paintballs are great. They show up well, especially on the mask. The only problem that there was is that my friend took his home and three broke in his bag: paint EVERYWHERE!
Conclusion:
Would I recommend these... They're better than the paint I used before and well, yeah sure whatever.
Draxxus Blaze,Midnight, Champion
PMI Stingers
"Polar" Paint
X-Ball Bronze, Silver, Gold
Voodoo Paint
Jt Paint
"Champion" Paint
White Box stuff
Marker Setup:
Femme Fatales Dm5
Ultralite
stubby tank
empire b
Recommended Barrels:
UL's
Freaks work nice
AA's
Inserts don't make much difference
Low-ends work.....
Strengths:
Fills is nice and thick
Weaknesses:
Read review
Review:
OK, so my local field uses this paint and I have alot of varied results with it. First thing I want to commment on is the fills. This stuff is thick! Wiping is very difficult with this paint, and even after your out and done wiping it off it's still kind of visible! Aside from fills, the paint shells or OK. But this paint suck in warm weather. I played alot over the summer and this paint wouldn't break. One very good example was when (in woodsball, August 2006 about 75 degrees) I was shooting uphill. I was shooting at some guy to keep his head down for a group of people to move up when he decided to make a run for it. I ust have shot his 20 at least until is was almost certain he was out. NO such luck. He just kept running. After the game I told himn he had to be cheating because I saw the paint hit him. It turns out he felt all of the shots, asked a nearby refs to check him, and not a single one broke. This is just one extreme case but i've had these balls bounce of metal bunkers, trees, and even a water bottle. This is all in August. Now, I've recently been going back and the paint is better than ever! This paint now beats anything if ever shot with any gun and any barrel (but UL's rock), with the exception of X-ball Gold and Voodoo, which are outstanding paintballs.
Karnage (all levels) - Great paint for the price, but doesn't compare to this
GAP -again, great paint, but can't touch this
Too many others, Marbilizer, Draxxus, Xball, list could go on
Marker Setup:
I've got too many guns nowadays to list all the extras and goodies so I'll make it quick;
2 Tippmann 98c's
2 Tippmann A-5's
2 Ions
1 Trilogy Tactical Autococker
1 Pm6
1 E-tek
2007 Ego coming soon (I'm just going to sell all the other guns, too much weight to lug around)
Recommended Barrels:
Anything with a good paint to bore match. Of course I'm biased to the Stiffi Switch Kit, the ultimate barrel kit on the market today, blows all other kits out of the water.
Strengths:
No Seam
Slick coating on shell
Pretty Shell (oooh :)
Vacuum sealed bags
Weaknesses:
Absolutely none
Review:
As you can probably tell I'm a complete paintball whore. I've also got just about every accessory and loader on the market too (I should probably stop being lazy and write reviews for all of them), so whenever I see a new brand of paint I've got to try that too. The owner at the store I work at just got this paint in a few months ago, and I've pretty much gone solely to using this paint.
It comes with three different shell and fill combinations: American flag shell with bright pink fill, Ramba (cannibis or those of you who like that sort of thing), and cash money, which has little dollar signs on the shell. I've only used the American flag shell and fill (I feel so patriotic now), but I've looked at the other types of shells and they're the same quality-wise as the flag shell.
First off, these balls are vaccuum sealed in the box, which is great for keeping them extra fresh when you go to use them. Second off, if you go to the website for Origin, you'll notice that the signature series has some sort of slick coating on the shell of the balls. I know you guys are going to be like "what the hell is that for?", but it does "seem" to help the ball fly easier through the air. Coupled with the fact that there is practically no seam on the balls, this truly has to be the best paint I've ever used.
There is a difference between good on paper, and good in the field, but this series truly is the cream of the crop. Not one ball will barrel break on you (at least I haven't had any and I'm probably on my 15th case), and this paint will fly straighter and truer than anything you've ever used. All the other paints like GAP, Marbilizer, Draxxus, Evil, Karnage, all that poop that you thought was top of the line, Origin SS is head and shoulders above the rest. You've got to try it to believe it. Also, the fill is nice and thick, and ridiculously bright.
Conclusion:
Although a little pricey ( 55 dollars in this store), it is well worth the money for the quality of paint that you get. Try this paint out for yourself, and you'll catch the bug and never buy anything else.
JT TAC 5 for rec and scenario gaming, expansion chamber, remote coil, bolt, 16" j&j barrel, Stock, Bi-pod, red dot sight, and use my halo... so really a sniper setup.
Recommended Barrels:
.689 barrel ect. works well with a 14" j&j ceramic.
Strengths:
Thick fill, quite strong, well that's what you would expect from tournament grade paint.
Weaknesses:
Don't know really... will update if i find one.
Review:
like the other guys who have writen one of these reviews, their graphics are really cool.
Ive only used the Dollar sign ones but my friends have used the other and they are really cool.
But it doesnt really matter what the graphic is, its how good they are. they are quite strong so that will limit brakes. ive used lots of them, like 5000+ and they have not let me down so far. They have an amazing thick fill which is really good for that dull day (and for the person who says " em.....from the previous game?"
Conclusion:
An amazing product! i would highly recommend these...it is really tournament grade but i have used then in scenario games and they worked wonders.
Origin Classic - A little inferior, not too much worse though.
Marker Setup:
Tippmann A-5 with Response Trigger
Polished Internals
Lapco Snapshot Barrel .687
Pure Energy 68cu 4500 psi Compressed Air
Recommended Barrels:
I would recommend any good .687 barrel, I'm sure .689 will also work well with these.
Strengths:
Reliability, accuracy, consistency, no seam, thick fill
Weaknesses:
Are not painless :) Just kidding, there are no weaknesses.
Review:
I have gone through around 6000 of these paintballs and have yet to find a flaw in any. My local field sells them for $65 but I think it's worth every penny. These paintballs fire straight and true, this is the first time I have seen the real accuracy of my Snapshot. I could longball VERY easily with these, I was hitting people a football field's length away with 1-10 shots. I would highly recommend these paintballs to anyone, tournament or beginner. If you would rather worry about playing, not about your paintballs, get these. Thick fill for deterring cheaters and heavy ball for more inertia (more range, mass times speed = range, all paintballs go the same field speed limit so more range with these).
EDIT: Don't know if its my gun or the paint, but these paintballs are just breaking everywhere. In my hopper, pods, barrel and CHOPPING. Like every 10 shots, chopping. But some crappy Proball Archon stuff did as well, and then some Dick's Sporting Goods stuff broke as well, so I don't know what to say.
Conclusion:
I would recommend this paintball to any player, it is really tournament grade. Accurate, consistent, no seam, thick fill to stop cheaters, and it fits my Snapshot! I'm sticking with these from now on!
Rating:
10 out of 10
Last edited on Saturday, November 25th, 2006 at 3:29 pm PST
