The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
Period of Product Use:
Less than a month
2 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Paintball Experience:
More than 5 years
Marker Setup:
05 vision shocker
halo b w/ rip and 9 volt mod
68/4500 compressed air tank
Strengths:
Supposed to smell like bananas?
Weaknesses:
Never got my lube.
Review:
I ordered some banana slick from elliot early last year. I was wanting to try out a new lube on the market since my favorite was no longer made. So I contacted Elliot to make a purchase and I sent the money to him via paypal. Around a week later I start wondering where is it at. So I contacted Elliot about it and he said that he would send out another. So I agreed to that. Well about a month goes by and I get nothing. So far it has been almost a year and I have no recieved my purchase yet.
Conclusion:
Seller kept my money and never sent me the banana slick.
ICD Promaster [I have 2 pics of them up]
PMI 45/45
Vlocity and Halo with V35
Pepperstickz [I also have a Freak]
NDZ ASA
CCM No-Pro
==coming soon==
Lucky's LP Valve
JDS LPR
Strengths:
Thick
Great for Regs
Makes markers more consistent
Cheap as heck
Weaknesses:
None that I have found.
Review:
I recommened thi stuff, I used it and fell in love right away. It definatly helped my hor become more consistent from shot to shot, and also I seem to be cyceling a little faster. This stuff is just good, and at $4 for 1oz, you can not go wrong.
Hater Sauce - Best I have used so far
Dye Slick Lube
Dow 33
Slick Honey
Marker Setup:
PM6 Stock
Strengths:
Light scent of banana
Low cost
Weaknesses:
Thickness is very inconsistent
Slow shipping
Review:
Well, to start off it took about a month before I finally received it which is fine since I had loads of other lube to use. When I finally received it, I opened up the film container to find a pool of what looked to be oil on near the top of the container with the thicker lube underneath it. I just mixed it in with the lube and lubed up my bolt with it. The lube worked just as well as my other lubes at first, but after some use it became runny and oily so I had to take out the bolt and clean out the inside of my gun and the bolt itself. This was when it was warm outside at around 80 degrees. Today (in Chicago) the temperature dropped to about 55 degrees and the lube leftover in the container is thicker than it was a few days ago. 55 degrees isn't even that cold, but it was enough to change the thickness of the lube. Like others have said, it almost seems like this lube is just vasoline and some banana scented crap mixed together.
Conclusion:
I would not buy this again and I surely would never use it on any of my or my friend's guns. It basically turned to liquid when I was using it and I can't have that inside my expensive gun.
Slick Honey, ST Butta, Dow 33, DYE Slick, Pus, Prizm
Marker Setup:
'03 Shocker w/ HE bolt
Assault 80
'99 STO Autococker
Strengths:
Very slick
Price of product
Weaknesses:
Consistancy
Short life
Very "thin"
Review:
Testing this on three of my markers, I've come to the following. The first application goes on well, just as would be expected with any lubricant, however, it is noticably very thin in its application. Being able to lube all three markers with just a finger-tip dipped in the lube each time, I'm satisfied with that.
Now onto the firing. On both the Autococker and the Assault, I wasn't able to lower the LPR much at all, as was originally claimed with this product, without getting noticable dropoff and then FSDO respectively. On the Shocker, the HPR could not be put any lower than it is as without resulting in dropoff. For each gun I test fired ~ 300 paintball, or about 2 pods per gun, making minor adjustments during the first pod to try and tune each gun lower and still get consistant results.
Next step of the test, I let each marker sit in the shade for 20min. Coming back to each gun and just looking at the first shot from each, the 20min in the shade had not affected the marker in terms of making it gum up and creating FSDO.
Finally, after each test and a further 500 shots through the Shocker, I disassembled the bolt and took a feel. It was noticably dryer than before meaning that the lube had come off and out of the marker as I was firing it leading me to believe that a constant reapplication would be necessary for this to effectively work.
Conclusion:
This lubricant is on par with other batch made, homemade lubricants out there in that it is maintains its slickness, but it falls short in its life, meaning the reapplication after every few hundred shots for it to be effective.
Rating:
4 out of 10
Last edited on Sunday, September 24th, 2006 at 10:11 pm PST
Thick
Slick
Smells like bananas
consistant
stays in place
cheep
lowers kick
Weaknesses:
NEEDS to be replaced after about 4-5 cases
Review:
one of my team mates showed up to practice with this stuff.. at first i was like wtf it comes in a film canaster. But we lubed up my ion and timmy, went out to the chrono.. Left my ion with very low kick and fairly consistant. Left my timmy with little kick and +-1 over the chrono. i went through a few cases with my ion and i could tell that the lube needed to be replaced cuz i was getting mad shootdown. but my timmy kept shooting like a dream after about 4 cases went through. this lube is wonderful, just like hater sauce but SO MUCH CHEEPER!!
Conclusion:
Get it, its much cheeper than hater sauce and works BETTER!
Dye Slick, Shocker Lube, ST Gun Butta, Slick Honey
Marker Setup:
Cobalt to Black Dm6
Orange Bolt (Stock Bolt also Tested)
M7 Trauma Board
Angry Halo
Dye 45/45 Throttle Tank
Black Shocker
HE Bolt (Stock Bolt Also Tested)
M6 Dynasty Board
Hybrid Bolt Guide
Strengths:
Smells better than most lubes
Get what you pay for
Weaknesses:
Consistancy
How long it lasts
Review:
First off it took 3 and 1/2 weeks to get my product, ordering directly. Next the container leaked and i only got about 3/4 of an ounce and it came in a film canister, so far it isnt looking so good. I open it up to smell the "banana" scent and it doesn't smell like bananas but yet a fruity smell that makes it better than most. I lube both my guns with it and the next day I get bolt stick, just from lubing it up the night before, my dm6 had never stuck until then. i relubed the bolt with it and went to play. After 3 bags of paint my gun froze up again. I lubed it a THIRD time in 2 days and was able to finish off my case of paint. The next day I went back to the field and tried it on my shocker. Even after i relubed this gun it still didn't work.
Conclusion:
Sucks would have to be a compliment for this product. When you pay $4 for lube don't expect much. Especially when it takes 3 weeks to get to you. Get something from someone that knows what there doing like some Hater Sauce or Slick Honey.
The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
Period of Product Use:
Less than a month
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Paintball Experience:
2 years
Similar Products Used:
Slick honey, St butter, hater sauce
Marker Setup:
Dm6
Strengths:
Cheap
Weaknesses:
Breaks down to fast, really fast
Review:
Junk. Thats what this stuff is. Half my team bought it and it is horrible. We all shoot dye guns. Lube breaks down after a case of paint is shoot threw ya gun. Unbelieveable slow shipping. Got lube and 1/4 of it was in package from leaking out. Took 3 weeks to recieve the lube. Dont buy this lube. Good reveiws if any will be the friends of his. Smells like bananas, not even close, smells just like vasaline.
Conclusion:
Give up and buy lube local in person never threw the mail.
Rating:
1 out of 10
Last edited on Saturday, September 16th, 2006 at 5:17 pm PST
__Strengths__
-very thick
-very slick(more so than dow)
-It stays on the bolt and ram for a a long time! I lubed it 2 weeks ago and i have found no decrease in performance.
-The owner(Elliot) is great person to work with, if you have a problem, he'll make it right
-smells like bananas!
-the price! It's only 4$ shipped for a film canister full of it
__Weaknesses__
-Some people say they have had problems with the container, but i saw no problems with the containers, there was no leaks out of it during shipping
Conclusion:
I absolutley love this lube, I will never use any other lube on my marker ever again, for the price, this stuff is amazing, the amount you get for 4$ is enough to last a long long time. I got mine from bananaslick.com
Rating:
10 out of 10
Last edited on Saturday, September 16th, 2006 at 1:08 pm PST
