Originally submitted at Paintball Gear

Description:   The newest addition to the Empire loader family has arrived.  It takes all of the great ideas from the Halo and Magna loaders and combines them with toolless disassembly.   Features: Easy interchangeable front body 240 ball capacity standard 200 …

Empire Prophecy Loader

Diamond in the Rough

Pros: Large Capacity, Strong Shell, Fast Feed Rate, Easy To Open, Quiet, Does Not Jam, Tooless Design

Cons: Not for beginner players, Complicated Design

Best Uses: Entry Level Markers, High Performance Markers, Tournaments, Electric Markers

Describe Yourself: Tournament Player

Honestly when I first saw this loader I was not too impressed by it. It seemed quite large and it felt like it was going back to bulky and heavy design of the Reloader B.

Picking up the loader I was absolutely amazed on how light it is and how amazing the too-less design as it can completely be disassembled and reassembled without a Flat head or Philip screw driver. Just for a note, I do not recommend a full disassemble of the loader when you first get it as it takes some experience to put it back together. Be sure to take care or look at online videos for tutorials.

The programmable features of the loader are easy to program but set but honestly the stock settings will keep up with any marker at high rates of fire.

Also with the upgradeable options from Empire gives a lot of different options to any player from different styles. I picked up the Quickload Feed system and it’s one of the best speedfeeds I have used and amazingly enough it’s from the same company it was made by.

I would definitely recommend this loader for anyone who wants a dependable system that will keep up to your rate of fire.

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Quality loader at a great price!

Pros: Easy to Upgrade, Does Not Jam, Light, Large Capacity

Cons: Noisy, Tall height, Drains Batteries Quickly

Best Uses: Electric Markers, High Performance Markers, Entry Level Markers, Tournaments

Describe Yourself: Tournament Player

When I was looking for a loader that could replace my bulky and heavy Empire Reloader B loader I first turned towards the Vlocity. By appearance it looked slimmer then my previous system but it was much taller. After thinking it through I decided to get this because remembering that these guys previously developed the legendary Revolution loader that worked so well for everyone in the past.

During the first use, I noticed the battery life was dramatically poor due to it’s electronic programming. When filled with paintballs and the eyes have been tripped, the loader would continually put a slight pressure on the loaded paintballs to make sure when it needs to start loading it’ll quickly feed without any delay. In theory this sounds really good but it continually makes the motor run that causes the battery drain and also a constant motor hum which can be heard.

That is my really largest concern with the loader but discovering that it can be upgraded with a simple electronic chip replacement the battery life dramatically increases and it even feeds faster. I used the Virtue Vlocity chip, this solved the problem and also with it’s increase programming function made it easier to use and customize to what I needed from it.

Aside from the electronics the loader works amazingly well, dependable as it never went down on me during a tournament in any condition. Wet stormy days to dry dusty playing fields. With it’s 2 set of eyes on the electronic pcb board made sure if any set would burn out for any reason there was a second one to take it’s place.

I would definitely recommend this Loader but be warned, battery life on the stock chip is really low. Pick up an upgrade chip like the Virtue Vlocity and you’ll be using this loader for years like I have.

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Originally submitted at Paintball Gear

* MADE IN THE USA!!!! * .26 pounds!!!! * 1-3/8 inches bottle to ASA * All black tactical look * SRT piston –Sonic Recharge Technology piston – plated aluminum piston that produces an industry leading recharge rate and virtually eliminates reg shoot down * SPA – Shim Pressure…

Ninja High Pressure Regulator

Overlooked Upgrade

Pros: Easy to maintain, Durable, Large Capacity, Easy To Regulate, Lots Of Power, Comes with thread cap

Cons: Fill Nipple is weak, Black coating wears off

Best Uses: Speedball, Indoor, Tournaments, Capture The Flag, Outdoor

Describe Yourself: Tournament Player

The air tank regulator is one of the most over look accessory that most players don’t even think about. The switch from Co2 to Compressed Air/Nitrogen in the most recent years has dramatically increases accuracy and maintenance of the marker. With it’s increase popularity and use commonly seen, the air tanks are now made rapidly which result in cheap low quality regulators being used on them.

Using a faulty regulator for your marker causes shot drop off as the recharge rate cannot keep up to the rate of fire that most high end paintball markers can do. Irregular output pressure can also damage your marker if the regulator spikes up to high enough output pressure that causes leaks or damage air lines.

The Ninja Regulator was developed by the same company that originally made and designed for all the other major brand tanks. They have years of experience in creating a regulator that can keep up or surpass the competition.

With the regulator ease of maintenance and also the recharge rate, it can keep up to 30bps fire rates that any high end marker can achieve without noticing any drop off. Whenever the need to maintain the regulator because of fail or noticeable drop off, the product comes with the necessary tools and uses the same kind of grease that most markers use.

The only cons I’ve seen with these regulators is when taking off the regulator, putting too much force on it’s Mini Fill Valve assembly can cause a snap and the fill nipple would need to be replaced. Also the black coating they used on the regulator doesn’t last too long.

A new regulator for your tank can help increase the performance of your marker set up to make it shoot how it’s meant to, you might as well pick up the Ninja Regulator and forget all your worries.

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Originally submitted at Paintball Gear

Description: The 2003 JT® ProFlex™ goggle system has expanded! A Pro’s choice from the start, this new system incorporates the world’s best selling goggle, the Spectra™ with our world famous soft ear protection. The state-of-the-art ProFlex™ mask provides superi…

JT Pro Flex Thermal Goggles

Only Mask I’ve Ever Used

Pros: Does Not Fog, Easy To Adjust, Adequate Protection, Lightweight, Flexible Mouth Guard, Comfortable, Interchangeable Lens

Cons: Difficult Lense Removal

Best Uses: Speedball, Capture The Flag, Outdoor, Indoor, Tournaments

Describe Yourself: Tournament Player

I have personally used the JT Pro Flex mask for 5 years, which is half the time I’ve been playing paintball personally. Before that I have used the JT Spectra Mask that was basically the same mask just without the flexible ear and mouth piece.

The JT Pro Flex mask creates a comfortable seal around the eyes with a wide peripheral view with it’s 260 degree lense system. The flexible pieces on the mask makes it light and also makes washing the mask easier.

One thing I found really interesting with the 5 years of using this mask is that the style of the mask has virtually never changed. All the newer style masks, Flex 8 and Revolution uses the same Spectra lense frame system since the Spectra introduce it 10 years ago. Other companies constantly change the lense style or remake the mask completely each year while JT keeps the original design they have used from the beginning.

The things I really have trouble with the mask is that the first few times you have to change the lense. This can be very stiff and hurts the fingers but after the 3rd or 4th time it eventually ease up for an under minute lense change. Another con about the product is some of the stock parts i.e. straps and soft ears can wear out quickly but many aftermarket companies sell fashionable pieces that add style to all the protective pieces you need to replace.

I still have the mask for 5 years and plan to keep it as long as the material can last.

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Revolutionary Spool Marker Released

Pros: Easy Maintenance, Dye Multi Tool Included, Color co-ordinated orings, Compact Design, Lightweight, Parts Kit included, Easy To Use

Cons: Uses specific Regulator, No Barrel Kit, No Oled Board

Best Uses: Indoors, Outdoors

Describe Yourself: Competitive Athlete

After receiving a tech course from Bill Wing at the Atlanta Extravaganza, I was more excited to get home and try this new marker out. Seeing how the bolt assembly has dramatically changed from the original Bolt and LPR design that the Dye Matrix uses, this is the best Spool Valve system I have seen today.

Using a new internal plunger, the dwell can not be set to 6ms from DM’s usual 19-23ms. This means less air being use to increase shot capacity of the marker.

Maintenance on the marker is very easy and manual includes a service guide to let users know when they should start maintenance on their guns by how many paintballs they have shot or by how many cases. This is will help new users figure out when is the appropriate time to re-lube their markers instead of waiting for the marker to fail.

Coming back from Atlanta, the weekend getting back was the local Tournament was being help. Finding out last minute that I would be playing I had a good excuse to see what this marker could do. Also keeping in mind that this was just the first run brand new marker and never really been tested outside of the Dye Community I was slightly worried.

Shooting the marker was simply amazing as the recoil was very minimal as it did not have any barrel rise but more to a point of a horizontal kick to it keeping shots more accurate without having to constantly adjust firing positions due to recoil. The sound emitting the marker was more of a “pop” noise, there is a sound signature but it’s more sharp but less audible then a general poppet valve but as soft as any other spool valve marker.

I would definitely recommend this marker to any user wanting a high end marker without having to worry about heavy high maintenance.

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Best gun of 2009

Pros: High Rate Of Fire, Accurate, Lightweight, Powerful, Durable, Easy To Operate

Cons: Limited upgrades

Best Uses: Speedball

Describe Yourself: Pro/Sponsored Player

This is an awesome gun for tournament competitions. Works well for a rec gun as well but is definitely overkill at the local rental field.

I recommend the virtue oled board for easy adjustments and more control overall.

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