If you can, try each of them out(hopefully you can find players with these markers at your local field) and see which feels better to you. The etha is a single tube design(pull poppet spool) and the etek is a stack tube(poppet). Both are good starter markers.i am looking to start and i have asked a couple of people what guns to get ive been recoomneded towards the etha and etek 4 which would you recommend for a new player