Newbie Advice

[Dai Bando]

Hi, I'm 36 and from South Wales. I got invited to paintfest a few months ago having never played paintball. W"ell now i'm hooked but made the mistake of buying a Tippmann Gryphon marker. I feel its holding me back as not being able to fire quick enough or accurate enough although i did well at the september diamond wars only getting hit around 4 times all day and lots of kills. I'm now looking at the planet eclipse markers but torn between etek 4, ego and geo. I have a limited budget of around £300 but have seen all these markers used for around that price depending on age. I'm looking for some advice on the differences between them and what to go for.

Any help or guidance appreciated.

 

[Kevin Winter]

Ego and Etek are both poppet type markers. The Etek is the "entry level" version of the Ego. Not as featured, but an excellent marker for the money. Personally, with a £300 budget, I'd look at the Ego 10, which is a superb marker and still has back up support from Eclipse.
The Geo is a spool valve marker (see my newbies guide for the difference). Also an excellent marker.

 

[Bolter]

Hi, I'm 36 and from South Wales. I got invited to paintfest a few months ago having never played paintball. W"ell now i'm hooked but made the mistake of buying a Tippmann Gryphon marker. I feel its holding me back as not being able to fire quick enough or accurate enough although i did well at the september diamond wars only getting hit around 4 times all day and lots of kills. I'm now looking at the planet eclipse markers but torn between etek 4, ego and geo. I have a limited budget of around £300 but have seen all these markers used for around that price depending on age. I'm looking for some advice on the differences between them and what to go for.

Any help or guidance appreciated.

Welcome

 

[Brisance]

I would agree with Kevin, etek 4's and geo's are great, but with the budget I would go for an ego 10!

And welcome!!

 

[jetter10]

a lot of people like the ego 8, i personally would say get a ego, the etek's are basically a "tier down" from the ego, you see quite a few on sale, one word of warning is they are LOUD, (both eteks and egos,) also ego 8, 9, 10 ect, the numbers are the year editions, eg ego 8 is 2008, and ego 10 is 2010

 

[Kevin Winter]

The Earlier Egos are Superb (I shoot a 7, but the 8 is a lovely marker too). However, I would reccommend going for at least the 09, as Planet don't offer tech support or parts for the 08 and earlier.