First Marker for Woodsball?

[southernP8nt]

Plus a Cronus is a more fragile, harder to dismantle version of the 98 which is likely tobe the marker tthey'd give you as a rental.

Also when you look at what you can get second hand for that kind of money buying something like the Cronus just seems ridiculous.

Cronus - £105

Just having a quick look at the classifieds right now we have:

Etha - £150
Ego 06 - £160
Geo 2 - £190
Dye NT11 - £200
Dye NT10 - £150
Etek 3 - £180

Looked through the first page and all of those available for £200 or less, and all far superior to the Cronus.

Quite frankly buying a cheap new marker is completely pointless when there is so much quality gear available second hand for not much more cashish.

 

[joffrey_baratheon]

well my first marker is a tippmann cronus. absolutely dirt cheap for a marker but it is brilliant for walk on stuff. i even get compliments on it!

 

[southernP8nt]

well my first marker is a tippmann cronus. absolutely dirt cheap for a marker but it is brilliant for walk on stuff. i even get compliments on it!

I'm not saying that they're bad, I'm just saying that for similar money you can get much, much better.

 

[joffrey_baratheon]

I'm not saying that they're bad, I'm just saying that for similar money you can get much, much better.

yeah sorry my comment came out a bit rude. they are great for walk on days with people that only do it every now and again but if you want to take up paintball properly then you'll need something better than a cronus

 

[yorkie_chris]

A lot of people seem to say the tippmans are reliable as if the tourney ones aren't. I bet if you compared average shots between failures or something considering how many balls a tournament involves slinging around they would get a shock!

 

[Canon Fodder]

Really your first marker for woodsball shouldn't be a marker, it should be a good mask and a barrel swab / squeegee, apply these to any rental marker and you'll see an imediate improvement in accuracy because you'll be able to see where you're shooting and the ball will got straigher.

 

[BOD]

Take any rental marker and give it a good clean and a new barrel that hasn't been used for digging holes with by kids and it will be improved 100%.

 

[Tom]

A lot of people seem to say the tippmans are reliable as if the tourney ones aren't. I bet if you compared average shots between failures or something considering how many balls a tournament involves slinging around they would get a shock!

Any type should be reliable, a mechanical tends to be simple and easy to maintain. Some are incredibly complex
An electionic gun may also be simple and easy to maintain. The complexibility being in the circuit board

Both may also be tough

Individual experiences may vary, I do various levels of maintenance - with some guns nothing but a wipe off of dirt, with others proper maintenance
The least maintained of mine being a tippmann. But this is a magic tippmann that the pixies must look after because the 2 or 3 times it's been handed to the tippmann tech he's replaced the original ratchet once and just stripped / rebuilt the rest

And has been in better condition then others handed to him

 

[yorkie_chris]

I think the electronic ones have the advantage that the solenoid does most of the work, these are an industrial part designed to last millions of cycles.
Yes the circuit board is complex but it's all solid state except for a microswitch.

As for reliability I can only speak for my well abused and long suffering etek. (one careful owner, and 6 others who didn't give a f***!)

 

[Denzi008]

Bought BT 4 combat as my 1st marker as you can customise it a lot and there pretty cheap. I'm yet to use it but I'm already thinking I should have waited for a 2nd hand etha to pop up as there lighter/electronic so more accurate.