only problem i have with a halo is i find it hard to dump a pot in it as the bottom of the hopper is relatively flat and doesnt spread the balls out to well
glen, u at d7?
glen, u at d7?
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not any more brov! the Victory boards allow insane feed rates! not that any gat could cycle with paint at that speed without assistance
true about running, but more importantly diving! ever tried diving with a 4 stone gat in ya hand? ouch!!
Pah, halos.
No matter how fast a loader is capable of feeding, its useless when its bust or ya had a ball break and dont have a spare 2 hours to clean it out
Eggs all the way, tough, easy to clean, reliable and a lot lighter
No matter how fast a loader is capable of feeding, its useless when its bust or ya had a ball break and dont have a spare 2 hours to clean it out
Eggs all the way, tough, easy to clean, reliable and a lot lighter
i've never had a problem with my halo, it's always done it's job correctly for me. Eggs are good hoppers but they just seem daft to me
I rarely have problems with my halos, and about those complaining that people buy multiple for backups--who doesn't have a backup hopper? I don't care what hopper you own, they can all mess up or get fried and you always need a spare.
I have 2 halos and an egg. I originally got the egg as a backup to my first halo. Total garbage. It doesn't keep up the rate of fire, is severely affected by any blowback into the neck, and has a tendency to shatter when you smack it, dive with it, jostle it, touch it, or look at it funny. Every egg I've ever seen ends up with a snapped neck or a cracked shell in the first couple of games it's used. I even brought mine to the tech booth and they had to fix it multiple times because they kept breaking shells when they were putting the screws in. Quality.
I have 2 halos and an egg. I originally got the egg as a backup to my first halo. Total garbage. It doesn't keep up the rate of fire, is severely affected by any blowback into the neck, and has a tendency to shatter when you smack it, dive with it, jostle it, touch it, or look at it funny. Every egg I've ever seen ends up with a snapped neck or a cracked shell in the first couple of games it's used. I even brought mine to the tech booth and they had to fix it multiple times because they kept breaking shells when they were putting the screws in. Quality.
I started with a revvy on my Impulse when I first got it, did the job initially but it really slowed my ROF when burst shooting. Not to mention it was one of the later clear shells that had a nack at snapping on every slide or even when I'd fill it.
Eventually picked up a HaloB, which after hours of sanding I eventually managed to get it to fit my feed neck. I didn't really get on with it that well though, sure it's feed rate was awesome but I really wasn't a fan on the weight. I didn't like the way it balanced my gun for wards (batteries at front) and found cleaning it an utter pain if i had a break inside.
When I went to Toulouse last year I had serious problems with the sun messing up with the eyes so I decided to pick up a y-board Egg for a very sweet price. I much preferred the way it balanced my gun (after cutting the neck down), the ease of filling, bigger capacity, ease of maintenance, cheap and readily available spare parts and its speed has never seemed to be a problem. Maybe my opinion will change when i get a new gun with a different balance but I feel that the Halo's vastly inflated price isn't really warranted unless you are doing cheeky tricks with debounce settings.
Eventually picked up a HaloB, which after hours of sanding I eventually managed to get it to fit my feed neck. I didn't really get on with it that well though, sure it's feed rate was awesome but I really wasn't a fan on the weight. I didn't like the way it balanced my gun for wards (batteries at front) and found cleaning it an utter pain if i had a break inside.
When I went to Toulouse last year I had serious problems with the sun messing up with the eyes so I decided to pick up a y-board Egg for a very sweet price. I much preferred the way it balanced my gun (after cutting the neck down), the ease of filling, bigger capacity, ease of maintenance, cheap and readily available spare parts and its speed has never seemed to be a problem. Maybe my opinion will change when i get a new gun with a different balance but I feel that the Halo's vastly inflated price isn't really warranted unless you are doing cheeky tricks with debounce settings.
It's gotta be the egg for me. I like the way it sits back on the marker and i find it much easier to pot-up. The door opening down creates a bigger opening to get the balls into(oh-err).
Do agree about the battery cover tho, ive seen so many ppl have to tape it up.
-EDD
Do agree about the battery cover tho, ive seen so many ppl have to tape it up.
-EDD
you will be suprised!
i had a look at the feed rate, by putting in 140 balls and watching them drop out the feed tube... its acctuly quite fast
but not enough force involved to stop the paint from chopping
Halo is great 'till you get a chop in there, then you're knackered...... plus the wiring inside it is a total pain........ ever put one together to find a wire pinched in the shell? I stick with eggs for reliability, got a halo for showing off and I've got a Q-loader for making an awful mess
50bps + and no batteries
50bps + and no batteries
X-Board Revvy, all the way.
They are light, they are cheap, they are easy to clean, should you ever need to, they are reliable, they are easy to load while you are shooting, and no one will steal it.
Failing that, Reloader-B (the sound activated Halo, expensive but nice).
They are light, they are cheap, they are easy to clean, should you ever need to, they are reliable, they are easy to load while you are shooting, and no one will steal it.
Failing that, Reloader-B (the sound activated Halo, expensive but nice).