Thanks for the heads up to be fair, i was looking to buy this marker and pick it up tomorrow for a game this saturday, but he hasn't replied. I was also just looking at review's and found much more people preffered slg's and pmr's to the ion. What would you do, baring in mind this has upgrades.Just thought id pipe in the Ion has the most parts available to it on the market there are millions of bits floating around in the UK alone and most shops will still have a large stock of Ion bits. It is a very simpe gun to fix should it ever go wrong and you wouldnt have a problem getting parts at all. Dont let the fact Smart parts is no more affect you as you will have ZERO difficulty getting bits or getting it repaired (most of the guys on these boards could repair it if anything went wrong)