Originally posted by John C
IR3 Pros:
It fires faster than you can pull the trigger and it looks nice.
Put a decent hopper on top and shoot decent paint and you will never have a problem.
Great network of Angel Techs to keep your marker at the peak of its performance.
Only requires a drop of oil every now and then.
Cons: It wont run on CO2.
Impy:
Cons:
Low quality, ugly, tall marker that requires alot of maintinence. Horribly inefficient unless you spend alot of money on upgrades.
Poor customer service means you will have to waste alot of time and cash should something go wrong, which it will.
Pros:
You can always throw it in the sea or something.
Now thats a wee unfair on the impy......
IR3: Pros - Fast, easy to maintain,bling, LCD screen with stupid ammounts of options you will never ever use. cheap as chips for what it is.
Cons - Heavy, didn't find the IR3 particularly accurate, COP's is Naff, when they do go wrong.... THEY GO WRONG (rarely though)
Impulse: Pro's - Cheap as chips gas and go low end tourney marker which majority of tourney players start with and miss (like myself) accurate, bags and bags of room to improve and custom to your liking - note that dozens of custom shops love these markers for their potential to be a real mowwing machines.
Con's Slight gas-hog, very tall, Vision is Naff, almost compulsory to spend spend £100-150 on upgrades to bring it to spec.
With what IR3 go for nowadays i would go for the IR3 - but im all honestly in my opinion providing you keep her clean an impy would be just as suffice.
All the best