'Rental' paintball is usually far more expensive than 'Walk-ons'. With rental paintball the site operators need to cover costs such as buying, servicing, cleaning, storing and transporting all the equipment. This obviously includes markers, co2 bottles, co2 supply, goggles, loaders, coveralls, packs & pots. Then there are o'rings, elbows, squeegies, gun oil, tools, goggle cleaning items paint-which has to be transported if not stored on site and has to be kept in a heated storeroom (heating costs) marshals wages, office staff wages (includes call centre/advertising/payroll/etc) the cost of renting somewhere to store all the equipment when not in use (and insurance in case it's pinched!) paying someone to wash and dry 400 coveralls at the end of the day (or maintain your own in-house laundry). The site van needs to be bought and then theres diesel, tax, mot, insurance, servicing. There are business rates, refuse collection costs, water supply, electricity supply or generator maintenance/gas. Plus lots of other overheads too. Most rental sites don't charge much for the 'game fee' so expenses have to be met by the sale of paint etc.
'Walk-on' days tend to be a lot cheaper (around £40 a box of 2000, depending where you play) which works out at about 2p a ball, as equipment and coveralls dont need to be supplied (obviously walkons have their own equipment).
I think i played 'rental paintball' twice before i bought my first marker and basic kit, mainly because i could afford to play otherwise!
'Walk-on' days tend to be a lot cheaper (around £40 a box of 2000, depending where you play) which works out at about 2p a ball, as equipment and coveralls dont need to be supplied (obviously walkons have their own equipment).
I think i played 'rental paintball' twice before i bought my first marker and basic kit, mainly because i could afford to play otherwise!
