Speed Feeds?

[TheRenton]

i may have bended them too much then, i didn't get any instructions

not to worry i'll just buy another when and if this breaks

 

[sabianfan]

i had my speed feed for about two months and it broke in madrid, one of the fingers totally snapped off dont no why maybe the heat made them soft, im gonna buy another one anyways cos they are really good.

 

[Skeet]

Tommeh
If you follow the directions on the packaging you shouldn't have any problems at all.
I have, so far, seen 5 damaged Speed Feeds out of the first 3000 or so sold and in two cases it was clearly done on purpose--Pro teams trying to damage them cus I said they couldn't under normal paintball use. In the case of the other 3 one appeared to have been bad. How that happens I don't know exactly but it may be all the moisture wasn't extracted when it was molded leaving tiny air pockets but that's the only explanation anyone can come up with to date.
The other two were the result of folks too aggressively flexing the fingers--and I mean flush against the outer wall and up and down over and over which finally put small tears in the wider fingers.

And despite claims to the contrary a lot of players tend to try and force the fingers down with their pots of paint and it is totally unnecessary. This typically doesn't damage the fingers but it does splay the center pair which lets paint out on occasion and can be fixed by scissoring the two center fingers until they realign properly.

So, if you get one--PLEASE-- actually read the directions and you shouldn't have any problems at all. (You'd likely be the first--to read the directions, that is.)


Rentonc--if you want to send it to me I'll check it out and if its a material defect I'll be happy to replace it.

Upfrontpaintballsports
PO Box 513
Port Richey FL 34673

So...are you suggesting, that you dont use the pot to push the fingers down?
As far as I can tell..if you simply pour the paint over the fingers...it makes a mess

 

[WGP4Life]

Well PGI Liked them, I liked they, You'll like them.

 

[TheRenton]

you "dump" you pot into the loader without hitting the loader and speed feed necks. I sort have got it working, i keep losing a few balls though

 

[dip]

would it not be poss to like mould hinges into the plastic during the construction so people don't bend them too much or something?? i donno ... but possibly something to change on the already great speed feed?? =D

 

[Baca Loco]

So...are you suggesting, that you dont use the pot to push the fingers down?

As far as I can tell..if you simply pour the paint over the fingers...it makes a mess

Yes, Skeet, that's exactly what I'm suggesting. Grab a pot of paint and your Halo and practice a few times. You will discover in short order it isn't necessary to force the fingers down.

Some Speed Feeds are soft enough you can literally gently pour the paint and it will still go through. Others are a bit stiffer but if--as per the directions given--you put the Speed Feed in a plastic bag for a day with a couple drops of water the fingers soften up considerably. Either way, the recommended technique is the way you fill your hopper in a game situation--remove pot from pack, flip lid open, dump directly into hopper. The collective weight of the paint will in fact carry it into the hopper.

Watching Philly play in Connecticut I was watching Hugo from the Americans playing his corner. He dumped paint thru his Speed Feed and when the hopper was overfull some of the paint rested above the fingers. As Hugo would empty his hopper the paint above the fingers filtered down into the hopper.

 

[Skeet]

Yes, Skeet, that's exactly what I'm suggesting. Grab a pot of paint and your Halo and practice a few times. You will discover in short order it isn't necessary to force the fingers down.

Some Speed Feeds are soft enough you can literally gently pour the paint and it will still go through. Others are a bit stiffer but if--as per the directions given--you put the Speed Feed in a plastic bag for a day with a couple drops of water the fingers soften up considerably. Either way, the recommended technique is the way you fill your hopper in a game situation--remove pot from pack, flip lid open, dump directly into hopper. The collective weight of the paint will in fact carry it into the hopper.

Watching Philly play in Connecticut I was watching Hugo from the Americans playing his corner. He dumped paint thru his Speed Feed and when the hopper was overfull some of the paint rested above the fingers. As Hugo would empty his hopper the paint above the fingers filtered down into the hopper.

Cool...see, I'm not sure that I have been forcing them down as such, but neither have i tried pouring them over..I have "worked" teh fingers a bit, to try and loosen them up, I thik i must push them downa bit, bit i really just invert teh pod, quickly over teh feed...and in it goes...

 

[Baca Loco]

bit i really just invert teh pod, quickly over teh feed...and in it goes...

Voila!

 

[irons69]

any idea when thay will be ready for the vloicity hopper