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[Booti]

heres one for you all then

due to the fact that i have a fat a**e i find it almost impossible to use a tournie style of pod pack

i have to agree Aten_Re here that with this style of pack it is easier to get the things out the top side and back in the same way unless you are crouched behind a bunker

however the better way i have found is to have the side facing packs.....like the 3 pot jacko ones that planet sell

these aren't the best you can buy....but are perfectly ok for rec ball...however

does anyone know of any good makes that do more than 3 pot....i have been looking now for about 3 months....and the only ones i can find are in america

 

[JoseDominguez]

pulling the pots up is a damn good way to knacker your shoulder....... makes you pull up next to the spot you can't reach........... say a back man....... nine pots a game, 8 games in a day.... that's 72 possible repititions per tourney. You wouldn't do that for long. Also, pulling them down isn't just easier it also keeps your profile low and gives you a much more natural reloading motion. If I'm wearing a seven pot pack, then I can't reach the last two without switching my marker unless I take them out of the bottom.
If you are crouching low and tight to the bunker then the top of your pots/battlepack is pushed in towards your back..... you can't take a pot out without leaning forward..unless you are pulling them down.
But it's a personal thing, and most tourney players are more worried about speed and ease than comfort and not losing a few paintballs.

 

[F3Z]

Originally posted by Booti
heres one for you all then

does anyone know of any good makes that do more than 3 pot....i have been looking now for about 3 months....and the only ones i can find are in america

I know for a fact that JT do 4 pot side ways packs. (theres on laying around at work) errr i dont know if any one else does but if planet do one surely you can get the loops to add to it???

 

[Jon S]

You can also see about those "elephant" packs, you tend to see them on eBay quite often. They have 2 or 3 pots horizontally on each side, and another pot holder in between, vertically (with the lid pointed up). The middle pot holder is actually designed for a gas bottle on remote, so you also have that option at the expense of carrying one less pot. The only one I know of hold 100 ball pots, but that can give you a total of 700.

The only drawback with them is you have a rather larger profile as they stick out sideways, but I think they're pretty nifty packs for recball.

Here's an example of one . That one there isn't exactly what I have in mind, becuase it lacks the verticle pouch and the suspenders that you use to wear it, but it should give you an idea.

Edit:
I've also found these ones from Hangar 18. A bit more pricey, though! These should hold 140s and are very comfortable, but you'd really want to try them on first.

Also a 32 degrees one: here. I can't comment on that, though, but its another option.

 

[JoseDominguez]

we use the hangar 18 ones. Worth the money and available in every configuration you can imagine

 

[L J]

hehe, best pack i have used for their proper use is my Evil pack, holds 13 pots hehe, and at the star wars big game, guess what it was holding....yes it was holding cans of beer, oooo baby sadly the vodka wouldnt fit

there is actually a jacko pack where the pots come out horizontal, 7 pot, used to have one

 

[JoseDominguez]

you need an old JT slam harness.......... that can hold 70 cl bottles no bother