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nippinout
10-27-2003, 12:56 AM
How many masks is too many masks? What do you do with the old ones?

I have a Flex-7 and a V-Force Shield. I plan on getting a Profiler, which look very neat.

The Flex-7 lacks a lens, so with the new Profiler I would also have a fully functional backup mask.

Do you guys have backup masks, piles of old JT Whippers, or sell them off?

Z-man
10-27-2003, 01:02 AM
I got 2 JT ones I keep for backup and/or if a friend wants to play. Nice to have extras because they always break when you dont want them too.

sps16
10-27-2003, 01:02 AM
i dont have any back-up masks :( even my primary mask isnt functional, i need a profiler

LaW
10-27-2003, 01:04 AM
i have a backup 4 year old flex7, no foam, probably some cracks in lense, i use it when i'm know i'm going out to get lit up :) like shatnerball i took a flag and just ran halfway up the field at the final battle and just got lit up :)

Z-man
10-27-2003, 01:06 AM
Originally posted by LaW
i have a backup 4 year old flex7, no foam, probably some cracks in lense, i use it when i'm know i'm going out to get lit up :) like shatnerball i took a flag and just ran halfway up the field at the final battle and just got lit up :)

and you trust yourself to a POS like that when you think you are REALLY going to take it? that's balzy man!

sps16
10-27-2003, 01:08 AM
lol i used your backup last time zak

Z-man
10-27-2003, 01:10 AM
Originally posted by sps16
lol i used your backup last time zak

hey now mine has foam and a new lens in it! I am getting the impression that a good paintball to the face of LaW's might add ventilation...

vf-xx
10-27-2003, 01:21 AM
I have three of the BE version of the morph.

One is my play mask, one is my photography/ref mask, and one is a backup/loaner mask.

I'm debating about picking up the new JT full head mask just to see how it feels.

LaW
10-27-2003, 01:27 AM
Originally posted by Z-man


hey now mine has foam and a new lens in it! I am getting the impression that a good paintball to the face of LaW's might add ventilation...


HAHA, hey its either that or I have some old jt whipper masks in a box somewhere, and I think i'd rather have the flex :) I had paint inside my mask i got shot so much during that moment at shatnerball :)

Ov3rmind
10-27-2003, 03:15 AM
I have a JT Airstream mask with no lense sitting on a shelf in my room, and a V-Force Morph in my gearbag. My old V-Force Shield belongs to a friend now. Come Christmas, I hope to own a Profiler.

kenndogg
10-27-2003, 05:04 AM
I have 3 cheap JT masks from Wal-Mart, a JT X-Fire, Flex 7 and finally a Proteus. Is that excessive?

edweird
10-27-2003, 06:25 AM
I have wittled down my collection of masks. But as of now I have 3... 2 Scott stalker maks and a Invision.... and I intend on getting a profiler when they get released on the open market.

50 cal
10-27-2003, 07:59 AM
I have 4 JT masks. I take them to the field with me every time. Never know when a loaner will be needed by someone.

bryceeden
10-27-2003, 08:23 AM
You cann't have too many masks. I have seven good ones and four that need new lenses.

cphilip
10-27-2003, 09:06 AM
I keep two in good shape and my kid has two. We have indeed had a day when we had to go to the back up from a leaking thermal lense. A back up is always a good idea.

I have a Flex 7 and a Dye Invision

He has a JT (the good one but non flex one forget what that one is called) and a Proteus.

Thordic
10-27-2003, 09:20 AM
I have four masks. :)

I had a PMI non-thermal POS when I first started playing, then I got a Spectra, then I forgot my mask one day when we went to play, so I bought a Flex 7, and then at IAO I bought a Morph.

I don't plan on selling any though because I have a pile of guns and stuff so I like having enough stuff to equip a bunch of people.

Grasshopper
10-27-2003, 09:42 AM
I use my JT nVader the most. It fits my head perfectly. I have a flex7, but it hurt my head for some reason, so it's a backup. There's another JT mask around here in a box (not sure what kind) that doesn't have a lense. There's also another one of those cheap $15 masks that's actually not too bad.

dansim
10-27-2003, 09:52 AM
how many is to many?


well that really depends on how many heads you have i guess

Creative Mayhem
10-27-2003, 10:07 AM
Ummm, I have 6 :confused:

3 flex 7 red, purple, kaki

1 whipper green

1 OLD spectra black

1 Vforce sheild, I won at NJAO3

They all serve a purpose at point or another, they all get worn.

Konigballer
10-27-2003, 10:38 AM
"How many masks is too many masks?"- when you have enough to feel you can start a thread about them, thats probably to many.

mykroft
10-27-2003, 10:39 AM
Got 1 old BE Era V-Force Shield and a V-Force Morph.

Need to get a strap for the Shield, so it can be a loaner/backup mask

PaintGuin
10-27-2003, 10:41 AM
3, invision(prim), nforcer with no lense and a old pos be mask thats under my bed.

boggerman
10-27-2003, 01:59 PM
I have 5:
Moss green Flex-7 Ize
Olive green Spectra
Black V-Force
Olive green Scott Stalker
Black X-Fire

I keep the tinted lense in the Flex-7 and the clear in the Spectra, that way I just switch masks instead of trying to change lenses, since JT makes it such a pain in the arse.

The others are for use when I loan out equipment to my friends.

scribe
10-27-2003, 02:07 PM
who knows anything about the new jt fx-10's i see on their website. looks cool....

bunkermaster10
10-27-2003, 02:47 PM
Two mask should be fine. I only have one (JT) and it has a crack in the middle, but I'm don't want to get another mask.

Sir_Brass
10-27-2003, 03:30 PM
I have my JT Green/gold chameleon Proteus II in my gear bag (no visor: no fogging problems. but I now see how useful the visor was for blocking sunlight: very) and my old mask, which was a cheap JT Alpha I got from walmart 2 years go. the lens just recently cracked due to forces it underwent shipping from home to college. so, new lens needed for it if I ever bother to take it out again (probably won't since I love my proteus far too much).

Torbo
10-27-2003, 04:41 PM
ill have 2 proteus's. A black one with a chrome lens, and a blue one with a clear lens. (i say will have, as i only have the black one with a clear in it right now)


its cool to have more than one, so you dont have to change lenses.

rpm07
10-27-2003, 05:13 PM
I have 5 JT flex Spectras and 1 JT Invader

rpm07
10-27-2003, 05:14 PM
I have 5 JT Spectras and 1 JT Invader

dinger
10-27-2003, 05:50 PM
i have a JT spectra and a JT Carnivore [hehehe]

if i got any other masks, they would be flex 7, proteus, and then maybe a morph

invisions dont give me enough protection :(

tony3
10-27-2003, 06:46 PM
Originally posted by bunkermaster10
Two mask should be fine. I only have one (JT) and it has a crack in the middle, but I'm don't want to get another mask.

Yeah, because you can always buy a new set of eyes...:rolleyes:

street1356
10-27-2003, 07:12 PM
i have 3 old old BE masks that came with the stingray

2 BE 260 masks

2 BE type morph

1 flex 7 ize

1 cameleon proteus

all with lens and both JT with tented lenses

rikkter
10-27-2003, 08:00 PM
i have a flex 7 and a protues, flex7 being the backup/loaner.

but i have my eyes set on the vforce profiler as well, they look real nice

kevdupuis
10-27-2003, 08:24 PM
I have a X-Fire and a V-Force Shield for backup.

TheDuelist
10-27-2003, 09:46 PM
I've got 5 JT Spectra's, a VForce Morph and a Profiler and to be honest after wearing the Profiler none of the others matter to me anymore.

dropkick1
10-27-2003, 09:49 PM
i have my proteus 2 with 2 lenses( mirrored and clear) and an old school vents i found in my bros room when he left for school that he picked up when he bought his mag, but i just quit for a while so if anyones interested in either let me know.

kenny