The Ego all hype? Still on the fence

[Sajjad]

[AGD]

Hi Jack,

Good to see you here. We are actually quite friendly to other markers here on AO as you see.

Tom Kaye

[drg]

Anytime you get a "pre-tinkered" gun, you never know ...
I have found Eclipse products to be some of the finest in paintball over the years, and the Ego is a fairly simple design, so I'm sure you'll get this worked out to your satisfaction, barring some real screwups by the previous owner.

Surprised to hear about your ongoing screen problems; of the half dozen Eclipse boards I've owned and many I've worked with over the years, I have yet to have screen trouble on any of them (knock on wood). What are you doing that you get problems with the screen?

[acropilot19]

EGO Issues

...Hmmmm...

I've owned 2 egos new, an 07 Origin (can bee seen rockin' it in AO SoCal picks from last October) and an SL74. Gotta say I've experienced a little of what you have, but have had no serious issues. As for the consistency, both my guns were new, and I would see the occasional 30fps variation, but I've chalked this up to the newness. My screen did go dark during one game at AO SoCal, but after turning it off and letting it sit, it "Self Cured", and I havent had a problem since.

Positives: Too many. Quality construction, light, easy to clean & maintain, as fast as anything out there, excellent manual, from what i've heard-excellent support, etc, etc... Is why I own one (Sold the Origin, Sadly), and why I own a Mag as well.

Any Electro-Pneumatic device that is built to strict tolerances, which is then abused the way we in the game tend to, is gonna need TLC to get & keep working at high levels. I've owned (and maintained- I do all my own gun maintenance) many of the high-end markers out there (DYE / Matrix, Bob-long, AGD, Ego). The Mag is the only marker that comes close in ALL of these aspects.

[bryceeden]

NO I am NOT saying this is a timmy, but it is much like it.

Its OK, you can say that because it IS a Timmy clone. That being said some inconsistancy is normal with Egos but it shouldn't be alot or super noticeable in a playing situation if it is I'd take Eclipse up on thier offer to fix it. Over all it should be a good marker for you as long as you don't hit it hard in a dive(the frame is prone to bending in some situations) Good luck.

[DevilMan]

WOW!!!!

That's so cool that TK found his way in here and posted up... Good on ya man!!!! Are you making the AO game in SoCal????

You can run with the NorCal crew iffin ya like....

And not a threadjack 100%... I also have just recently gotten an Ego and it's got a leaky solenoid....

The research I've done online is it can be a very common problem if the input pressure is too high. But I'm curious as to when does it become irrepairable???

And what's the best fix???

Anyone else have this issue with their Ego???? It's an 06 I believe...

DM

[Enemy]

see punkncat you should have never left the matrix family....jk.. good luck

[punkncat]

As an update on this....

I got in the new board and swapped out the bump pistons in lieu of the stock ones.

I previously had the dwell set at 14 with the lpr in about 1/2 turn from flush. I was running on an HP output tank. I am not sure what the reg pressure was set at as I had no guage.

I changed the board and pistons and took it out to the chrono. The dwell is set down to 11, the LPR is in about 1/8-1/4 turn from flush. I am using an LP output tank and had to only slightly increase the reg pressure. I was able to get +/- 10 FPS with many more duplicate velocities using marbs.

I used about 1200psi on my 68/45 after using about 1000 balls, much more in line with what I was expecting.

I am still waiting on a return email from planet concerning the stock board which I suspect of having much more wrong with it than just the screen. At this point I am not sure whether the board or the bump pistons were the main culpret in this issue.

[abunkerer]

Ive owned a lot of guns and I only have 2 right now my classic mag that I bought in 1996 and my 2006 sl66 ego...both are super reliable.
I love my ego, the stock board is great and it has the screen, I wouldn't changed it...I have the bump pistons in as well and they really didnt do too much, but I do get +/-3 over the chrono

things that could be messing up your consistency; are bad settings or a bad board (sounds like it since the screen went out) or low battery -ego's need fresh batteries.

or if you have the titanium rammer (i know you said it had the zick so probably not the problem)

another possible reason is that the rear qev could be clogged

[calcan311]

My friend runs bump pistons and I have seen him run +/- 2 fps on many occasions. I have a feeling that your dwell may still be too high. I run 7ms on my bushy and 8ms on my timmy. Any time I raised the dwell so I could lower the operating pressure my consisty wen't to hell. Higher dwell also led to poor efficency in my popit markers.

[punkncat]

Just WOW!!!!

You guys weren't kidding about going above and beyond on their customer service. I am amazed that they would even consider being this nice to a "transferred" owner of one of their products.

I will fill you in a bit later, but I have no doubt that this issue will be resolved and have a bow on top to boot.

[pmstc]

Yeah, eclipse does have great service, and their markers aren't ALL hype. They are a tad expensive, but wait a year or two and you get a great deal. I paid 450 for a NIB Aurora Etek recently. It's beautiful and one of the best guns I've owned

Ego 7s are so much smaller without the ram sleeve though *drool*

[Spider-TW]

My friend runs bump pistons and I have seen him run +/- 2 fps on many occasions. I have a feeling that your dwell may still be too high. I run 7ms on my bushy and 8ms on my timmy. Any time I raised the dwell so I could lower the operating pressure my consisty wen't to hell. Higher dwell also led to poor efficency in my popit markers.

I have a well used timmy that I tinker with. The solenoid on it likes marker oil. When the dwell has to come up from 9ms or I start getting first shot drop off, I put a drop in the lpr exhaust. It goes from almost locked up to full speed after that. A new noid would help, I expect. So far one drop will get a case out in good order.

I'm keeping an eye on the ego prices myself.

** I say welcome to anyone associated with ego-mags and e-blades!