Ive heard the dye rotor mentioned a few time here but never bothered to check it out. I was at the paintball shop to day and saw one, got to take it apart. It seemed pretty sweet. Smaller then the halo, a bit lighter, breaks down suer easy, and it seemed pretty strong (no theads or screws to break). The $$ prevented me from bring one home. I just searched and saw a bunch of promotions and demos of it shooing really fast without fault. I was just impressed at the construction of this, its still blimp style, but the standard seems to have been raised.
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Originally posted by skyless
I too am very impressed with these. So far everyone that I've sold one to has been very pleased with them. Very fast, light, runs off 3AA batteries, simple construction so easy to clean. No more broken battery doors like the halo/reloaderB, no more broken drive cone tabs, no more weird beads, no more electrical tape holding your eyes in place, no more 86 bajillion modes and settings to change or boards to upgrade. None of this, 'we have an extraordinary hopper design, but kee is sueing our pants off so we'll warranty your parts until we go under' crap. No more Kee hoppers, ha. Low profile, solid shells, good looking. Can't say enough good about these things.
I remember a time when Halo/ReloaderB's were $150 like the rotor is now. It's not expensive, just new.
The standard has been raised. Good f'ing luck to the competition.
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Had a prophecy in my hands 2 weeks ago to show me how much 'better' and 'simpler' it was than the rotor.... It's not either of these things. What a horrid mess that hopper is. I'll stick with my 12v revvy before I'd lock a prophecy in. haha.Originally posted by Epic_Scotsman
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I own a Rotor....absolutely love it. Simple to work on, clean etc. I am selling all my other hoppers and going with jsut my rotor...ikt's a great hopperOriginally posted by Geoff CallComment
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I have been using a halo for a year now and have never had any problems, never even thought about getting a second hopper since i had only one setup. Now i have more then one marker and will defiently get one of these when i get the loot, hopefully will go down a few buck by then but $150 is not too bad for something quality, considering how much ive spent on my mags its really not that much.Comment
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Love my rotor...it sits so low on the gun. Mine has been flawless. GREAT loader.Comment
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I love my rotor, my roomate just used it in a semi tournament yesterday and it worked fine all day, its so easy to break down, simple use, one button, no modes or blinking light, no adjusting the mic or replacing eyes, use 3 aa batteries and turn it on, its definitely the best loader on the market, and the shells feel extremely ruggedBEO MAFIA
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Originally posted by Geoff Call
REALLY??? Please elaborate, since I am very interested in a Prophecy.
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i like the simplicity of the dye rotor. i dont want to have to deal with settings etc. i want to break it open quick to clean and you can do that.Comment
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I've heard a lot of buzz, but I'm still satisified with my halo...
However the rotor intrests me, I am still not sure how it works. I need to search it more when I'm at home and youtube is not blocked. I'm still also intrested in how the JRNY handles in the field when it finally hits the public.Comment
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Haha. The shell is this 3 piece design that in my honest opinion seemed flimsy. Upon taking off the front piece (of which they will have several different sized fronts similar to the pinokio) the other two back parts are pretty much held together by the lid. Seemed that these two pieces came apart 'too' easy. The one I saw had a built in speed feed system which was neat but I'll take a Virtue Crown over it any day of the week. The drive system is where the money is. The cone, I must say, is intricately designed and well thought out. It snapped on and off the main axle with ease and has the magna drive system standard, which I think is neat, but complicated. It is advanced, probably the most advanced and thought out loader system (not yet) available, but I can't say I was impressed at all. Just too many parts, way way too many parts in comparison to the rotor. Dye has made a good looking product, well thought out, simple and easy, exactly what you would expect.Originally posted by BigEvilREALLY??? Please elaborate, since I am very interested in a Prophecy.
I will however say that I respect the R&D at kee, and they are moving things forward in design and technology, and I truly respect Simon (Manike) and think he is a wizard of paintball. I think though that one of the biggest problems with paintball is that things are too complicated for common paintball players (idiots) and that the more simple things are, the better off everyone is. You don't have to make the Nova of hoppers because it makes the most sense.
Smaller, faster, lighter, more efficient, easier maintenance; this is where paintball needs to be going.
Rotor form=function
prophecy function>form, actually function is beating the hell out of form here
I've sold 21 rotors in the past 3 weeks, 0 complaints, 100% impressed happy customers, so far. Thats like a rotor a day, right? haha.
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On a side note, I have a very low opinion of the pinokio hopper as well, totally not impressive, unless you want the newest version of the riccochet apache with removable nose. El douche.Comment
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I actually saw one of these for the first time yesterday. I was very impressed, and will most likely be getting one after the holidays.Comment
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Try and keep up. Pulse, gone. Torque practically gone. Bye bye.Last edited by Geoff Call; 12-10-2008, 07:28 PM.Comment
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The Rotor is quite possibly the best new piece of hardware to hit the market in the past 5 years. The prophecy is interesting, but they have taken something that should be simple, and designed a big mess instead. The Rotor will most likely (already is?) become the gold standard to which all other hopper systems are compared.Originally posted by Epic_Scotsman
I am a bit excited about the Rotor & it takes quite a bit to get me "interested" in a new piece of hardware (after air-teching stuff for 22+ years). It is going to take a LOT of effort to improve on this piece of hardware.
BTW: Be very cautious of the guy who is trying to sell the Ponikio (sp?) hoppers. The sleaze-ball skipped out on his tab of 6 cases of paint at my scenario last month. I can eat the $300 that he owes me, but I won't be selling his product... EVER!
My favorite post of all time!!!
PS: http://www.automags.org/forums/showp...7&postcount=33Time is what keeps things from happening all at onceComment
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