Need some hopper advice... Or at least some sharing of experiences.

[ProblemKinder]

Picture quality isn't all that great but you can see that the entire hopper is only in front of my head. Any shot on the hopper would have hit my head anyway.

assuming they are directly in front of you, of course.

[Xceolite]

Love my Pinokio. 230 cap is great. Lock pods are a perfect match when using it. Being a paint whore, i can carry 870 balls with four pods and a full piok. Never had problems with it keeping up. It is not force feed, so it is very gental on paint (comes in handy in cold weather).
Not a fan of the nose.
The price is a little high but i would buy another at full whack and not feel bad about it

[Shirow]

I haven't kept up on hopper technology the last few years (still using a Revy) but I'm surprised to hear a lot of these hoppers aren't force feed.. I figured everything would be by now. Is there some reason people are turning back away from it? Very surprised to hear, for example, that a $150 Pinokio is not force feed.. why is this?

[Xceolite]

I got a revi also and there ain't nothing wrong with them
The pinokio uses a switch in the feedneck to help dictate when to feed. if that helps.
In the last two weeks i have seen a force feed hopper breaking paint inside the hopper. Was a rotor. Crap paint and cold temps. the paint issue is unavoidablte at feild paint only places that have not stored it right and you are forced to use it.

As you are as North as i am...I just prefer something easier on paint in the fall and spring. You know those odd stituations that happen than.

Not sure why everything is not forcefeed but it seem like it is not nessacary to acheive the same speeds.

The pinokio will keep up with my RT mag shooting 18bps. haven't tryed anything faster

[Shirow]

I got a revi also and there ain't nothing wrong with them
The pinokio uses a switch in the feedneck to help dictate when to feed. if that helps.
In the last two weeks i have seen a force feed hopper breaking paint inside the hopper. Was a rotor. Crap paint and cold temps. the paint issue is unavoidablte at feild paint only places that have not stored it right and you are forced to use it.

As you are as North as i am...I just prefer something easier on paint in the fall and spring. You know those odd stituations that happen than.

Not sure why everything is not forcefeed but it seem like it is not nessacary to acheive the same speeds.

The pinokio will keep up with my RT mag shooting 18bps. haven't tryed anything faster

Thanks for the info - was curious if being soft on paint was the only reason.

[fishmishin]

I saw a couple of people this past weekend breaking paint in their rotors, and it was only 50 degrees here. It wasn't the best paint either though.

edit: The rotors do have a tension adjustment on them though also, but I would still rather have my pinokio.

[Ebbed]

im rockin' a smoke pinokio witha p-board. I never use the nose, but dam this hopper is by a LONG SHOT my fav.

[Xceolite]

Along witht the tension being ajustable on a rotor, you can also buy an upgrade kit (Seed kit) so it is softer on paint. I think it is an other $90. A team mate has it and he hasn't broken paint in these cold conditions.
But i guess it is an ussue of how much you really want to spend

[Xceolite]

Oh Ya. Even if you are not a fan of the rotor, this video is still amushing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdqKg0PIXfY

[Shirow]

So what do you guys think the best <$100 hopper is for a mag? Pinokio/Rotor etc is a little out of what I'm willing to spend on a loader. I'm starting to have issues with my Revy keeping up now I've gone to vertical feed.

[Stayhuge]

Empire Prophecy 99.99 New : Prophecy

I just ordered one the other day to keep upi with my soon to be Cheatered Mag. Still use the Revy's as a backup and for my Blazer.

[Shirow]

Empire Prophecy 99.99 New : Prophecy

I just ordered one the other day to keep upi with my soon to be Cheatered Mag. Still use the Revy's as a backup and for my Blazer.

I was looking at a Magna, they are a little cheaper - is the prophecy a lot better?

[Stayhuge]

From what everyone has been saying, the Prophecy has made improvements over the Halo. I am not too familiar with the Magna. Personally, It's sits back a little too far for me, and for a little bit more ($10) I would rather it be more centered on my marker. Also, the Prophecy can be disassembled in a matter of seconds. The guy online completely assembled it from scratch in 52 seconds without rushing. THat was a big selling point for me. Check out some of the videos on Youtube. I was impressed, and found it for under $100.

[drg]

I haven't kept up on hopper technology the last few years (still using a Revy) but I'm surprised to hear a lot of these hoppers aren't force feed.. I figured everything would be by now. Is there some reason people are turning back away from it? Very surprised to hear, for example, that a $150 Pinokio is not force feed.. why is this?

BPS caps and the economy. With the 10-13 bps caps, you don't need force feed or even a very fast loader. Superhigh ROF messing around kind of became passe once it was widely known that you could not play in games that way, and the economy made even backyard ROF blasting undesirable.

[Shirow]

BPS caps and the economy. With the 10-13 bps caps, you don't need force feed or even a very fast loader. Superhigh ROF messing around kind of became passe once it was widely known that you could not play in games that way, and the economy made even backyard ROF blasting undesirable.

I guess I just thought that unless it was force feed, it would have the same problems that, for example, my Revy does - I get blowback into the feed tube and it makes me misfire and/or the hopper doesn't gravity feed fast enough for quick bursts.