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

[CatoRockwell]

Halo Too is sound activated. I've played at least twice a month for the last 6 months with my Halo Too and have had only 1 hopper break, and that's because a teammate didn't have his safety on or condom and when the reinsertion happened he shot me from 3 feet away in the hopper.

As for the new hoppers, I personally am leaning towards the rotor, lower profile, more durable material, dye has great customer service, and I use marbalizers so I don't really have the fragile paint issue others have.

But the Halo Too is suiting my needs for now just fine. But like the Halo B it is a pain to take apart.

[Shirow]

Halo Too is sound activated. I've played at least twice a month for the last 6 months with my Halo Too and have had only 1 hopper break, and that's because a teammate didn't have his safety on or condom and when the reinsertion happened he shot me from 3 feet away in the hopper.

As for the new hoppers, I personally am leaning towards the rotor, lower profile, more durable material, dye has great customer service, and I use marbalizers so I don't really have the fragile paint issue others have.

But the Halo Too is suiting my needs for now just fine. But like the Halo B it is a pain to take apart.

Sigh. You guys are making this very difficult I appreciate the input though. I use marbs mostly also.

I'm torn again now.. thinking about the Pinokio again. I just don't think I can justify dropping $150 and I do like the idea of the 400 round nose.. but... still very undecided

I need someone to buy my warp first so I can afford it anyway

[Stayhuge]

I only had a hopper catastraphy once. I was using brittle paint in winter in my Halo. I was running and tripped, didn't fall, but shook the gun so hard, I shattered paint in it. That was a nightmare. and ruined my day. After that, I sold the halo, and bought three revies. Figured if it ever happened in one of those, I could just throw it in the bag and pull out another. Now I have the prophecy and 2 revies as backups. The prophecy is adjustable with magnets. I think you can adjust the force. As far as the halo, it was spring forced and to adjust you would pre wind the srping, I think. I tried it once, but was unsuccessful. I don't know if that was fixed with the Halo Too. I think the newer ones, like the rotor, prophecy, and pinokio fixed the problems with jamming. I know the prophecy claims it is anti jam, but still has the rip drive, so I guess they don't believe it 100%.

Don't mean to talk so much about the prophecy, it's just the only one that I have used besides a halo and revy. Oh, I had an egg once (The lid was by far the worst Idea EVER)

[Shirow]

Right now I'm basically just checking Ebay every day for deals.

[Pump Scout]

I'm frankly astounded that people are willing to pay $115 for a hopper that is, under the funky shell, a Ricochet Apache. I know and understand the Pinokio has it's followers, but that's the core of the Pinokio. Wasn't too impressed with the Apache I have. Darn shame, too, since my other Ricochet hopper is just fine.

For an extra ten bucks, there's a whole world of better options.

[Shirow]

I'm frankly astounded that people are willing to pay $115 for a hopper that is, under the funky shell, a Ricochet Apache. I know and understand the Pinokio has it's followers, but that's the core of the Pinokio. Wasn't too impressed with the Apache I have. Darn shame, too, since my other Ricochet hopper is just fine.

For an extra ten bucks, there's a whole world of better options.

Well, that's a big reason why I haven't bought one.. it doesn't appear to be anything terribly special..

I guess my thought process right now is.. is being able to break down the hopper quickly a very important thing? As I said earlier, I don't know, I've never had a hopper break, ever, using my Revy/warp feed so it's hard to judge.

I found a Prophecy on Ebay for $110 buyout.. keeping an eye on that..

I do like the idea of the Rotor and I think honestly if money was no object, it's what I would get but $150 for a hopper does seem a little extreme. I've sank a lot more into my mag on worthless upgrades I guess though (replacing rail with something prettier etc..)

[Stayhuge]

Here --> Empire Prophecy

The guy has a used once prophecy for sale. He has it listed at the end of the first post, but pictured in the first pic.

I must say that I was impressed with the internals of this, and the breakdown.

Also, they sell the 280 shells for this, and it is stock 240 round. I think I forgot to mention that before. Personally, I have the 240 shell on there now, and can hardly tell the difference in size from my former halo. My buddy has a Halo V35, I will have to compare when I get a chance.

Also, there is a thread on PBNation that compares the sizes of the Vlocity, Rotor, and prophecy. Here you go: Review thread Keep in mind that this is FOR the prophecy, so it might be a little biased

Another thing that i Forgot to mention is the size of the opening for loading. It is HUGE!! I really like that and the magnetic lid. You also don't need a spring, because there is a magnet installed at the top of the lid to keep it open.

[Stayhuge]

I do like the idea of the Rotor and I think honestly if money was no object, it's what I would get but $150 for a hopper does seem a little extreme. I've sank a lot more into my mag on worthless upgrades I guess though (replacing rail with something prettier etc..)

This is exactly what I thought, and why I was able to justify buying a new hopper for $100 (Becuase I was SAVING $50, hahaha :rofl: ) At least that is what I told my wife. She shops all the time, and brags about how much she saved, which justified why she bought what she did. So, I used the same mentality

[Shirow]

Good call on the Behemoth sale, thanks!

[Pump Scout]

To further throw a wrench into the works, I just got an e-mail from Empire. The Prophecy has been repriced. New MAP/MSRP is $99.95. Kind of changes the whole hopper shopping game, doesn't it?

[Stayhuge]

To further throw a wrench into the works, I just got an e-mail from Empire. The Prophecy has been repriced. New MAP/MSRP is $99.95. Kind of changes the whole hopper shopping game, doesn't it?

just got the same email!!!

[Frizzle Fry]

just got the same email!!!

Ditto... Just when I had set aside cash for an Invert Too the price went up from $60 to $70.

Now with the Prophecy coming down to $100, well, I'm not sure what to do

[Ando]

They coming out with something new maybe? Dye is going to follow suit I'm sure for the holidays

[zondo]

It's gonna kill a lot of the BST hopper threads on PBN...

[Ando]

ROFL!!!

Yes it is, think about E-Bay :rofl:

Magna's will be coming down 2.