Prophecy Or Rotor?

[El Camino]

Which one is a better loader, Empire Prophecy or Dye Rotor? Why?

[Gadget]

Big thread on the subject here:

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=246305

This should really be in Paintball Talk rather than Friendly corner.

[Shirow]

Link is good, the gist is, Rotor isn't worth 50% more, really.

[El Camino]

Thanks for the info(link). Sorry about posting on the wrong forum

[kwood]

my vote is on the prophecy
i love it
and if your batteries go down (if to dumb and play with crappy batteries) you still have the rip drive
the rotor, you pretty much hosed if your batteries are dead
plus they look better on a mag

[smeek]

I wouldn't compare battery life with the rotor it should never die on the field for you due to batteries. I used the same set of 3 lithium AA's for most of the summer playing probably a good 5 or 6 months of playing 3-4 times per month and shooting 2 cases most days. I can't say that for any of the halos I've owned, while not owning a prophecy I've had every halo other than the prophecy. The rotor just works while the halos tend to be finicky and not work as well.

Before the price drop of the prophecy it was no contest for me Rotor wins hands down but the price drop on the prophecy changes things. However why did the price drop so drastically, good will or was the rotor getting too popular?

[Shirow]

I wouldn't compare battery life with the rotor it should never die on the field for you due to batteries. I used the same set of 3 lithium AA's for most of the summer playing probably a good 5 or 6 months of playing 3-4 times per month and shooting 2 cases most days. I can't say that for any of the halos I've owned, while not owning a prophecy I've had every halo other than the prophecy. The rotor just works while the halos tend to be finicky and not work as well.

Before the price drop of the prophecy it was no contest for me Rotor wins hands down but the price drop on the prophecy changes things. However why did the price drop so drastically, good will or was the rotor getting too popular?

Well, I think the Rotor was selling pretty well.. it's a popular loader and I think a lot of peoples viewpoint was 'if it's Dye, it must be good and if it's only $10 more than a Prophecy, I'll get the Rotor'

When you look at some of the specifics, I think the Prophecy wins in a number of factors.. at a price point that is $50 less than the Rotor, I think people look more closely.

Just my assumption.

[Sneaky Sir]

My vote is that if you can, get your hands on both and try them out on your marker, they both have very distinct ways they sit on the marker and it is definitely up to your perference at that point. Personally I just the Prophecy because I always liked how Halos sat on my marker and it balances well with my setup. The Rotor on the other hand just wasn't for me. Little back heavy on my marker and almost too small of a hopper. But thats me, my roommate on the other hand will say the opposite, he'll vote the Rotor hands down. But I hope you have an opportunity to test both out first before commiting to a big purchase.

[A-Tach-One]

I wouldn't compare battery life with the rotor it should never die on the field for you due to batteries. I used the same set of 3 lithium AA's for most of the summer playing probably a good 5 or 6 months of playing 3-4 times per month and shooting 2 cases most days. I can't say that for any of the halos I've owned, while not owning a prophecy I've had every halo other than the prophecy. The rotor just works while the halos tend to be finicky and not work as well.

Before the price drop of the prophecy it was no contest for me Rotor wins hands down but the price drop on the prophecy changes things. However why did the price drop so drastically, good will or was the rotor getting too popular?

I agree with this post.

I only picked up a Prophecy last week because of the price drop. It will be fun to try it out.

[temilotzin]

I love my Rotor!
Fast, power efficient, easy to take apart!

[CatoRockwell]

I've tried both out, while I still haven't upgraded to one or the other I personally like the Rotor, but a lot came down to the fact that dye tried to cater to woodsballers by having a camouflage hopper. All I can get from the prophecy is black.

Both are very nice and will outperform any marker, so don't worry about performance, my friends and I have debated the rotor, prophecy, pinokio thing for months, honestly it's all coming down to preference.

Just pray that Dye gets competitive and lowers the price of the rotor

[Gadget]

I think capacity is possibly the only issue with the Rotor - it can be difficult to dump the whole of a 140 ball pot in if you've still got 20-30 balls left....and impossible with the speedfeed on. There's a high-cap shell for it, but that looks awful and destroys the sleek lines.

I'd like to try a Prophecy out of interest, however I find the Rotor to be awesome. Batteries last a ridiculous amount of time - seriously, months, it's built like a tank, has a nice simple board with clicky button and can be stripped in seconds.

I think you'd be onto a winner with either - I loved my Halo, but it's nothing compared to these babies - just the thought of having to spend 15 minutes with a screwdriver stripping the thing down gives me the heebies

[smeek]

Well seeing the LTD kit for the prophecy recently released, I'm sure that has a bit to do with the price drop. The way I look at it, both the prophecy and rotor will work well for you if maintained properly. The Prophecy has the potential to be a better loader (especially with the new LTD upgrade) although it requires a bit of electrical tuning thus being less user friendly. The rotor I push a button and it feeds paint, I push the same button and it stops feeding paint, it's extremely user friendly, and I've found nothing that needs tuning or adjusting on mine so I have no complaints, yet.

[Jaron]

You can read my review on the Prophecy here. For me, I chose the Prophecy over the Rotor due to the higher ball capacity, lower profile, and the extra settings since I like to tune things.

[d4m4don3]

If you don't like to tinker or are bad at tinkering, the rotor would probably suit you. It's easier to clean down to the component level than the prophecy. Otherwise for guys that like to tweak their hopper the prophecy can do the job in spades, and not too difficult to take apart.