Ok much ado and comments and such about this thing. I have seen others compare its size and such but no one mentioned anything about the weight (or at least I have not seen much on it here) That seems to be a valid issue with this thing. So I got my stuff out and did some data collection.
First issue is size:
If you hold this thing, right out of the box, your first impression is its a Blimp! But not realy... In comparison its not realy any bigger than a 12V VL Revy. The picts will show that and I believe another member already posted a good picture of that a few weeks back. Butterfingers maybe? Anyway, it's true its overall outer dimentions and it's height are not that much different... if at all. It is the same heigth and length and maybe a tiny bit wider but almost none. My first set of pictures will show that.
Second issue is Weight:
Well... here is were it comes apart a bit. Depends on how much is a problem for you but that is a quantum leap here. My second set of pictures will show that too. Seems a 12V VL revy with its two 9V batteries in it is 0.8 pounds and the Halo B with its 6 AA Batteries is 1.4 Pounds Making the Halo B .6 pounds more. Now some of that is in the batteries. In fact I found .2 pounds of it there.
Even so I notice the battery case in the Halo B has a 9V connector that attaches it to the AA carrier assembly there may be a way to run this thing off of 9V's and cut some weight. But since Odyssey says not to use a single 9V there as it may not have enough amps to pull the motor. These things are much more powerfull than a VL so they need juice. So we need to look into the possibilty of running them off of two 9V and how much battery life that would give us. But I fear not as they say this at the Odyssey site: A- Any type of AA's can be used. From NiMH rechargeable to the cheap discount brands. Lithium's provide the longest life and are very light. Do not attempt to use another size battery such as 9 volts. They can not provide the current required for optimum performance. The 6 - AA's provide an amazing long battery life (20,000 rounds they claim) so you would have to give some of that up if it can be done I should think. Not sure it can.
Conclusions and observations:
This sucker is heavier. Enough to notice. Can you live with that? I guess it depends on you.
If you were a back player slinging paint out of a HROF marker you certainly may chose too. A front player concerned with the lightest possible set up and who may only snap shoot may not want one of these. And I guess that depends on the team make ups too. In a three man, only one of you may carry it. In ten man, maybe five of you.
Me? I got one and think I am going to go out and play with it a while and reserve judgement on how much the weight affects me. But I am not selling my VL right away! I may find going back and forth between the two for certain situations may be just the thing for me. I suspect it will be a nice thing to have that choice.
So the questions I think you need to ask yourself are these:
1)Do you need the Feed ability supremacy of the Halo B?
2)Can you stand the weight gain on your set up to get it?
Those are things you need to decide on before you buy one. Or like me have both!!!!
References: http://www.odysseypaintball.com/main.html
Picts coming up....
First issue is size:
If you hold this thing, right out of the box, your first impression is its a Blimp! But not realy... In comparison its not realy any bigger than a 12V VL Revy. The picts will show that and I believe another member already posted a good picture of that a few weeks back. Butterfingers maybe? Anyway, it's true its overall outer dimentions and it's height are not that much different... if at all. It is the same heigth and length and maybe a tiny bit wider but almost none. My first set of pictures will show that.
Second issue is Weight:
Well... here is were it comes apart a bit. Depends on how much is a problem for you but that is a quantum leap here. My second set of pictures will show that too. Seems a 12V VL revy with its two 9V batteries in it is 0.8 pounds and the Halo B with its 6 AA Batteries is 1.4 Pounds Making the Halo B .6 pounds more. Now some of that is in the batteries. In fact I found .2 pounds of it there.
Even so I notice the battery case in the Halo B has a 9V connector that attaches it to the AA carrier assembly there may be a way to run this thing off of 9V's and cut some weight. But since Odyssey says not to use a single 9V there as it may not have enough amps to pull the motor. These things are much more powerfull than a VL so they need juice. So we need to look into the possibilty of running them off of two 9V and how much battery life that would give us. But I fear not as they say this at the Odyssey site: A- Any type of AA's can be used. From NiMH rechargeable to the cheap discount brands. Lithium's provide the longest life and are very light. Do not attempt to use another size battery such as 9 volts. They can not provide the current required for optimum performance. The 6 - AA's provide an amazing long battery life (20,000 rounds they claim) so you would have to give some of that up if it can be done I should think. Not sure it can.
Conclusions and observations:
This sucker is heavier. Enough to notice. Can you live with that? I guess it depends on you.
If you were a back player slinging paint out of a HROF marker you certainly may chose too. A front player concerned with the lightest possible set up and who may only snap shoot may not want one of these. And I guess that depends on the team make ups too. In a three man, only one of you may carry it. In ten man, maybe five of you.
Me? I got one and think I am going to go out and play with it a while and reserve judgement on how much the weight affects me. But I am not selling my VL right away! I may find going back and forth between the two for certain situations may be just the thing for me. I suspect it will be a nice thing to have that choice.
So the questions I think you need to ask yourself are these:
1)Do you need the Feed ability supremacy of the Halo B?
2)Can you stand the weight gain on your set up to get it?
Those are things you need to decide on before you buy one. Or like me have both!!!!
References: http://www.odysseypaintball.com/main.html
Picts coming up....
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