Lets talk Halo B...the truth uncovered!!!!

[gatorchris]

mez, just curious about your speed tests, how did you perform them? If it was straight drop you are doing the B some disservice, it needs a little pressure on the balls to keep the drive cone primed. Put your finger just on the edge of the feed tube so it pushes slightly on the stack in the tube and try it again, I think youll see it drop by a second or two

[cphilip]

Originally posted by gatorchris
I just want to give everyone a heads up, do not use this as your ONLY loader, keep a revvy in your bag of tricks as a backup. You never know when ma nature isnt going to cooperate and give you conditions that arent suitable for the B's power. But when the sun is shining, it just cant be matched, it gives you so much versatility you forget how much its worth. When I had to use the revvy I had trouble shooting with my gun at funky angles because it wasnt being force fed anymore, really stunted the game Im used to playing. It is a super tool, but its not the only one you need in your toolbox.

Could not have put it better! and its just what I suspected I might find myself. Thanks!

However so far the leaning is towords "Its worth the weight" I see.

[gatorchris]

Absolutely, but Ive never really been concerned with the weight craze. Then again Im 6" and 200 lbs, half a pound diff in my hands is almost unnoticeable Thats why I posted about our front guys using it, I wanted to give a little (no pun intended) context with what some of your thoughts were. 2 out of our 3 front guys use Bs, and they dont complain, the other uses an angel with intellifeed and doesnt want to buy batteries (read: cheap). On the gun I really dont think people will notice that much, I think balance should be a bigger factor. The B is very balanced with paint in it, so I think it should work for just about anyone. Compare that to the Egg2 where the feedneck is in the very front, I think that would be where even though its lighter, the balance will probably be odd.

[JEDI]

Phil, how do you like the performance. My friend just got his and stated that it actually lacked in performance compared to his original. He said he never had a Halo A problem, but figured he'd get it switched any way. Is it slower, ever jamb up on you? After my first Halo A crapped out I bought an Xboard revvie, and was surprised how well they actually do.
For me the Halo was over kill. I used to base my hoppers performance on if it could handle constant six shot bursts. Being that I never use burst modes, I've decided the revvie works perfectly for even my faster Semi shots.

[Patron God of Pirates]

Well done Phil. If I may also make an observation:

My problem with the Halo loader isn't the size or the weight, but rather the inference in it's name that it is supposed to be used with Angels. :)

[cphilip]

JEDi, no field tests from me yet. But above you saw several field obsevations. I will have to defer to them until I can get a chance to throw some paint through it. Have not heard anyone but you so far have that negative of an observation. Lets wait and see if there are more of you out there.

Patron, its a Holy experience I guess. My Emag may be unworthy! But I have yet to see any Angels manage to stress one...

Hey! one thing not mentioned so far is the thing is realy cool looking. And cool is for me! I like cool looking stuff and this thing is that "fo sho".

[JEDI]

I really wanna get a Halo B, but I cant get passed the advantage of my warp feed. It feeds flawlessly, and I've had countless people tell me they never even saw me sticking out until my paint was already in the air. Thats not marketing hype, its the truth. You guys with warps know how it is. I'm stuck on that warp feed. Its changed/influenced my game to the point that I dont think I can use any thing else

[cphilip]

Well I saw a picture of Toms Shatner ball C&C Emag (I think he knows somebody? ) with both a Warp and Halo B on there.

[Havoc_online]

Phil, would it be to hard to weigh both hoppers filled with paint? Just curious.....:)

[cphilip]

No... it wouldn't except I have no paint!

But from Steves report the Halo would be 10 balls lighter in relationship to the VL full too! I tested both of mine empty but ready to run with batteries.

[gatorchris]

I pop warp users with regularity, you still have to expose your head to sight down the marker. Just curious, do warp users do any heavy sliding and diving? Just seems like you would twist and torque on that thing doing supermans. It seems valid for back guys on ten man, but below that everyone needs to be mobile IMO. I can imagine diving with that stuff on the inside of my setup, catching on the ground and wind up having me roll over it. As far as the question of shooting upside down, the answer is yes, you can squeeze off a few balls because of the cone spring, but its just like the warp, you will have to turn it upright again to reprime the stack. I can shoot at a 90 degree right angle all day, 90 left depends on how much paint is in the loader. Since the cone spins counter-clockwise the 90 right is a no brainer. Dont know how useful that is though, most you ever need angle shooting for is on doritos and such, and even a revvy can usually feed at a 45.

[Top Secret]

I play front, using a Warp/HALO B combo on my Emag. The weight is insignificant to me. The Halo is overkill IMO, but it looks cool and doesn't slow me down any. As far as Superman slides, I always go feet first when using the warpfeed. Originally bought it to contend with the high ROF chopping issues with emags. But now with Lvl 10 and Xmag bodies, I may switch to HALO B only(or both with the breeches ). I love the warpfeed and won't give it up for anything, but it's better to have it when playing back/mid.

HALO B is outstanding.

[Angry Man]

Very nice work.

I've been very impressed with the halo b. It's fast and feeds at almost all angles very well...even if you're tilted in a strange way it won't miss a single shot. However, it does seem to try to feed even when it doesn't need to, but it didn't break paint because of this (maybe one ball actually, but not sure). Anyway, yeah...the feed neck is REALLY thick so be aware of that.

[covadsucks]

Congratulations on your purchase CPHIL. I have one and I absolutely love it. It was feeding my beast of a Timmy and making it so no one wanted me in the game due to my ROF-I am a mid to back player and I shoot a ton of paint... Seeing as how the Timmy was just traded away for a DYE COCKER(Gasp! Not one of those!) The HALO sits awaiting the completion of my GZ powered Defiant. I have to say I was very impressed with your write up, but you forget one thing, it loves to eat. It ate two and a half cases on Sunday and was still hungry for more.

[BTAutoMag]

i got one comming in the mail sometime soon. i cant wait.