JUST SAY NO!....to macroline that is!

[silentdeath55]

hey animal, how about you stop calling macro line derogatory names, and we'll stop the "mine never blew up" posts. On that note...

My macro line never blew on me. Its got 3000psi test though. I got it from a local gasket company so it might be a lot better then the paintball name brand. IDK?

[PUDBUDZ]

Well iv'e decided to go back to the ss line....never had a problem with that....and it looks like the people are split 50/50....that tells me (go with the safer line)!

I think it will be an advantage. I want to put a proconnect on it so i can bleed off the air in the valve and not eat my brand new x-valve(i hate the taste of aluminum!) Any one know if there is any plans for a fix for the lvl10 holding air in the valve?

Bye the way....feeling on pro connect?...do they flow enough air for the e-mag?

[CoFFeY[NiTrO]]

No need to worry anymore, just got me some Parker Parflex

[RRfireblade]

Hmm,
32* macro rated at ~300psi blew at over 700psi. Yeah Macro sucks.

Hey, Lets run over twice the rated pressure through some SS line and see what happens.

Try some macro rated for the correct pressure.(parker)

Jay.

[Animal Mother]

Originally posted by Xyxyll
It's all preference.

Ummm no.... steel braid is BETTER. Guns you can have a personal preference, macro line vs. steel braid.. no.

Sorry... but i will be a Nazi on this. You guys use McDonalds straws to channel power to your gun. So it blows up and leaks.

Oh I'm fine that you use it, and I think you're all trendy baggy pants wearing retards that listen to Korn and follow every other trend out there because "all the cool kids do it", you're also the reason The Real World is still on the air. I see NO advantage to using plastic straws for an airline over stainless steel braided hose. All of a sudden one day EVERYONE went to macro line.. and i have yet to still figure out why. It is crap and you are smearing it on nice guns. Thats fine by me.. cause while I sit and rest for the next game you can all wiggle your tushies back and forth trying to get your plastic straw not to leak.

"yeahhh yo you aint down unless you got dat stuff blowin up and leakin' all up in there yo, we got macro straws in da house yo!! woop woop!! raise da macro roof yall!!! We aint gonna use dat tired steel shuga yo, that stuff is whack! how a fool gonna play paintball without havin to wiggle yo mofo straws back in forth yo? dat sheetz is sorry yo!"

[dcmander]

Originally posted by karphead
I switched to SS after getting sick of fiddling with the macro everytime I wanted to play. It's just more reliable in my experience, have yet to have a problem with it. I'll sacrifice the classy looks of macro to have a consistently working gun. I've never seen one explode like that, though, unless it was kinked, like someone mentioned. Not like accusing you or anything, but that's just my experience.

Sacrifice the classy look for a consistently working gun? LOL... If macroline causes you not to be able to play, you must be a moron. Its just an air line, sheesh! Use it correctly, and it will be fine.

Originally posted by Animal Mother


Ummm no.... steel braid is BETTER. Guns you can have a personal preference, macro line vs. steel braid.. no.

Sorry... but i will be a Nazi on this. You guys use McDonalds straws to channel power to your gun. So it blows up and leaks.

Oh I'm fine that you use it, and I think you're all trendy baggy pants wearing retards that listen to Korn and follow every other trend out there because "all the cool kids do it", you're also the reason The Real World is still on the air. I see NO advantage to using plastic straws for an airline over stainless steel braided hose. All of a sudden one day EVERYONE went to macro line.. and i have yet to still figure out why. It is crap and you are smearing it on nice guns. Thats fine by me.. cause while I sit and rest for the next game you can all wiggle your tushies back and forth trying to get your plastic straw not to leak.

"yeahhh yo you aint down unless you got dat stuff blowin up and leakin' all up in there yo, we got macro straws in da house yo!! woop woop!! raise da macro roof yall!!! We aint gonna use dat tired steel shuga yo, that stuff is whack! how a fool gonna play paintball without havin to wiggle yo mofo straws back in forth yo? dat sheetz is sorry yo!"

LOL, will some one shut this guy up? Yes there is personal preference! We would rather use macroline because its easier to cut, bend, looks nicer, etc. And you like your SS for the reliability. So obviously that is personal preference.

There is nothing wrong with either of them. And yes most people who bust macro are using it at the wrong rated pressure.

Sheesh!

[Animal Mother]

Originally posted by dcmander



LOL, will some one shut this guy up? Yes there is personal preference! We would rather use macroline because its easier to cut, bend, looks nicer, etc. And you like your SS for the reliability. So obviously that is personal preference.

There is nothing wrong with either of them. And yes most people who bust macro are using it at the wrong rated pressure.

Sheesh!

Wanna try? :)

Personal preference would mean they preform the same and its "personal preference"

They do NOT preform the same and you have to decide if you want leaks and the looks of an english faucet or something that works.

Yeah... you can go ahead and shut up now. Thanks...

[Steelrat]

Animal, please take it down a notch. Saying the people who use macro are "all trendy baggy pants wearing retards that listen to Korn and follow every other trend out there because "all the cool kids do it", you're also the reason The Real World is still on the air" is out of line, and you deserved to get taken to task for that.

Lets just voice our personal preferences and leave it at that. Saying someone else is a moron for choosing SS/macro is unnecessary.

That having been said, I use parker parflex. No problems yet. I'd also use SS if I had it, I just happened to get the parker with a used marker, and just stuck with it. All macro is not created equal.

[cphilip]

Well I hate to spoil ya'lls fun but I have used good quality (parker paraflex) for a long time without ANY problems. I also like SS line too. But one person comes on here every so often with a horror story and everyone gets all up in arms. Its not like no ones or for that matter hundreds of no ones have used it for YEARS without problems. Lets not get into histerics over one report. Go with what you know. Let it go. One bad experience is not something you need to become an advocate over. Think of it like sex. You not gonna give it up cause one person says it stinks?

[nippinout]

Originally posted by cphilip
Go with what you know. Let it go. One bad experience is not something you need to become an advocate over. Think of it like sex. You not gonna give it up cause one person says it stinks?

cphilip, sex can stink depending on what parts go where.

Parker tubing is good stuff though.

[f3rr3+]

1. when are we gonna see the wound... ( that will be the deciding factor on whether or not i use SS or macro)

2. but really not all of us can afford SS. macro is like 3 bucks per metric ton... i cant affor SS so i use macro. (period, incase you didnt see it)

[SG Avenger]

I had a nightmare last night. I had my Mag out, but it was a different setup, it had like a small black macroline fitting going from the back of the velocity adjuster to where the air input normaly is..

I gassed it up, and it was fine, I touched the line to make sure it was seated, and then it started leaking air really bad. Then It started to implode on itself and my whole gun folded in on itself until it dissapeared... Nooooooooo!! [grin] It was odd.

[Gadget]

I've used both and do find macro more convenient for getting things neat + tidy.

I've never had a problem with my Parker Parflex, no bursts or leaks....however even Parker isn't actually rated for the job - mine has 'W.P 500PSI' printed down the side.

[Pete02019]

*Industry wide misuse (?)*

Macroline is probably OK for "low pressure" markers. Not for the typical 850 psi stuff. Sure it works (as demonstrated daily) but ... you're "walking an edge."

32 degrees may have crap stock, but you *GOT* to figure out who manufactures the tubing they stock and not buy that crap. Heck ... It could even be Parker thermoplastic tubing. As a matter of fact, none of Parker's thermo plastic tubing (in the diameters we are talking about) have *operating pressures* at >850 psi. I'll admit, a few have *burst* pressures arounf 1000 psi, but not many. I could be wrong ... you find one ... you let me know. I'll check my Parker catalog :)

Tippman Pro-ams/Prolites had a rigid thermoplastic tube comprising its trigger guard. It was no wear near as flexible as Macro/Micro line, *but* I've never heard of it blowing (they also protected it from abrasion w/ a loose spring coil)

Now Parker's Polyflex(tm) ... that's a different story! That stuff is multilayerd & reinfoced with (nylon?) braid. I'd try that!! I'm just wondering how the push-to-connect fittings will wear the outer layer.

[Pete02019]

Oh yeah ...

Keep the thermoplastic tubing out of the sun. the added heat drops its ability to keep in the pressure.

As Tunaman stated in another (tech) post, '... put a towel on it'