Which powered hopper for my Cocker?

[m20power]

Hey there.
I have a 2002 vertical feed auto cocker with an ANS front block, Custom Delrin bolt (its designed after the bonebrake bolt), Hinge trigger, Air america nitrogen system, and a few other things.
I am looking at getting a powered hopper so I can stop borrowing them or having to do the rattle shake with my non powered one. I have used the 12 volt revy and the new evolution 2 egg loader. I like the evolution 2 but some people told me you get problems with balls getting pinched and having to worry if the batteries run low. Should I stick with those or are the rickochets or halos worth using?

Thanks for the help, Im sure I can find it in search but i wanted to check to make sure the hopper would work well with my marker. thanks.

[ramennoodles]

i am a hardcore evo II fan but that is just one mans opinion.

[UltimatePaintballer]

evo 2 with zboard

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

i like revies

[tony3]

ya, zboard on a cocker, defineitly useful

[louie]

Since it's mech, you should just stick to a 12V revolution. If you're planning on getting something faster in the future, you could think about the HALO or Egg2 w/Zboard.

[Torbo]

empire reloader

[chizle97]

Myself im a fan of richochetes. The Ak especialy. Its cheap, and it keeps uf with my hyperframed mag(i think about 10 BPS). also i dont know much about cockers but isnt it really hard to pull the BPS that would warent a halo or an egg. i dunno.

[m20power]

I just started reading reviews on the new empire loaders. They look pretty nice and a good price as well. I know some people who have their barrel systems and love them.
How does the loader compare to a 12 volt revy?

[LeatherPants]

SInce it's mechanical I would recommend either a Revi or Empire Reloader.

The Evo II w/ Z board or the Halo B would be overkill.

[boggerman]

I run an Empire Reloader on my '03 cocker with good results. I have only been able to outshoot it during really long strings at whatever my max bps is. Plus, you gotta like the price, I picked up a brand new one on ebay for like $40.

[G-Rock]

I was using a ricochet on my cocker and was outshooting it, and then used a Xboard revy for awhile and had the same problem. I bought a EvoII , before the Y-boards were put in them and had no problems.

I wold recommend a EvoII.

Chris

[MarkM]

Mechanical or not...the feed rate of the hopper isn't the issue...having a ball ready to be fire IS the issue, go with a Halo, I have both a Halo and Evo II with Z board and I have found I still got gaps in the string with the Evo II but then regardless of what board is installed it is still a gravity fed hopper, it does have a pulse after it senses a ball (Z-board) that could be construed as a tensioning of the ball stack, but it will always be and remain a gravity fed hopper the Halo IS force feed and with the Bolt arrangement of a 'cocker then double feeding will not be a problem.

[spyxtra]

get either the reloader or the revi. the reloader is a better buy since it is a sound activated loader so that you always have a ball load when ever you shoot but if you can afford to get an egg definatly get it

[pito189]

Originally posted by MarkM
Mechanical or not...the feed rate of the hopper isn't the issue...having a ball ready to be fire IS the issue, go with a Halo, I have both a Halo and Evo II with Z board and I have found I still got gaps in the string with the Evo II but then regardless of what board is installed it is still a gravity fed hopper, it does have a pulse after it senses a ball (Z-board) that could be construed as a tensioning of the ball stack, but it will always be and remain a gravity fed hopper the Halo IS force feed and with the Bolt arrangement of a 'cocker then double feeding will not be a problem.

I second that, and agree totally.