Crappy Paint

[FragTek]

RPS/PMI paint I have found is some good stuff. I really only shoot the Evil paint and the Polar Ice from RPS/PMI, but I have used Marballizer and what not, that was some good paint!

[robdamanii]

The marbs shoot incredibly well and have a very nice fill. Evil is very comperable though, and just a touch cheaper.

[FragTek]

I haven't found the need to spend over $65 / case on paint, so I stick with the Evil, as it has some of the thickest brightest fill of any paint on the market. Very happy with it!

They need to have Evil Winter paint for us cold climate players :) I guess Polar Ice will have to do for now!

[robdamanii]

You're in Virginia...we die up here in NY when we have a nice winter game.

The evil I find works better in my phantom, and the marbs work well in everything else (freak kits for all). On league days I'll go with marbs, but generally, I stick with evils. I'm pleased with them.

Bigballs will work too, especially if I want to be dirt cheap, but they are a little too variable.

[Sir_Brass]

Unless I can't help it, I refuse to use anything other than marbalizers. Simply the best darn paint in existance! I mean, they break easy on target, NOT in your barrel. heck, I've had one pinched by my bolt before, and the ball showed NO DENTS from the pinch. I went into the breech on the next load (had to turn up LPR, that was why it pinched) and it shot laser straight. Also, the stuff lasts for months. I kept and used a case gradually from september all the way through november, and in between weekends of play, the marbs would just sit there. Normal paint would've settled and gotten dimples, but the marbs stayed perfectly round!

Basically, I'm so impressed with marbs that I never want to use anything else ever again!

[FragTek]

Originally posted by robdamanii
Bigballs will work too, especially if I want to be dirt cheap, but they are a little too variable.

The last time I shot Big Balls they were junk, I don't think I would personally buy them again, they were different sized, looked a little too much like an oval than a spere, and had some dimples.... I wasn't too impressed.

[robdamanii]

Originally posted by Sir_Brass
Unless I can't help it, I refuse to use anything other than marbalizers. Simply the best darn paint in existance! I mean, they break easy on target, NOT in your barrel. heck, I've had one pinched by my bolt before, and the ball showed NO DENTS from the pinch. I went into the breech on the next load (had to turn up LPR, that was why it pinched) and it shot laser straight. Also, the stuff lasts for months. I kept and used a case gradually from september all the way through november, and in between weekends of play, the marbs would just sit there. Normal paint would've settled and gotten dimples, but the marbs stayed perfectly round!

Basically, I'm so impressed with marbs that I never want to use anything else ever again!

If you like the marbs, I highly recommend you try the Evils. They are very very good as well. Don't know about maintining their shape very well, but they do shoot darts, and they have nice characteristics.

[FragTek]

I like how the upper end RPS/PMI paint has more of the plastic shell than the softer gelatin shell.

I have not ONCE bought a case of Evil and had a single dimpled ball that I noticed, or a ball that looked like an egg. To me, they are just as good as the Marbalizer, possibly a tad better! Price aint everything when it comes to paint

[Sir_Brass]

I've tried the evils already. Good paint, but for some reason I just like the marbs ALOT better.

[FragTek]

We sell a lot of marbalizer back home at the shop. I am reluctant to buy paint around here for these outrageous prices when I'm used to being able to get 2 cases of Evil for $65... I just got my box of Polar Ice yesterday from back home, USPS did a decent job of not breaking any of my balls

Edit: USPS, not UPS.

[Sir_Brass]

I use and trust Priority through the USPS. I'll use UPS or FedEx (or FedWrecks, as some have put it) for gear, but for paint, I'd trust getting at the pro shop MUCH MORE than I would buying it online. But if I did get it online, I'd do my best to get it through Priority Mail, since they do a good job of treating their packages very well.

[FragTek]

Yeah, I typoed on that last post. It was shipped USPS Priority, that is mainly what my business uses for shipping anything, basically due to treatment issus, and very competitive pricing (except when you need to insure something). USPS insurance is outrageously crazy, I usually will use UPS for guns over $1000.

[Sir_Brass]

Actually, when I shipped my trunk out to Az. in August of last year, I found out that FedEx has the most competitive pricing when it comes to insurance. It only cost me about $30 more to insure up to $800!

[FragTek]

$30 MORE??? Thats outrageous! It only cost me like $9 extra to insure up to $1200 on a Lasoya Timmy someone bought from me through USPS.

And UPS is really really cheap for extra insurance... Last time I shipped with UPS it was $.10 for every $100 insured past the initial $100 that comes for free.

[punkerx1]

dont play at the paintball zone, go to extreme ..unless your into the whole woodsball type stuff. i almost always bring paint, i dont trust field paint most of the time, plus its alot mroe expensive.