Got my Q-Loader today.....

[orpheos]

Well, got to play with the qloader today. I had it mounted under the barrel and was suprised at how comfy it actually was. Haven't tried airball, but did play alot of hyperball and speedball and it was fine. People did mention that it was a pain to hit me cause I had pretty much no exposed profile. I do think I'd like 2-3 more pods to take out to a game with me to swap out between sets. We were playing with the loader Friday night and made this video. Fun stuff!

Apache vs QLoader on a Viking

[Jack & Coke]

Thanks for the video!

but I gotta say... paint flying back at you and no eye protection?

Did you notice yourself reloading more often due to the smaller capacity of Q-loader?

As a test, you should set your Viking to debounce 1, and get your viking to trigger to bounce. There's been a couple poor quality videos floating around that claim the Viking can cycle 40+ cps. Since the q-loader can feed faster than that, I think it would be GREAT to see what happens!

[The Deacon]

Hey Jack, maybe you can teach me the lil mag at 32 cps trick and I can get some Q carnage on tape for you...

[orpheos]

True true. Bad influence. I'll make sure the girlfriend spanks me later. There was some paint flying back our way, only splatter. Probably cause we had put so much paint into the shooting box 50 feet away. I have no idea how to figure out how many shots per second we were getting. We did have the debounce set to 1 which is nuts. I guess we could time how long it takes to empty the whole pod?

I do think I was reloading more than I would have normally reloaded. But then the whole day I never took a hopper hit. The only two times I was eliminated the whole day was when I took a chance and ran through a big open area. I did get a horrible bounce off the top of my head though!

(I'll wear my goggles for the next vid)

[MMM]

What Orpheos didn't mention that although the debounce was set to 1 Brennan was shooting it and he's got to be the slowest shooter out of all of us (sorry honey). They should have had Julio shoot with the q-loader and the apache so that it would be a better comparison. I'm sure it wouldn't take a whole lot of arm twisting to get a reshoot.

[Jack & Coke]

sweet!

[Brennan]

True.

I am definitely not the one to be testing the upper speed limits on paintball gear.

Yet I still manage shoot out the kids with their cute little timmy-toys...




B.

[ERut]

I guess I'm still not clear on the mechanics of the Q loader. How does it funnel the paint into the spinning thing at the top? Are the balls in a spiral sort of thing all the way down the tube, which is why its a pain to load the pods?

Edit: it looks like they're coming out with a mounting bracket similar to the warp bracket. no pictures yet though.

[MMM]

Yes, exactly. You must 'wind' the pods full. The kit comees with a backpack like thing with a tube attached and a winder at the end. It's the unwinding that forces the ball out of the pod. Hence the adjustability by having a tighter or loser wind.

[Bad_Knees]

It's all good...

Brennan,

It's ok I'm probably no faster than you are

BK

[hostage]

hrmm all I need now is a damn revy inside of the qloader's loading device, it still shake and bake for that hehe.
-Doron

[orpheos]

I hear you on that hostage. Its definately a two person job. I can do it solo but I look like a chimpanzee jumping around trying to shake it while winding and holding with my hands. Pretty funny site I'd have to imagine. I spoke with Kirk at the Las Vegas tourney, and he mentioned they were going to design a better loader. If any one else in Socal wants some pods. Let me or yaddatrance know. I think we may do a bulk order.

[orpheos]

Here's another good thread over at PB Nation.

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=407034&perpage=21&pagenumber=9

[GoatBoy]

That thread is so funny; I like the one where the kid claims to have one before they've even shipped.

The amazing FUD campaign against this product just boggles the mind. It's like our sport is dominated by mindless zombies.

[Lohman446]

Hostage, love the idea you have

What happens if you take your mount and flip it over, then repostion the bracket to the top of the moutn, and reverse the q-loader, what Im looking to do when I get mine. Basically so the head of the q-laoder is alongside or just in front of the battery. Does it put the back past the tank... Curious on this, I know Im going to have to lower the gun to reload, but reloads should be quick, and I play front so reloadign while shooting is not realistic anyways.

Have a q-laoder on its way, just going to toy with it