Best temp for playing?

[nt2004]

I have not been playing paintball too often lately outdoors simply because the weather has been causing my mag to break paint in the barrel if i fire too fast. Now i know it is the cold out here in Illinios that is doing it because I tried my same setup this winter in an indoor field with the same paint and it didnt chop a ball. All winter, this problem has been frustrating me so i decided to stop for a while.

Lately the weather has been warming up(around mid 40's)and has been very sunny. I'm itching to start playing again but i'm still a bit worried. I love using evil which has a horrible problem with cold weather(breaks constantly in my freak)but is amazingin warmer weather. I know several types of paintballs become instantly crappy in cold weather and i hate that.

My question is what is the best temperature to play in(not talking about comfort)? What is the lowest temperature in which the paint will perform optimaly?

[BobTheCow]

A better option, instead of trying to command mother nature to fit your weekend schedule, might be to look into "Polar Ice" brand paint. It's got super-thick fill and shell, and it's designed specifically for cold-weather balling. Not too horrible of a price tag, either. Give it a try, paintball's not worth missing for the cold!!

[magsRus]

65-70 Degrees and a LIGHT breeze

[Python14]

MagsRus hit it right on the head. Actually, it can be even up into the upper 70s, but as long as there is a light breeze....everything is good.

[nt2004]

Originally posted by BobTheCow63
A better option, instead of trying to command mother nature to fit your weekend schedule, might be to look into "Polar Ice" brand paint. It's got super-thick fill and shell, and it's designed specifically for cold-weather balling. Not too horrible of a price tag, either. Give it a try, paintball's not worth missing for the cold!!

yeah i'm not sure about using polar ice. I've heard of it several times and i've heard if it isnt cold enough, they have a tendency not to break at all on impact. That would end up being the other extreme, i'd need to find cold enoguh days to play

[Annihilator44]

70-75 degrees light breeze HA ya that would be a perfect dreamworld playing in that all the time. I would say 50-60 degrees would be very comforatable and shouldnt be hard on your paint at all. The lowest would probably be 40 but thats pushing it. Highest i will play in is 90 damn after that it gets unbarable.

[StuDawggie]

45 to 75 with a light breeze. It's not too cold that it's unbearable to go in just a jersey, and not too hot for a jersey. But the snow is absolutley out of the question for me.

[nt2004]

Originally posted by Annihilator44
70-75 degrees light breeze HA ya that would be a perfect dreamworld playing in that all the time. I would say 50-60 degrees would be very comforatable and shouldnt be hard on your paint at all. The lowest would probably be 40 but thats pushing it. Highest i will play in is 90 damn after that it gets unbarable.

ha last year i spent about 4-5 hours playing in the sun on an airball field. It was about 98 degrees and high humidity. I played for about 4 games straight and about collapsed from dehydration. Paint worked okay though

[tony3]

I have played in 0*-95*, and have never had a problem with breaking paint in different weather I always use polar ice if I play outside in the winter though. My personal favorite temp is 55-60 no wind.

[jayloo]

If the paint shoots ok, you don't get frostbite and no good chance of a heat stroke....then it is perfect pball weather.

BTW, indoors is 100% perfect weather cept if the AC don't work.

[Pacifist_Farmer]

60 degrees F

the key is

less than 10 percent humidity

[skife]

I've played from -5 F to 90F

-5 sucks, We were using core paint, it didn't shoot too terriably bad because the fill is more like a gel than a liquid

[845]

65 no breeze 75 with breeze.

But right now i settle for anything above 50.

[coolcatpete]

Originally posted by magsRus
65-70 Degrees and a LIGHT breeze

I personally hate wind while playing because it definatly blows the balls a lttle.
Pete

[team unwanted]

70 is prefact and no wind at all