Empire Reloader B review

[No sKiLLz]

Originally posted by Blennidae
A couple questions on the sound activated aspect.

If you end up having to share a bunker with someone, would their shooting set it off?

If it's a Tippman A-5 with an Evil Pipe kit, possibly.
J/K. The only external stimulation that got it to rotate was flicking the hopper shell, and it had to be flicked hard. The mic is in the feedneck so it doesn't catch on to what going on outside.

What about the balls bouncing in the hopper while you run? Is that enough noise to set it off?

Yes. Bouncing paint will activate the hopper, so run fast.

Is it as "noisy" when loading as a Halo B?
Yes. Everything except for the speed settings and mode of activation are identical. Even the crappy shells.

[No sKiLLz]

Thanks Torbo. Saves me the trouble.

And Halliday, I appreciate your appreciation. Same goes to Leatherpants and RoadDawg.

[Reaver]

heh this thread getting better thanks for hte review NoSkillz if they fix the primeing deal id pick one up.

[Bulldog]

Good review, I've been thinking about getting one of these myself. I like my HaloB and all, but it does have it's issues, and I kind of feel like it's the lesser of evils right now. Mine also took the trip to Odyssey, after I'd only had it for a few months. With the different speeds, I'm wondering how this would work on some of the older model Angels that have Halo issues? I'm thinking pretty good.

[rdb123]

The only bad thing I found about these Reloader B's is that if you don't reload while you still have balls in your feedneck, and also assuming your gun has eyes on, your gun won't fire since there is no ball present, but also the hopper won't feed because it doesn't detect the vibration from the gun firing.

In order to fix this, you have to take about 5 seconds to manually crank the rip drive.

[DementedRabbit]

Man, between the internals issues with the Halo and the garbagey taped-up Evo 2 shells I see every week, it makes me want to stick to my revy. Maybe the Apache will be a good compromise.

[Chris42050]

Originally posted by DementedRabbit
Man, between the internals issues with the Halo and the garbagey taped-up Evo 2 shells I see every week, it makes me want to stick to my revy. Maybe the Apache will be a good compromise.

Yeah my egg is cracked bad and the lid broke. Was playin this weekend with AOsoCal and had the lid taped on. No good for reloads. I dont know what hopper to get yet, but I dont think I will go back to a revy. I was kinda thinkin the apache also.
BTW thanks for the reveiw No skillz. I dont know what these 10 year olds were doin here, but Im glad the thread got back to the review. Almost didnt keep reading cause of that.

[rdb123]

Guys, remember the Reloader B won't feed if the board detects there is already spring tension. It's like a normal HALO but with sound activation. It ISN'T the same as a revvy with the reloader kit on it.

[No sKiLLz]

Originally posted by rdb123
The only bad thing I found about these Reloader B's is that if you don't reload while you still have balls in your feedneck, and also assuming your gun has eyes on, your gun won't fire since there is no ball present, but also the hopper won't feed because it doesn't detect the vibration from the gun firing.

In order to fix this, you have to take about 5 seconds to manually crank the rip drive.

Well. I was going to bring that up but I figured it wasn't important because you should probably reload at that point. But if there are a few balls at the front that haven't made it down the feed neck and you want the cups help, you can always shake it.

NP Chris. Glad you and your friends could make it out this last weekend.

[RRfireblade]

I may have missed it,but what's the difference in cost and who has them for sale currently? If you don't mind.:)

[No sKiLLz]

Most places I see are selling them for $150. They come standard with the rip drive, so in comparison to a halo with the rip it's about $10-$12 more. I'll make a plug for my friends shop. You can order one here...

http://1shotpaintball.com/2004/contact_us.php

But you have to call since they haven't updated their site yet. If you drop my name you might get a couple bucks off.

[UTDragun]

ive had my halo with v35 and rip for many many many months, never had a problem with it except one time after i cleaned it, i didnt get the wires pushed all the way in the board so the green light sometimes doesnt work but the red one does, however, it still works awesome. i did have a problem once with double feeding, but it was b/c my couple of years old ball detent was almost non existant. i love the victory board, you have 6 different speeds, and u can use the lowest one to save battery life if your shooting something slow

One of my teamates uses an reloader b, ive used it a bunch too, it does seem to activate slower compared to my halo. ive sometimes chopped the second ball, sometimes 3rd, but once it starts load its as fast as a normal zcode halo.

Ive never had a problem with my halo's eyes... even with dark brown paint, and paint busted in the feedneck did slow it down a little, but it never stopped working

[deathstalker]

It's necromancy, I tell you!

[gc82000]

It's necromancy, I tell you!

[Duzzy]

Honestly, what is the point of resurrecting a thread that is a year old just to say you have no problems with your Halo?

Why not start a new thread and say, "I have this and this and it works wonderfully. Does anyone else use something different? And if so do you have any problems with it?"

I don't mean to be rude but I honestly cannot find a point to this.