Talk me out of an emag.

[MicroMiniMe]

What other marker can you toss in the ocean and pull it out and still fire?
Indoor, outdoor, hot, cold, freezing... the Emag will not let you down. It can sit in the closet for months on end and you can toss it in the gear bag and go play.
Full speed of an electro with the backup mech and sweetspot ability. And I know you have Dynaflows to get it nice and reactive. What better use for such a great HPA as well.
And the cost has lowered for used you can toss on a custum rail/body and new ano.

[BlackWeenie]

if you really dont want to upgrade for a while, go for something that has all that you would ever need-speed, efficiency, good ACE, light, easy maintenance, low profile....

i too would also recommend an alias/abomb/dark/whatever timmy or one a dm5/4. i had an emag, and to be honest i hated it. it had none of the characteristics that i was looking for (the ones above) except for easy mainenance. i since have gotten a private label shocker (nasty) and have never looked back. its a great gun, but im not going to recommend it, because im going to get flamed by all the haters here...

[Steelrat]

What other marker can you toss in the ocean and pull it out and still fire?
Indoor, outdoor, hot, cold, freezing... the Emag will not let you down. It can sit in the closet for months on end and you can toss it in the gear bag and go play.
Full speed of an electro with the backup mech and sweetspot ability. And I know you have Dynaflows to get it nice and reactive. What better use for such a great HPA as well.
And the cost has lowered for used you can toss on a custum rail/body and new ano.

How about this. An AKA tech immersed a viking in water, and it continued to fire for several minutes until the ram tube filled up with water.

[teufelhunden]

i disagree teufelhunden.
nearly every paintball marker over 900 dollars perform nearly the same. after you spend that much its nearly all preference. they all shoot at disgusting rates of fire, they're all consistent, they're all accurate depending on your barrel and paint and theyre at least moderately consistent.
if you want to be different than all those fad guns that everyone and their dog plays with, get an xmag/emag. they're smaller than an alias/dm4-5, more reliable, and just as accurate. and if you don't like the standard mouseclick trigger pull then you can just go in hybrid mode and go insane, and if you don't like that either, just take out the battery and go manual. what more could you want?
wow, i wish i was paying an extra $300 for a board that goes 30 bps or whatever, especially since i'll only probably realistically reach 15bps consistently and especially when the only loader capable of reaching 30bps plus is the Q-loader, and we all see how many of those are around......
if you want staying power, i'd probably get a mag. mags have been around for almost 15 years, and it doesn't show too many signs of disappearing. the design is simple, reliable and proven. its not uncommon to hear of people taking 7 yearold mags out of a closet and going straight to the field with no problems. do that with a dm4.....
i'm not saying that dm4's and alias' and timmies are bad. they're not, they're great and very popular for a reason, i'm just saying that for staying power and a marker that won't let you down for years, a mag is probably a little bit of a smarter choice.

Problem with E/X-Mags lies in two things: 1) Efficiency. Need to carry a bigger tank for the same amount of shots, and 2) All the public software blows. 4.0 was quick, but it was never officially released and it never will be.

[White_Noise]

How about this. An AKA tech immersed a viking in water, and it continued to fire for several minutes until the ram tube filled up with water.

it may be able to do that, but can it pass the U.S military sand test?


didnt think so

edit: not to talk smack about aka though, cause a viking or an excal is the only other high end marker i would take besides my mags

[ilikePB]

The few E Mags I've shot didn't compare with guns the likes of DM4/5, Timmy, Trix, Viking, Shocker, etc in terms of ease of shooting fast and low kick. I really do not understand what is so great about them other than the fact that they are tough. All guns will last a long time if maintaned correctly. Who cares if you can put it underwater. I'm not going to put my Shocker underwater so it doesn't matter.

[White_Noise]

The few E Mags I've shot didn't compare with guns the likes of DM4/5, Timmy, Trix, Viking, Shocker, etc in terms of ease of shooting fast and low kick. I really do not understand what is so great about them other than the fact that they are tough. All guns will last a long time if maintaned correctly. Who cares if you can put it underwater. I'm not going to put my Shocker underwater so it doesn't matter.

look at all the problems that people have at Mardi Gras with their uber fast electros,

[ilikePB]

Never been to Mardi Gras so I wouldn't know. However, here at the Cup in Orlando Dynasty and Philly Americans didn't seem to have any problems waisting every team with their Shockers.

[Steelrat]

it may be able to do that, but can it pass the U.S military sand test?


didnt think so

edit: not to talk smack about aka though, cause a viking or an excal is the only other high end marker i would take besides my mags

LOL, hey man, I like the mags too. I owned 3 X-mags and 2 emags. But my mags couldnt even pass the take-it-out-for-a-day-of-play-without-breaking test. I think I just have the touch-o-death when it comes to mags, but every one of mine had something go wrong with it, forcing me to use my AKA markers to finish the day. The only guns that NEVER let me down have been my vikings and excals. Other mag shooters I know seem to have very few problems, so I think it may just be me.

[ilikePB]

LOL, hey man, I like the mags too. I owned 3 X-mags and 2 emags. But my mags couldnt even pass the take-it-out-for-a-day-of-play-without-breaking test. I think I just have the touch-o-death when it comes to mags, but every one of mine had something go wrong with it, forcing me to use my AKA markers to finish the day. The only guns that NEVER let me down have been my vikings and excals. Other mag shooters I know seem to have very few problems, so I think it may just be me.

It's not just you, quite a while back I had a Mag and had many probs, deffinately not normal for a mag. I also had great success with a Viking. I had a nice 03 Viking for a while and loved it. I say go with what you like. Although I suck at shooting a E Mag fast, apperantly some people can shoot them fast, they also seem to me to have a larger than normal amount of kick compared to other high end guns. But it's mostly preference in these types of decisions.

[Duzzy]

Seeing as how E-mags have been discontinued they don't really have any staying power do they?

I'm not saying, I'm just saying.

I just bought a new E-mag 2 weeks ago, I don't think they have been discontinued...

http://store.airgun.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=catalog.catalog&categoryID=86

[ilikePB]

I just bought a new E-mag 2 weeks ago, I don't think they have been discontinued...

http://store.airgun.com/index.cfm?fu...&categoryID=86

They have been discontinued. They just haven't sold all the ones they've made yet.

[dahoeb]

this is for anyone that thinks that the public software blows.
just out of curiosity, what does a circuit board have to do with how fast you pull the trigger? i mean, sure the board might say its capable of 30bps, but so what, its not gonna make your fingers move faster. the x-emags, regardless of software all have the same resistance and everything, the same magnets repelling and what not. and its all activated at whatever you decide to set it at since the trigger is adjustable.
and in other electros that use microswitches, the only way those seem like they'd be faster is if you adjust the microswitch or the trigger itself, if the trigger isn't adjustable already. aside from ramping or some other cheater board i don't see how it could the board would matter. but if i'm wrong, let me know cause i'm just wondering

[adt501]

as much as i like mags, if i could only have one gun for the rest of my playing years, it would be.......















a finely tuned cocker

[player4]

Why won't they make more? I thought that the Smart Parts issue was over.