OK, around 7pm last night, the noce fed ex man tossed an ion at my house. THe packaging is preety nice, a cardboard carrying case with cut to fit foam inserts, with some cool graphics on the box. The manual is just a plain old black and white printout handbook. Came with an ION barrel cover, as well as 3 allen keys and some spare orings. Did include a battery, but, was not installed aupon arrival
First impression- not bad, it is mostly plactic (internals are not, but, what you hold/see is) but, looks much better in person than in pics online, and feels as solid as any standard marker
performance out of box- aired it up, threw on my brothers egg (it is his marker) some left over evil for last weekends tourney, and shot it a lil. Fairly fast, but, not great (will elaborate on more in trigger review) no signifigant kick, no chrono avaliable, but, the shots were very tight. Fairly quiet, definately shoots better than any other $300 marker
specifics-
-plastic/rubber parts- For the most part it feels preety sturdy, and the body is quite scratch restistent, the only gripe o do have is the rubber sleve on the reg twists and dosent feel horribly solid when holding (after market reg recommended)
trigger- In my opinion, the biggest downfall of this marker thus far, it only had 2 adjustments, one which is on the trigger that adjusts post travel/length, and another which iis accessable by taking the grips off and putting an allen key through the frame below the trigger guard (hard to explain without showing). This second adjustment, adjusts the pre travel, BUT, it also adjust the magnet strength simultaneously, so, the shorter you make the pull, the heavier it gets, and if you get the pull to what i would concider a nice pull on a typical marker, it is quite heavy and hard to keep rythm on. I will be removint the magnets from the frame/trigger later today, should be nice then
edit- just got done taking the magnet out, alot nicer now, very light, not quite what i am used to but I am shue if i get used to it it will be as fast as any other trigger
board- Easy to use, two color LED's for programming, program by using the on/off and a button on the board itself, preety easy to do if you look at the manual.
firing modes- works as advertised, I have only shot it in semi mode (as i dont not intent to actually use it in any other mode, or let my lil brother use it in any other mode) but, have clicked the noid in other modes, rebound, is the same as shocker nerve, full auto and 3 round burst are self explanitory, and both capped at 10bps (semi and rebound are capped at 17)
size/weight- similar to that of a schocker.
eyes- They work well as far is i can tell so far, will try them out with a vl200 later on when i get more air
efficency- will report on once i take it out for a day of play, but, i had probalby 1200psi in my tank, which lasted for around, one pod of paint and 2 or 3 hoppers of V balls (only 100 rounds per hopper)
overall impression- not something you should drop your current marker for by any means if you already own a high end electro, but, if you are looking for a backup, or looking to get into the toureny scene, or jsut want a smaller, lighter, or faster marker, this looks like the best option by a long shot. Probably the best bang for the buck around.
Will have pics and vids up later.
First impression- not bad, it is mostly plactic (internals are not, but, what you hold/see is) but, looks much better in person than in pics online, and feels as solid as any standard marker
performance out of box- aired it up, threw on my brothers egg (it is his marker) some left over evil for last weekends tourney, and shot it a lil. Fairly fast, but, not great (will elaborate on more in trigger review) no signifigant kick, no chrono avaliable, but, the shots were very tight. Fairly quiet, definately shoots better than any other $300 marker
specifics-
-plastic/rubber parts- For the most part it feels preety sturdy, and the body is quite scratch restistent, the only gripe o do have is the rubber sleve on the reg twists and dosent feel horribly solid when holding (after market reg recommended)
trigger- In my opinion, the biggest downfall of this marker thus far, it only had 2 adjustments, one which is on the trigger that adjusts post travel/length, and another which iis accessable by taking the grips off and putting an allen key through the frame below the trigger guard (hard to explain without showing). This second adjustment, adjusts the pre travel, BUT, it also adjust the magnet strength simultaneously, so, the shorter you make the pull, the heavier it gets, and if you get the pull to what i would concider a nice pull on a typical marker, it is quite heavy and hard to keep rythm on. I will be removint the magnets from the frame/trigger later today, should be nice then
edit- just got done taking the magnet out, alot nicer now, very light, not quite what i am used to but I am shue if i get used to it it will be as fast as any other trigger
board- Easy to use, two color LED's for programming, program by using the on/off and a button on the board itself, preety easy to do if you look at the manual.
firing modes- works as advertised, I have only shot it in semi mode (as i dont not intent to actually use it in any other mode, or let my lil brother use it in any other mode) but, have clicked the noid in other modes, rebound, is the same as shocker nerve, full auto and 3 round burst are self explanitory, and both capped at 10bps (semi and rebound are capped at 17)
size/weight- similar to that of a schocker.
eyes- They work well as far is i can tell so far, will try them out with a vl200 later on when i get more air
efficency- will report on once i take it out for a day of play, but, i had probalby 1200psi in my tank, which lasted for around, one pod of paint and 2 or 3 hoppers of V balls (only 100 rounds per hopper)
overall impression- not something you should drop your current marker for by any means if you already own a high end electro, but, if you are looking for a backup, or looking to get into the toureny scene, or jsut want a smaller, lighter, or faster marker, this looks like the best option by a long shot. Probably the best bang for the buck around.
Will have pics and vids up later.
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