Why I won't be getting an Ion.

[Migz]

Okay I work at a high school and some of the students here know I play. Well I was talking to one of these students and over the week end he bought and Ion. Well to make a long story short he went to play and after 4 games his gun stopped working. Well for the rest of the day he used a Intimadator that another PPl lent him. What he desribed to me sound like his noid went out. Well he's not sure what's he going to do if he get his money back he's thinking of getting a B2k w/PDS.

[shartley]

[TheTramp]

Plus, one guy's day shouldn't be your only reason.

[AutomagRT1483]

I would not justify not getting one solely on the basis of a friend having a bad day. As Shartley said, guns just go down. No way to get around that.

[phantomhitman]

a $2394235098237598755!! marker can go down just as easy. Give them a chance, everyone around here is having good luck with them. Only one has had the internal hose slip off or pinch or something (I do not know how they work).

[dre1919]

I won't be getting one because me 2000 Angel LCD is the finest marker I've ever shot, so no other markers are needed.


But that's just me.

~dre

[yakitori]

prolly just a friggen battery. I love it when ppl have NO CLUE about an electro and blame the gun when it goes down. Keep a fresh battery. Noids usually dont just go out. All it would be if a noid went out is the apature seal is not any good, an oring needs to be changed, or a noid wire is damaged from manhandling or came unsoldered from the board.

Ill bet its a quickfix.

[WenULiVeUdiE]

Simply put, I have seen too many Ions have too many of these "days". Last time I played one guy's Ion would randomly not fire for a while. Middle of the game it simply would not shoot. There have been many other instances of this as well.

With that said, there have also been many Ions that have worked very well and their owners have experienced no problems.

[rkjunior303]

exactly.

how new was this ion?

sounds like a problem between the ground and the marker, to me.

[Migz]

He bought it brand new on Friday and used it saturday or sunday. Apparently his regulator was bad two. Which I've heard is a common problem.I think if I could get one dirt cheap I might get one but all my current markers I have, have all been very reliable and most fixs took no time to fix.

[Rick-USA]

I've always believed that your choice in a marker is a personal choice. However, I will state my opinion of the Ion.

I've owned one since April of this year. There have been probably on the order of 40 cases shot through it since that time. I have a tendency to loan it out to players at the field I frequent. I have had 1 major problem with the marker in that time period. I was, as my wife puts it, "jacking around" with it and broke off the barb on the solenoid. I phoned up Smart Parts and had a replacement board/solenoid assembly within 3 business days. Of course my lack of problems could be partly due to my maintenance regime. I tend to follow the guidelines from Smart Parts as far as lube etc.

I see on the order of 20 Ion's a weekend at the field I frequent. Of all those out there the majority of the problems come when somebody decides to learn about the inner workings and break something in the process. The major problem I've seen is a dead/low battery. Electro's are picky things when it comes to not being able to supply the required voltage/current to the working parts. The other problem I've seen is paint being pushed past the detents when using a Halo. This causes the marker to not fire at all because the eyes won't see the paint.

I can't speak of the 5 gazillion Ion's that are out there all being great out of the box. Like everything else that is manmade, it's not a matter of if it will break but rather when.

[Pha|anx]

Okay I work at a high school and some of the students here know I play. Well I was talking to one of these students and over the week end he bought and Ion. Well to make a long story short he went to play and after 4 games his gun stopped working. Well for the rest of the day he used a Intimadator that another PPl lent him. What he desribed to me sound like his noid went out. Well he's not sure what's he going to do if he get his money back he's thinking of getting a B2k w/PDS.

Umm--- Sounds like he set his HPR too high. Most likely the problem you described was user error. And don't we all know how to fix that?

[Lee]

i shot just shy of 6000 rounds through my ion last saturday. one chop, no other problems.

[Migz]

I don't know. I feel for the amount of money we pay for these things I just think that we shouldn't have as many problems as we have. I mean how discoraging is it when you buy a new gun, car, anything, and it breaks right after you just bought it. It doesn't exactly inspire consumer confidence in you product does it.

[Pha|anx]

I feel for the amount of money we pay for these things

Uhh--- Are you talking about the Ion still? It may have a retail of $300. But they can be had for $220-$240 BNIB. And seriously what do you expect for that much? Is a $20,000 economy car going to perform anywhere near as nice as a $200,000 Enzo?