New vs. Used E-mags?

[Skoad]

just a tip if you go used: don't believe the "shot counts" on the screen and think that its brand new. When I owned an emag it probably reset its shot counter a half dozen times. Not exactly sure when it did it, maybe when you charge the battery and it has no physical memory onboard. I always see people selling the first run emags, nice and beat up and say 'oh its only got 234 shots on the counter!'.

[SniperSmurf]

just a tip if you go used: don't believe the "shot counts" on the screen and think that its brand new. I always see people selling the first run emags, nice and beat up and say 'oh its only got 234 shots on the counter!'.

Good tip, thanks!
I'm still trying to make my way through that "Official DevilMag" thread... Man, that thing's long!

[athomas]

Emags hold up very well. Mine is almost 6 years old and still my favorite gun. It still works like a charm. I use it all year round. I expect it has well over 100000 balls fired from it, not counting the dry fires. The battery is showing signs of getting weak, but that is expected after this age. I had the battery reconditioned and it brought it back to 80% capacity. Other than that only a few minor parts have worn out, such as sear, bolt springs, regulator piston assembly, and the odd oring. They are wearable parts so that is expected anyway. I could probably sell my emag for near what I paid for it, when I bought it used many years ago.

[Temujin]

Still a Mag user....

I have an E-Tac, 2 X-mags, and an E-Chord. I won' tbe getting rid of these anytime soon. They've been very reliable for me. I did do some customizations and with every change you have to retune and set everything, but once that's done it's pretty reliable. As for the inability to have cheater modes. I've gone through the trouble of dropping in a predator board for two of these and getting a break beam eye installed for my E-Tac. I have 3 mags on back up, but never get a chance to use them seeing as is that my E-Tac never fails me. It's the only paintball marker than can switch to mechanical if ever your electronics fail you or battery dies, but that almost never happens since I always charge my battery before game day. Everyone else I now has moved on to Shockers, Angels, and Ions. Let's just say I always make it out on to the field, while the other without fail still constantly have issues with their guns every time we go out to play. They've gotten their stuff tuned from master techs and they're still having intermittent problems. I suppose if they had gotten to know their guns really well they could troubleshoot their markers better, but I've got to say the the other guns out theres are a little more complicated than the mag to learn. I know mine well enough to fix 90% of any conceivable problem. Most of it is already worked out in the break in period anyway. The positions of where the hybrid selector switch and on/off for the X-Mag could do with a re-position because I tend to toggle them accidently, maybe because I'm a lefty, but it happens. But a quick switch to mechanical in mid game is the quick fix and you can take a look at the problem later off field. Nothing is worse than having to walk out of a game because your marker is dead in the water. It'll never happen on the mag, well if you're out of air of course. The mags do tend to use more air than something like the Angel, but you've got a lot of pros to balance that out.