Teach an old dog about new paint

[RT Old School]

Back in my glory days of paintballing my friends and I all used RPS Marballizer. It was (it seemed) the best quality paint at the time. We paid a premium for it but it was worth it because less breaks meant more time in the field rather than sitting out with paper towels, q-tips and allen wrenches getting all the nooks and cranny's clean. I spent the last six years in the Navy where my playing opportunities were few and far between, so I am a bit out of the loop as to what brands have risen to the top. (And there does seem to be alot of new names) Now that I making an effort to get back in the swing of things, I am wondering if anyone can tell me what reliable brands of paint they use, and why. Or more importantly, what brands should I stay away from. I understand the whole bore/paint match concept, and have jumped onboard with a freak system. If you know a brand that I should stay the heck away from, lemme know. If Marballzer is still one of the better brands, lemme know that and I'll continue using it.

Many thanks.

[Rudz]

yup

marbalizer is still great paint..

[VFX_Fenix]

I'll second Marbs as still being top notch paint.

Other brands to consider-

Draxxus Midnight
Evil
Zap Chronic/Tork/Primer
XBall Silver/Bronze

The above have been good paint for me.

[1337caesar]

Draxxus Midnight and Evil are good but Marbs are my personal favorite. I also have had great luck with stinger, a brand of cheapo paint that shoots better thans balls twice as expensive, expect to pay ~$45 for a case

[Nate129]

XBall is some of the best paint I have used - and dollar-for-dollar I think THE best paint out there. I have shot most of the mainstream paint - and honestly I cannot justify spending ~$20 more per case than this stuff.

I have shot the Gold, Silver, and Bronze - unless you have to have a half-gold or half-silver shell, get the bronze.

XBall Bronze @ AV

[ThePixelGuru]

Marbs are still good. XBall Bronze is 2/3 the price, though, and at least as good. Gold is great for when it really counts. I use Bronze for rec/practice and Gold when I play a tourny.

[JKR]

I don't think that Marbs are quite as good as they used to be. Seems like RPS doesn't make any of it's paint as well as it used to. That said, it is still good paint. I also like Evil and Allstar paint as it seems to shoot pretty well. I have always stuck with RPS paints so I can't say how some of the newer stuff shoots.

[riooso]

Marbs used to be the best for accuracy, fill, and longevity. They then went to a paper shell and then they would bounce like crazy. Try Inferno and X-Ball gold you will like either one. They both have good accuracy, fill, shell, and longevity. All this is assuming that you have a Mag with a Level 10 bolt. These balls are smaller (0.683 or 84) so they carry a long ways and still break because the shell is brittle enough to break most of the time.

Rio Oso

[buzzboy]

Paint to get:
Evil
Midnight
Marbs
Higher Draxxus
Higher RPS

Not to get:
Blue Streak
Wild Streak

To get on a budget:
Monster Balls
Scorch

[geekwarrior]

rampage isnts bad...i get it for 35 a case

[RT Old School]

Thanks all for your inputs. It looks like there are a couple of brands that are on everybody's list of top quality paint. I appreciate your help!

[The_Leech]

I did enjoy Draxxus paint but I seem to really enjoy RPS for some reason too.

Do they make RPS anymore?

i think so, a field i go to only uses RPS and it has been pretty good compaired to toher field paint i have used.

[VFX_Fenix]

RPS was purchased by PMI a couple of years ago. After PMI's take-over of RPS they started selling discounted seconds and introduced a few new brands of paint (Shrapnel among others which have since gone the way of the Dodo).

Personally I haven't used any paint that PMI currently produces since their take-over of RPS (save Marbs). However Shrapnel and Flash were both acceptable for the price paid, Marbs as always were great.

Currently RPS/PMI Make
Evil - Midevil
Evil - Evil
PCS - Combat .68 (Cammo shelled paint)
Marbelizer
Premium
Rampage
Polar Ice
All Star

[bentothejam1n]

how many bounces (on players, not from the test) do you guys get from a case of bronze?
sorry it thats poorly worded

[MntlHazrd]

I agree that Stinger is a good brand for its price. Thus far every case i have opened i have not found a broken ball in a bag, have not had it break in my markers any and i have fed it through a Tippy 98, Spyder Compact and an Emag. Any breaks i have had with it was a result of the marker. Last is that there does not appear to be too much of a problem of them breaking on opponents.