So, how 'bout them ETEK's?

[Sam5992]

i dont have one, but a guy on my team does. Its pretty nice. He says its really easy to maintain, and it can take a beating pretty well. then theres the facts that its light fast, and for an ego, pretty cheap. Id say get it.

[going_home]

Full Boat

Why settle for an Ion when you can have a real Ego ?
It would be different if it was almost the same marker as an Ego but its not.
The real deal is not that much of a difference in money.
Dont buy an Ego-lite, get a real Ego, you wont be sorry you did.
The Ego is a way better marker than the Etek.

[lather]

Why settle for an Ion when you can have a real Ego ?
It would be different if it was almost the same marker as an Ego but its not.
The real deal is not that much of a difference in money.
Dont buy an Ego-lite, get a real Ego, you wont be sorry you did.
The Ego is a way better marker than the Etek.

An Ego is not way better than an Etek. After shooting both, I honestly cant tell the difference between the two.

a little slower maybe (if it makes any difference), no QEV's, but an Etek is a simpler design, less hosing--less chance of leakage and hosing issues.

Ego is to Etek like DM6 is to PM6. :)

[11 Bravo]

^^^^ Yeh if your shooting under 20 bps your not going to see a difference in speed. Supposedly the E-Tek is only one or two bps slower than the Ego. A lot of people have said that the E-Tek has less kick than the Ego, because it doesnt have the qevs. This provides a cusion.

I think all Ego owners and former owners talk down the E-Tek. I believe its that they are jealous of the fact that they spent all that money and have nothing to show for it compared to the "Ego Lite".
You should have seen the E-tek forum on Pbn about a month ago. The only people on all of pbn to bash the E-Tek was the Ego owners. You wouldnt see anyone from the other forums coming in there bashing. It was just the Ego guys.

[mobsterboy]

^^^^ Yeh if your shooting under 20 bps your not going to see a difference in speed. Supposedly the E-Tek is only one or two bps slower than the Ego. A lot of people have said that the E-Tek has less kick than the Ego, because it doesnt have the qevs. This provides a cusion.

I think all Ego owners and former owners talk down the E-Tek. I believe its that they are jealous of the fact that they spent all that money and have nothing to show for it compared to the "Ego Lite".
You should have seen the E-tek forum on Pbn about a month ago. The only people on all of pbn to bash the E-Tek was the Ego owners. You wouldnt see anyone from the other forums coming in there bashing. It was just the Ego guys.

maybe they were jealous and let their "egos" get too big about their ego's...

[Pneumagger]

$.02

Honestly, the ego and etek are pretty much the same marker. Plus, when you throw in an aftermarket board in a few months... it's rip as hard as any ego. And when I shot that '05 ego at splat that one day... It just plain ripped.

What do the eteks retail for? Personally, I would pick up just about any marker used rather than new. A clean well shooting used marker will be about 60% of the retail if you look hard enough. Some people say that the principal of buying a used marker can be questionable because of previous wear and use making it not as reliable as the new one. But honestly... If a few month old $600+ dollar gun has questionable reliability after 5 cases of paint, is it worth buying new to begin with plus having to break it in yourself?

My pneumag was made from nearly 100% new parts pieced together and was very $$$ to do so. If I could do it again... You can bet your butt I woulda went the used parts route. If I were to sell off that gun... I'd be just a tad over breaking even. So ultimately, I suggest buying used from PBN or something. Plus it might even have a few ups and worst that could happen is an oring/noid/or board failure. Even then replacing a bad part or two would be cheaper than buying retail.

Think of a Borg as more of a stacked tube Viking.

I found this post extremely helpful in this thread

[going_home]

Huh ?

^^^^ Yeh if your shooting under 20 bps your not going to see a difference in speed. Supposedly the E-Tek is only one or two bps slower than the Ego. A lot of people have said that the E-Tek has less kick than the Ego, because it doesnt have the qevs. This provides a cusion.

I think all Ego owners and former owners talk down the E-Tek. I believe its that they are jealous of the fact that they spent all that money and have nothing to show for it compared to the "Ego Lite".
You should have seen the E-tek forum on Pbn about a month ago. The only people on all of pbn to bash the E-Tek was the Ego owners. You wouldnt see anyone from the other forums coming in there bashing. It was just the Ego guys.

The only way anyone could say the Etek and the Ego are the same marker is if they have never compared them.
Its like comparing a Maseratti and a Yugo. Well maybe not quite that bad but close.
The Ego comes with all the bells and whistles, the Etek not only doesnt come with the bells and whistles, you cant even upgrade and get them.
So comparing the Etek to an Ion was my mistake, at least the Ion has boo coo upgrades.
If the prospective buyer is only looking at price he will get the Etek.
If he compares apples to apples, features and lack of features, he will get the Ego.
And that my friends is the rest of the story.

[11 Bravo]

I didnt say that they were the same. I will say that the E-Tek is a better gun for the money. What do you get for spending that extra what 5 or 6 hundred dollars? Qev s. Wow wee


Oh and thanks for proving my point.

[going_home]

lower lower

I didnt say that they were the same. I will say that the E-Tek is a better gun for the money. What do you get for spending that extra what 5 or 6 hundred dollars? Qev s. Wow wee


Oh and thanks for proving my point.

No the point is the Ego is 250.00 more.
Not worth fooling with the Etek for the price difference.
Planet Eclipse just plain got greedy and screwed up pricing the Eteks at 750.00.
Lets face it, its a decent marker at 500.00 but its overpriced at 750.00.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-new-in-the...QQcmdZViewItem

Oh and a previous poster said they were the same, which they arent even close to being the same.
The Ego is twice the marker the Etek is.

[kruger]

I would really appreciate it if you define "twice the marker"

The main differences between the two are: No QEV, no display, No Hall switch. To me, and this is just my opinion, the lack of those items do not make half the gun. Just what is it that you think makes a gun? Is a Proto half of a DM? Is an Emag half of an Xmag? It seems to me that this is the same. Also, you say "just 200$ more" 200 bucks is not that much to me, but it is a heck of a lot of money to a lot of other people.

I am just curious as to how you arrived at this conclusion

[11 Bravo]

He was and maybe still is an Ego owner and he cant stand it.

[kruger]

OH, and now the "plot thickens" I understand a bit more about how to read his posts.

[going_home]

Not so fast Penrod

He was and maybe still is an Ego owner and he cant stand it.

LOL. I had an 06 Ego. Got rid of it when I got the Xmod on the Emag.
I'm all mags now except for the pumps.
Get the Etek I dont care. The first post asked a question and I answered it.
You didnt like my answer. But its the truth anyhow nonetheless.
The Etek board is half the board the Ego has. Thats a fact.
And lets look at the Star trigger frame versus .... what ?
Etek-break beam eye (yes eye singular) , Ego- BBSS Break Beam low profile breech Sensor System .
I could go on and on but you guys can read cant you ???
I suppose I could copy all the info on both markers from PlanetEclipse.com but
would you guys really care ?
Do what you want, buy the one you want.
Say what you want too, but there are some MAJOR differences in the two markers.
There is a reason the Etek is less money.
Good luck on whichever one you get.
I would say if you asked me, get an Emag with all of Tunamans upgrades and then get the
Xmod software, and forget the Etek and the Ego.
Goodnight Gracie.

[11 Bravo]

^^^^^^^^ TOOOOO mutch CAFFEINE.

IF you have shot both you would see (if honest) that they shoot the same. So all those things that you listed are either overkill or just fancy bells and whistles to drain your wallet.
Its not that I didnt like your answer its just that I felt I had to point out that your WRONG.

[lather]

An Sl66 is 2.432 times better than an 06 EGO.....