i haven’t had a problem with my azodin blitz but that doesn’t mean it’s not T R A S H. it is very trash and i wouldn’t recommend, ESPECIALLY if you’re a beginner.
@@ourBrainF00D Me too! It's all down to the decision of the creator to make a video that some people like... and some people wont. So much complaining!
you are actually wrong.. getting the right mask and a consistent gun is crucial.. it doesn't matter if the gun is 200 or a grand if it shoots in a pattern you can learn then if you get a shit mask and it fogs you are f###ed
My 15 dollar mask fogs up less than my v force grills ($100 mask). But the purchase was still worth it because now I i'm wearing something that's actually comfortable on my face.
The first semi-auto paintball marker I ever got when I first started playing paintball YEARS ago was a Brass Eagle Avenger from Walmart (was a gift from my cousin, uncle, an aunt). It was a upgrade from the cheap $30 pump gun I had. Well I ran that brass eagle avenger for a good 5+ years before the air line got bent. Couldn't fix it because the airline was made a certain way and no replacement parts. I took care of your stuff no matter how cheap it is than it should last a long time.
Crazy how this logic translate to nearly everything, maintain and care for your stuff, it will last a long time. I'm extremely proud to say things like Ive had the same soldering tip I bought 10 years ago with maybe 300 hrs of hot time.
Funny, black dragun was my first tourney gun back in the day, 15 years later my gf uses it every weekend and absolutely loves it. I just bought her another one because she loves them so much
Im rocking the mini gs with a ltr hopper and a carbon 14" barrel, and im not disappointed at all. Played my first nxl tournament last weekend, that thing shot straight and true. Love it!
I'm just now watching this and I got a 98 Custom, I 100% AGREE with how well it has helped on learning to play paintball. Then after 3 years I finally found a RSX and a Spire for $500 that I've been running for a year now. Patience is key.
My modified Cronus has been with me since I started playing paintball and it will still stick around with me even after I plan to buy a First Strike T15. :)
Years ago I bought a Black Dragon 2.0 for $199 new and it ended up being my favorite out of a multiple shockers, 2 autocockers, and a smart parts impulse. I have the Dye Rize now and still miss my old BD.
I got a 7 year old used Tippmann 98 custom from Craigslist a year or 2 ago for $75. Works like new and all it needed was a ball latch, some oil, and a screw or 2 replaced.
@Jimmie Hogge that's a marker that will last forever. Bought one used a year or 2 ago an it was about already several years old when when I bought it. Only thing it needed was a ball watch, some lube, an a missing screw.
I'm a Spyder/STBB fan myself. Easy to fix when they break and the old school high end ones usually had some serious high end stuff for them. Rocker trigger being a notable one. adjustable LPR similar to Azodins Zero system. And they're all pretty easy to get your hands on. Nobody knows what they're worth and how good they are unless they've actually used a good tuned STBB before.
Or buy used. I know that the guns may be older but that doesn't mean that they don't work. My Ego 11 I got works like a dream. Just make sure its a trustworthy vendor/user. ALWAYS CHECK FEEDBACK.
I love your vids but honestly I used to own and azodin blitz 3, I used it for a little over a year and never had any problems or had to change anything. Instead I had a cheap gun that was easy to maintain and a good as a starter gun to get in paintball and try out speed ball. After a litle over a year of playing with it, I switched to a mini gs. That gun gave me many problems and always had something wrong with it after just a month or 3. Eventually i sold that gun, saved up some money and bought myself a proto ryze. Its a huge improvement over the azodin gun but i still honestly have no hate for azodin blitz 3. In my situation, I couldn't afford anything except for that price range or lower. Anyways I love your videos, keep it up, you have a big impact on the paintball community.
Cons of the azodin blitz 3: Very load, not air efficient(could buy the azodin zero operating system to make it more air efficient), and cant shoot soft paint or you will have brakes( i used to use 1 star GI sports paint on it and it wont have breaks). Pros: price, easy to maintain, can last you a long time if maintained properly, and decent bps(probably around 12 or a bit more bps).
Getting a topman as your first gun is honestly the best thing you can do. That's what I did and then got a major upgrade to an lv1.1 and it is the best thing to do in my opinion
Depends on the type of crap. I'm a big fan of the azodin STBB guns for the price they want and the new tech they put in them. That balanced valve is a big upgrade that got rid of the ”hard on paint" issue. Deffentialy agree on the goggles. At the least, get something with a dual-pane thermal lense. Deffentialy agree with the tank and hopper. Get the best ones from the get go and think about buying new gun last. Because you will be using that tank and hopper on every gun you have.
Man, I remember Black Draguns. They were awesome just because they were the first electro under $600. Seriously. There was nothing else. There were Draguns, then Impulses and Bushmasters. And those were $600+. They even predated eSpyders. But yeah, other than that, they're probably garbage. I never shot one. By the time I had enough money for one, Kingman was making egrips for Spyders, and I bought that. Lol.
I don't know about electronic paintball guns. But with penumatic ones, as long as it functions I consider it a good gun. I've squad wiped half a team with a rental who's ballistics suck. Buy a tippmann 98/a5 or spyder. Those are my two favorite brands. I've only replaced o rings after buying the guns used.
Me finding a antique a5 for sub 100 with everything XD having a blast with it ik not high end but its proven consistent for me on the field and decent fire pattern to it. awesome video !
Ive been using mine for 18 years. It's a great marker. I left mine in a rubbermaid for 10 of those years with paintball shit still on it. By the time i picked it back up, the paint peeled right off to bare metal 😆 and it was cocked back(probably from moving) for who knows how long. I gave it a new paintjob and hammer spring after two games bc the fps was dying fast. Also not needing to worry about the hopper is dope. You did good. 👍
Lone Wolf Paintball No problem. I'm a huge fan of your videos. I started watching them about 4 months ago since I started to get into paintball. Keep up the videos they are great, have a blessed night
To the 98 custom route I agree. I got an Azodin blitz evo and I had to send it back twice before I got a good one. “But what about speedballing?” I dropped a ape rampage board in my 98 custom ACT and I get a consistent 20 bps, if any higher there is a larger risk of chopping but my gun can cycle that fast. Note that I use a dye rotor as my feed system, so feeding isn’t an issue.
"I'll get you Tony! I'll school you on da feild!" XD great lol. Proto was my first saved gun, love it, I named it :3 Now have a DSR, and these 2 are all I need.
I've bought a Tippmann 98 for $40. Bought 3 other guns for $60. Couple simple fixes and it works perfectly. Maybe if you can't fix stuff you should ask pops to give you a run thru on how to use a wrench.
i cant believe you knocked the black dragon haha, that was the first eletronic marker i started using at the speedball field back in '03. i had a faster electronic gripframe that actually acknowledged all my trigger pulls while walking the trigger, but i was mowing faces of ppl with timmys with that thing. i used it untill the entire feednek broke off, then i bought a diablo wrath.
I have something to add and that is if you have any mechanical skill then get a good gun but if you do then most problems on even cheap guns don't take much longer than a half hour or less to fix...especially spyder..they are very easy to fix
Agree about the Mask. Don't skimp on that. However your showing a "Bad" marker that came out in 2004. Any electric trigger frame without eyes is a bad idea. Azodin has taken the STBB( which can be considered the least sophisticated system) to the very optimal performance. They're doing what many Spyder tinkerers were trying to in the early 2000s with low pressure mods and drilling eyes for the many aftermarket boards, not to mention the Spimmys. It would have cost $500 or more back then for what you get now for $150. You see back then a decent marker cost about $1000 (intimidator, shocker, Angel, Dye Dm4) and we didn't have Daddy to be able to get those at wholesale prices like you guys. We also didn't inherit a paintball store. So many follow the typical progression of buying what they or the family can afford until they decide if they like the sport and want to upgrade. Btw I would not buy the mini Gs...too small, or the Rize. Eyepipe sucks and not user friendly on maintenance for the newbie player.
I’ve bought 3 guns. Dangerous power g4-$150, Proto rize maxxed-$350 came with rotor r2 and dye i4 mask, and macdev gti for $350 I’m happy with my purchases
The Dye Rise is known to leak. Get a Planet Eclipse Emek instead. I have an Etha 2, and I love it, but I would have been totally happy with an Emek. It's basically the pretty version of a 98 custom.
Officer: why are you selling Methamphetamine in my city? Me: lone wolf said do anything as possible to obtain money to buy a better paintball gun! Officer: oh! why didn't you say so. Go right along! JK lol love you guys! ✌🏼
Where was this vid when I was as starting out. Bought an azodin blitz used for $90 and started leaking the 1st time I used it. Then I bought an axe and all was good.
Black dragon was my first paintball gun in 2002. Every week i had to do something to it. Bought an autococker in 2004 and its my backup to my Eclipse etha 2
My friends and I always had the Walmart guns, and most of the time, our games ended up being cut short due to somebody's gun failing. I got a Tippmann 98 (not custom), and it still broke down sometimes, but not as often
I've had a tippmann 98 custom for 17 years, the only thing I've ever had to do was change orings. However you gotta admit paintball has become blatantly consumerism driven. No way any hopper is worth $200, or any marker more than $1200. only thing that has gotten cheaper over time was a case of good paint......
That's one part about this sport that's annoyed me: so many people are out there on the fields with guns that cost over a grand and here I am still able to win duels against them with my modified Cronus. To me any gun that costs over $600 is either not worth it or needs serious consideration before getting it. I plan on getting a First Strike T15 soon, but I put a LOT of time and thought into which mag fed marker I wanted to get (I knew from the get-go that my second marker was going to be a mag fed one because I've been wanting to do it for years) before coming to a decision.
Henrik Linberg My dad swears by his A5 😂 he’s more old school, but I like to hook him up with a few things “up to date” things if you wanna call it that...
I had a 98 and an old profiled to start, better than the rentals but not great, then I bought a mini gs, rotor and an i5 and it made the absolute difference, it really made me fall in love with the sport. I’m 14 btw
What about the azodin kaos 2? It’s mechanical, and people say it’s reliable. I’m trying to get the cheapest load out that isn’t garbage so is this a good option???
Counterpoint if it werent for the cheap ass Brass Eagle markers my buddies and I got one Christmas MANY Christmas's ago I may never have gotten into the hobby.......AND we still had a blast.
Dont let the flashing text distract you from the fact that "garbage gear" or "budget gear" is more affordable for most people. But he's also correct, if you're SERIOUS about paintball, please save your money, you will have much more fun with a Mini, or an Axe 2.0
Friends Azodin gun had trigger problems. they did send replacement parts, but gun was 4 months old. Also a suggestion about Lone Wolf's online pro shop. Please make is easier to use. The see more button sucks. I'd prefer to click a manufacturer option.
It took me a year to save enough money for a proto rize maxed and a dye LTR and a carbon fiber ninja tank and a virtue vio ascend also a jersey. I am so happy with what I bought and I’m happy that I waited to buy a gun and the other gear
Spencer 7445 it was only 50$ and I guess the NXL full auto is a cool feature which is at 30 bps, I don't play speedball ( maybe some day) since it's at 10.5 bps but obviously would use the 15 bps since I'd be out of paint so quick and I think it's the lowest it will go lol
I actually had a black dragun back in like 2000 lol. I think i payed about 150 too.Worked fine with me...... till I walked the trigger. The electric trigger was a blender. But it used co2 unlike the better guns. My brother still uses a bruiser fugitive. My dad, wife and many others I play with use 98s. I personally have a few.
I get what you're saying. But if you're someone like me, you will take the cheap crap someone gives you for free, and you already have alot of parts from through the years, you can build a cheapo into a decent recball shooter. I have high-end markers, don't use em anymore. Usually only play with rental players now. But if you're into the speedball game, looking to rise up the ladder, etc, well ok. Get the best you can, play the best you can, keep going better.
I’m looking to get my first electronic marker, I have been looking at the Dye Rize Maxxed. Would this be a good beginner electronic marker? Also what is your opinion on the Virtue Vio Ascend mask?
Did my research, Dont buy full retail.. if what you say is the truth about quality and durability, then a year old Planet eclipse. Empire , Dye ,etc marker free of any issues .mind you. Should be good as new.right?
They're really great markers in their stock form but if you add Squishy paddles change out some of the internals and add an egrip then those damn things are monsters on the field.
I agree mini gs great marker for the price. Also keep in mind gog enemy while just a mech marker easy to work on and reliable. That said I had a black dragun 13 years ago. No issue then , but now a days much better markets for the money
I've had a Spyder Fenix for 3 years with a good air tank and the Vmax loader and the only problem I've ever had with it is the once in awhile jam on the field wish I could fix in the matter of seconds plus the maintenance was pretty easy but to everyone their own
I get what he is saying here, and I haven't played in years, but in my experience it was always the high end guns that went down on the field. Never had trouble with my first Tippmann or seen an old Kingman spider break in game, but I have had trouble with most of my higher end markers. Autocockers you had to tune just right, Intimidators that were just blenders past 10bs, freestyles that sprung leaks every week, multiple PL sft shockers with issues and almost always first shot drop off. These were all top tier guns at the time. The most reliable high end guns I had were the Dye matrixes starting with the DM4 (the DM 3 had so many issues they just sent me a DM4 instead). Expensive guns just are not the most reliable, they may be the best performers, but usually they are full of extra features and if any of those features have a problem you cant play.
That's not true anymore. Guns all across the price range have made huge improvements in reliability. Spend $300+ and its gonna be fine with regular service no matter what it is. Its not 2006 anymore
Does LWP take trades and sell used markers and gear? I know the Pro Shop that used to be near me did when they were around. That’s another way to get quality stuff.
I RELATE LMAO, I went to a paintball field and I had an azodin at the time and once I put my tank in it started to leak I had nothing to do while my friends were playing.
