Why you want a Halo over a revvy or an Eggolution

[ben@pbhub.de]

http://www.automags.org/~Manike/gztimmy.mpg


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Check that out.

[Deadeye]

an egg could keep up with that guy no worries, he wasn't even shooting that fast, maybe 15bps?

[minihux]

what i dont understand is..........can any one here really shoot 20BPS + . im only wanting a halo cause the strengh issue.

i personally think no one here could do a constent 20BPS + , u might be able to do bursts but thats all i would think.

i dont think many people could out shoot a egg 2 consistently.

- peace /\/\ i n i h u x

[Deadeye]

i agree mini, despite Jamies claims:)

[minihux]

plus it depends on what marker u use.........a sound activated hopper might be better aswell.........i throught that the faster the paddel spins the more balls it will feed.

but infact all that does is knocks the balls out of the way and hits em around if u dont have the right paddel in your hopper.....if u can get a balance of speed and the right paddel u wont need a super fast hopper.

the Q loader would have to be the quickest hopper so far. but the halo b with Z board and rip drive would have to be the fasted hopper thats on the market.

me or no one that has used my marker has out shot my egg 2.....great hopper shit desgin.......cheap china brass eagle 1mm thick plastic crap.

- peace /\/\ i n i h u x

[blacky]

have had an egg now for about 2 months and it has already cracked in the feed neck and the battery cover has snapped completely off!! when it was working however it never failed to keep up :hammer:

[ben@pbhub.de]

Mini - the rip drive does do jack shyte to the Halo's speed. its just to unjam balls and to feed manually, in case your Halo goes down in flames and its not spinning anymore.

With a marker with ACE you will notice a difference in the high bps regions with a Halo.

[Elfboy]

Seems to be the problem with eggs damn there stupid plastic!!!!
if its not that its the damn lids etc :( the plastic is not flexible enough

other than being very brittle they work really well

[Deadeye]

take out the springs on the lid, and sand down the two tabs, this increases their shell life dramatically.

[Jamie_Cracker]

what was my claims again???i cant remember them.....i rekon i shoot around the high teens and pretty steady at that a nice rythm imay get into the 20's i dont know

[Beaker]

One question, how fast do you guys think an Egg will feed when on a gun (not drop testing).

12bps? 15bps? 17bps? what do you think.

Jamie - what gun set up do you have?

[Jamie_Cracker]

ironman timmy pretty much stock with the was board and stuff using a centreflag dyna flow with a 91 cylinder.....but BOB Long tuned it for me and got it screamin,so iam very happy with it at the moment but am gonna do some extra bits to it

[The Buddhist]

Just did a test yesterday (witnessed by Funky boy and Otto) on the speed of the EggII and Halo B. The Egg was turned up to it's max speed.

Both had a pod of paint in each. Both started at the same time. Halo B beat the egg2 by at least 2 seconds.

Reason for the faster feed from the Halo is that the feed disc (the circular thing that feeds the balls into the neck of the Halo) holds more paintball than the feed disc in the Egg2. Halo holds 9 while egg2 holds 6.
The larger disc allows for more balls to be in position for the feed into the neck of the hopper.

[ben@pbhub.de]

Keep in mind that the Halo B works best on a marker while shooting, because then it's true advantage is shown -> force feeding due to spring tension.
So drop tests don't really do the trick, but good on you for the test buddy ! :D

[blacky]

will back buddist there did same test whilst at tyddy's house in front of about 5 ballers ( Dman, GavWA, Ir3, Tabby....) and every time we let them loose the Halo always beat the Egg

[friar]

the determining factor related to both the egg and halo is your trigger pull speed. the only true test you could perform would be to compare them with a marker with full auto function, eliminating human error.

[Deadeye]

Ive been converted to Halos, Eggs dont feed what they claim at all Ive discovered. I was outshooting Z board Eggs when only going like 14bps, same with Y board.

[Camo]

From what some said before, most people can't shoot above 20 BPS, I know full well jamie can shoot fast but still thats high teens (Been on the reciveing side ;) ). Besides the eggs proned to be a touch fragile. It seems like it comes down to personally choice. I've found that some people total despise both, but still run them cause overall there still pretty good hoppers. Give it 6 months or so, I am sure the egg will be tougher than ever, that said it worked fine in the labs , but it was field testing that really showed the cons, which i am sure the boys at the lab are now, working hard to fix those probs.

[Sikosis]

the last Facefull 16 reviews both the Halo B and Egg2 ... giving the Egg2 a better score.

Halo B
Speed + +
Service +
Price -
Dependability - -

Evolution 2
Speed + +
Dependability +
Price -
Weak Feed Neck - -

It also mentions about the lids and that the nextgen one they are currently working on will addresses these issues.

[Deadeye]

Id take the Egg over a Halo if I was using a slow marker, but if you have a fast marker a Halo is a must until a new true force feed hopper is realeased.

[BIG ROB]

1 in 3 Halos I have seen are being held together with electrical tape. The eggs do have a weaker feed neck but it is replaceable, once you sand down the halo feed neck to fit a normal vertical feed marker, they are just as weak. Unless you go and buy an after market vert-feed.

[Deadeye]

I have a Halo technician with heaps of spares on my team and haven't sanded mine down so mines swweeeeet.

[Jamie_Cracker]

it depends on the feed neck you usei have sanded down mine and never ahd a problem with it,but then again i have had 3 halos and they have all sucked ass they never feed the same and they have never fed as they should have,but i might have gotten duds

[ticker]

well in my limited time in this sport nearly all of the halo's i've seen were held together by tape as big rob said and it is irrelavant how fast it is if it doesn't hold together
to finish first first you have to finish

[skip]

my cats breath smell like cat food

[captinsane]

what i dont understand is..........can any one here really shoot 20BPS + . im only wanting a halo cause the strengh issue.

i personally think no one here could do a constent 20BPS + , u might be able to do bursts but thats all i would think.

i dont think many people could out shoot a egg 2 consistently.

- peace /\/\ i n i h u x
I'm sure that preacher was shooting 22/23 on sunday with his angel

[Barnesy]

I'm sure that preacher was shooting 22/23 on sunday with his angel

That's a massive call, would love to see someone shooting 22/23 bps without assistance :yes:

[Chief Wiggum]

Ramp anyone. :rolleyes:

I love the halo because the profile is less than the egg, playing up front would always get a few hopper hits during the days play, so far (touch plastic) I have not had a hit on the halo.

[TYDDY]

The Egg is slow that is for sure Blacky said it true. The Eggs has a shit lid that breaks to easy and the battery tray also breaks like the SHIte it is.
I thought the halo an over kill but with the (rampping) boards all the markers have now they run better with them.
And as for fast feeding. I have seen Dman with and egg and a halo and the egg made the marker cough all the time cost he out shot it in 2 seconds.

[HenryG]

How many problems have people had with their Eggs and the lids? Are you rough on ypur gear or am i just lucky that i have not broken one yet? battery lids still stock. what do you people do to your gear. Please don't touch mine :lol:

[Hardcore]

The battery doors are notoriously weak, you must've been lucky.

[Deadeye]

The doors always go. Its only a matter of time. Mine lasted about a year.

[Rainman]

The doors always go. Its only a matter of time. Mine lasted about a year.

Geez it lasted that long????? May have to get you another one then Eth, :lol:

[Deadeye]

As soon as the Egg with Rip Drive comes out im getting one:d

[Hardcore]

You mean a drive cone feed system?

[Deadeye]

spare me your mumbo jumbo doctor hc..i just want the plastic thing with the paintballs in it that spins and has the twisty thing as well at the bottom.


At the moment Reloader B's have got my vote though.

[T-unit=BJ]

This may sound strange but I like the Halos becuase you can tell when you have run about of paint buy the spinning sound...

[Hardcore]

I like Halos because you can tell when you have to change the batteries.





Whenever you reload.

[T-unit=BJ]

Is a Halo with a victory board faster than a reloader B ?

[Hardcore]

No.

[T-unit=BJ]

I am guessing thats the short answer

[Rainman]

Nothing beats the Reloader B for fastness atm.The Reloader B is also not as heavy on the batteries either, which means it saves you in the hip pocket as well.And the Reloader B's are cheaper than the Halo with rip drive with victory board too!!!

[reaver]

..... i definately agree about the eggs huge profile.... i took more hits to my egg last time i played than to any part of my body.... and it was a paint to try and clean out the paint which had leaked into the screw holes. maybie im just unlucky.... but as far as performance goes its been great... ohh and the battery door definately feels dodgey. i might upgrade to an reloader B once i get the rest of the parts i need to finish of my ion. ( not because i will outshoot the egg.... but becasue everyone knows a reloader b looks cool ;-) )

[Pirooz NZ]

Well...

To keep your battery doors working fine, i think you should do the battery clip mod, uses battery clips instead of those pads that put pressure on the battery door and eventually, breaking them. do this mod before that happens and your battery door will be sweet.

:)

[Sardukarn]

I was wondering what those Halo Backman where like ..

With a 220 capacity its about the same as the egg, but is it as wide ??
Just looks like it might have a lower profile. And hopefully might be just as fast - or you can throw a board in to speed it up.

[Deadeye]

They are pieces of crap. Very slow. Boards wont speed up how fast gravity lets the balls fall. Only force feed loaders can go decent speeds.
Twice the length of an Egg.
Eggs hold about 200.

[Jamie_Cracker]

the back mans are very slow and they are very long