Originally Posted by Crawdaddy

A pet peeve of mine is how Tippmann guys like to brag on the rugged reliability of their 98s and A5s I just got in from playing some woodsball about an hour ago and here is what we had to deal with:

- A Tippmann 98 with a worn out sear it looked to be nearly new but the sear was already toast

- Two Tippmann 98s that just refused to shoot I dismantled them and for the life of me I couldn't figure out what was wrong

- A5 cyclone worn out ratchet

- A5 Cyclone completely junked I took it apart and it was just plastic shavings and crud.

-A5 Cracked power tube.


Add those up and then understand that there were only 30 people playing today. Where is the reliability? None of those problems could be easily fixed and the guys ended up using rentals (also Tippmanns) ironically a couple of them also ended up breaking down. Tippmann has been coasting along on the reputation they built with their older stuff like the Pro Carbine but their new stuff is junk eventually the fanboys will catch on and put their loyalty somewhere else.