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Well I have my heart set out on the vibe being my first marker ever.So I went out to a near by proshop and of course you have your everyday carsalesman type of person.He was trying to sell me this "upgraded" vibe. Basically

I have my heart set out on this $150 avg vibe marker.(It's BOB and has no eyes and 3 firing modes) I was fine with that.. I mean it sounds great 11 bps cap..

But he started to go into detail about this upgraded one... It's around $210? and It has EYE built in w/e that means."10 different firing modes" and aprently a upgraded board (like 20BPS) compared to the stock.

So my theory was... I'm gonna be happy around 5~11 BPS semi auto, with a some what good hopper near 18BPS?

What he was stressing to me strongly was the chopping.Because the stock doesn't come with a "EYE" built in if the hopper can't keep up then I can risk chopping my Paintballs.But I mean I have no intentions of firing over 11 bps.

SO.. should I stick with my orginal plan and purchease the stock vibe for $150 and get a good hopper that goes over the capped firing rate and be set like that.

OR pay the extra $50~$60 for this "Upgraded" vibe with the eyes.

What do you guys think?

Db0ne

Ah so it come with the blackheart board already installed. It nice to have but not needed as the low force bolt works pretty well. If you can afford it you should get it.

martix_agent

youi shoulda asked the guy questions, I'm sure he woudl have bene glad to help you out.

the electronic "eye" is made up of an infrared emitter and sensor. These are placed on opposite sides of the breach where the paintball sit. If they can "see each other, the marker knows not to fire, because there's not a paintball completely in the breach. They nearly eliminate chopping. A fast forcefed hopper will help to eliminate chopping, but not nearly as effectively.

Chopping is a big deal because once you get a chop, your barrel is covered in paint and possibly parts of your hopper as well. Your paint will fly in all sorts of wild directions and you'll have to stop to clean your barrel. If you do decivve to get the standard one without eyes, I'd suggest a J&J ceramics barrel. They're teflon coated on the inside to help shoot out breaks; they work wonderfully. You still have to clean the barrel after the game, but after 6-15 shouts you're going to be putting paint nearly where you want it to go again.


What I say is go back to that guy, ask him if you can try out both of them with a nice hopper on them. (look for the viewloader eyeforce or any forcefed hopper, they'll all do what you need) Go out and shoot them as fast as you can and see if you can see a difference in the speed you can shoot, if there's any chopping of paint, etc etc.

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tlmiller

I PERSONALLY would definitely go with the Blackheart Vibe. I think it's become the best intro marker, easily knocking off the standard Ion XE since it's got a better trigger and a clamping feedneck stock, and has the modes and no built in ROF cap that the standard Vibe has. Yet only $20 more than an Ion XE.

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Alright. what's a "ROF cap" though?

martix_agent

rate of fire.

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