[Shabizpaintball]

Review: !!WARNING!! BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR AIR ON THIS MARKER, TURN DOWN THE VELOCITY/REGULATOR A COUPLE NOTCHES, IF YOU DON'T YOU COULD BLOW THE SOLENOID AND THIS WILL BE A COSTLY MISTAKE!!

Ok, here is the low-down, i'm not gonna feed you a bunch of crap, i'm not gonna tell you the story of goin to the pro shop, and blah blah blah, I'm just gonna tell you what everyone really wants to hear about the gun.

Strengths:

Accuracy, The accuracy on this marker is phenomenal!! I was nailing a tree about 15 yards away, with about a 10" spread on all paintballs. So i'm estimating.. you could gog someone with about 1-2 paintballs from a distance of 15 yards, about 20 yards (which is a good distance on most airball fields) probably 1-3. On a scale from 1-10 on ACCURACY I'm giving this gun a High 8!! (10 being a cocker)

Speed, Very impressive (When ramping) !! I myself can only shoot about a 10 bps lane, but some faster people I know can hit about 13/14 bps. After shooting in Semi, I was feelin spunky, so I turned to "ROF" all the way up on the board, and put it in ramping mode. AFTER I HIT ONLY ABOUT 6 BPS THIS THING WAS GOIN NUTS!! 17bps!! 17bps is certainly nothing to sneeze at!! The trigger is very light, but it kidda wiggles from side to side a little, but nothing to worrie about. SPEED I'm giving this gun a low 9!! (10 being an Angel Speed)

Weight, It is a very solid, balenced gun weighing in at only 2.2 pounds, what more can I say?! WEIGHT definantly a 10!!

The Eye, the eye works very well, it didn't allow me to chop any balls, and they were very cheap/

Style, This thing definantly stands out, it has a totally unique style of its own, for STYLE i'm giving it a 10!!

Price, you get alotta gun for under $300. It shoots really nice for the price you pay. DON'T LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE, "You get what you pay for, a cheap peice of crap blah blah blah." MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NEWBS AND COMPARING THEM TO GUNS THEY'VE NEVER EVEN SHOT, OR ARE JUST USED TO HAVING GUNS HANDED OVER TO THEM LIKE ANGELS/EGOS/TIMMYS, AND SO ON. So I am definatly going to have to give the PRICE a 10!!!

MANY PEOPLE DIS THE STOCK BARREL, SAYING... "The inside of it is powder coated" It most certainly is not! "Why didn't they throw a Freak or an All American on it?" Because it would only add to the price! Get over it wieners, its no big deal, If you ask me for a stock barrel it shoots pretty nice anyways.

Weaknesses:

The feed neck is definantly a problem on the marker, nothing fits on it properly, and I've tried both the eVo2 and The Halo. So I strongly recommend getting a clamping feed neck.

And yes I have to be honest, the most annoying thing about this gun, is the shootdown, and I had to do alot of tweaking to the Velocity/Regulator, to try to get rid of the problem, and unfortunatly, it still doesn't work properly, hopefully Smart Parts will fix this problem in the next generation of Ions. If you have the money to go get a new reg. then I highly suggest you do, the gun will shoot so much more consistently, you will be happy you did.



Conclusion: I would recommend this gun to anyone, the quality is great!! But I must say the regulator on this gun really irritates me. But I'm still going to have to give this gun a 10 because you get alotta bang for your buck!!

WORKS CITED

Smart Parts Ion Reviews." smart parts ion. thursday august, 4th 2005. 23 Apr 2008 <http://www.pbreview.com/products/reviews/3516/>.

[payasito]

So im wanting to buy an ion, will u recommend it then?

[Dark.angel]

Wow, horrible. Ions don't deserve a 10 in any category.

[Juanki]

I would give a 7 to an Ion. Comon, you could be VERY fast in ****ing ramp or auto responce modes, but LOL. You gotta learn to play with ****ing semi-auto first. If you manage to shoot 15BPS+ in semi-auto you can deal 20BPS+ in ramp/etc.

Thanks

[Toy Soldier]

Nice review... but i wouldnt give a 10 in an catagory... mabey an overall rateing a 7/10. i own an ion and its great and all but just not a 10

[andyminQUEST]

yea
i believe ions are the standard marker
i have one but i wouldn't sooner give it a 6 out of 10 than try to say it is an 8 or 9.
Anyone who gives ions a high rating is someone who doesn't own more expensive markers.
The second i bought a 500$ marker i knew it blew the ion out of the park.
the ion is simply a good recreational marker that is actually very difficult to avoid user error with There have been so many problems with this gun and although i haven't had these they are difficult to use. I know that some pros use these but it is simply because they are on low budget. By purchasing an ion rather than a 1000 dollar gun you can upgrade it and buy more expensive hopper and tank and still be under the 1000 dollars you spent on a high end marker

this is how i see ion
i am going to list recreational brand paintball guns that i have owened in a list of best to worst.

1. ICD Promaster
2. ion
3. Tippman 98 custom
4. Spyder VS1
5. Spyder TLR

now i will compare it to the current guns i own

1. FEP Quest
2. Shocker
3. ICD Promaster
4. Proto PMR
5. ion

to be my least favorite of the 5 i own is very bad for the 400$ i spent upgrading that thing.
It is simply a fun gun to own with a shootdown problem and tons of available upgrades that makes it more fun to have than other guns.
I have to say though even if i fixed the shootdown problem it would still be last on that list.

[xanthusnoir]

I just got my pair of them based on my local shops recomendations. Happy to see I will not be disapointed.

[matthewo_03]

What Is Shoot Down?

[tlmiller]

If you're shooting a stream, your first few are at 280 fps...then a couple at 270, then 260, then 240, then 220. That's shootdown. Usually it's actually much worse, like you'll see your range halve after a few quick shots...but you should get the idea.

[brickdoctor]

if you set the dwell to the proper setting you wont get shoot downs. thats a easy fix