So after a good 4 weeks of breaking in the Invert Mini and at least 5 cases of paint, it purrs like a kitten.  It first it was a bit of a struggle with chopping balls during the break in, but as I went threw case by case I noticed a considerable difference in the way the gun sounded and handled the paintballs.  During break in, I also stuffed a possum tailed squeegee into the barrel and dry fired (to save paint).  I’m not sure if that was factory approved, but I figured it couldn’t hurt.  Most paintball guns do not need to be broken in, however the Mini is one of the rare exceptions, and its because of the revolutionary design of the valve.

Over all, the gun shoots fast, is quiet and pretty air efficient. I have been shooting a 14″ Tribal Stix paintball barrel with it and the gun has a nice flat trajectory and even has a decent long ball to it.  Once you get the gun broken in for the ease of use and performance the $398 price tag I think is worth it.  Not to mention the gun itself fits in the palm of your hand.

Here is a review of the 07 Ego by 68caliber.com its a decent review, with a few pictures of a beat up ego. With any $1000+ gun of course it will shoot well, and fast. That’s basically what your paying for, that and size of the over all marker. Check out more pictures of the EGO 07 and other Planet Eclipse guns.

The Invert Mini paintball gun, is a very small gun. When I opened the case for the first time I couldn’t believe how small and light it was. It feels around 1 pound. The Mini has a ton of innovative design features which I won’t get into. I’m just going to talk about the initial trial of the gun. I took the mini out of the box on Friday to mess around with it and read the instructions for play on Saturday.

The Mini has a pretty simple, electronic board with is pretty easy to navigate though with the multi colored LED. After taking about 20 min to read the short instructions and learn how to adjust the settings and firing modes I aired up the Mini and tried it out (with the stock board settings, in SEMI Auto Mode). I found the Mini easy to hold and fire with, it was actually a pleasure. The gun was well balanced, and the 45 grip was easy on the wrist. I had the gun set up with Crossfire LP tank, a Halo B w/Rip drive and a 12″ Tribal Stix Barrel. I went threw about a hopper of paint and noticed I was chopping the PMI Premium paintballs I was shooting. I checked the bolt and sure enough I was chopping. I lowered the dwell down to 15 and upped the BIP to 4 and it purred like a kitten.

That Saturday I enjoyed playing with the Mini. It was again a pleasure to hold, shoot and carry. I was surprised how responsive it felt when i pulled the trigger. Usually fast smaller guns like the Mini do not have much of a long ball, however the mini did pretty well for across the field “rain” shooting. The field couldn’t give more than 2500PSI per fill so I couldn’t do a shot count per tank, but I’ll be playing again with it this Saturday. For right now, for $399 the Mini, I think is a great deal.