KEE Action Sports the Worlds Largest Distributer is going to be carrying the Macdev Droid.  Macdev in the past few years has faced a lot of US Distribution issues.  Mostly lagging sales.  We stopped carrying them when they decided to stop all gun sales to US stores, and let their US distributer (Paintball Kingdom) sell their guns exclusively to paintballer’s directly.  When that didn’t work out (we knew it wouldn’t), they let US stores sell them again (we didn’t bother to pick them back up).  After a year or so of floundering US sales, some guys in Miami, FL must have sweet talked the Australian company into letting them start as a US Distributer.  I’m not sure what the deal was, but i know “Macdev USA” must have promised Macdev a big sales increase to get the gig.  They obviously fell short for Macdev to look toward KEE ACTION SPORTS for distribution. I’m not sure if we will carry their guns once KEE starts to distribute them.  Macdev makes a good product, however it has little aftermarket  and US support. Meaning, if you go to a field or a event, have your gun go down.  Its much more likely your field will carry a part for a Planet Eclipse Gun than a Macdev.

A Paintball Tube is a plastic cylinder shaped container which holds 100, 140, or 160 paintballs.  Its designed to fit into a paintball harness.  A paintball tube allows for easy and safe transport of extra paintballs on to a paintball field during play. A paintball tube is also called a “guppy” or “pod”.

We just signed an agreement to be a online sponsor of the GPL (Global Paintball League).  The GPL is the East Coasts Premier  paintball league.  Its the only league that offers 1) A Very High Level of Competition 2) Great Cash + Equipment Prizes 3) Really fair Reffing.   Check them out at theGLP.com

So we’re not sure what the deal is with the release of the JRNY Paintball Hopper from NXE.  Frankly we keep getting “jerked” around.  We feel we have been strung along since Dec. 07 waiting for the release of these hoppers.  We were provided with information saying first the end of Dec.  Then the end of Feb, and then finally after San Diego’s NPPL event.  The San Diego NPPL event has come and gone and yet now we heard a rumor of JULY!  In an effort not to string our customers along as we have been, SAKworldpaintball.com took the initiative to cancel all Pre-Orders we had for the Hopper.  The last thing we wanted to do was feed customers more bad information.  People need hoppers to play with this summer.  No one wants to wait till the end of summer for a new hopper.

We just got a shipment of the brand spanking new Dangerous Power G3 Paintball gun and the Rare Euro Version the IQ.  They offer sleek refined looks usually found in paintball guns that cost around $700.  The whole gun just has 2 moving parts and only 6 orings.  The simplicity of the operation and the maintenance of the gun really makes it a great contender if your looking for something in the $400 - $500 range.  Its performance is in upwards of 25bps!

FINALLY, the long awaited JRNY Paintball Hopper will be released at the end of this month after PSP’s World Cup. NXE the manufacturer of the JRNY found a last minute software glitch just before the original February release date.  NXE (and SAKworldpaintball.com) thought it would be best to hold the release of the JRNY pending the software fix.  We think its always better when a manufacture releases s “finished” product vs. releasing something defective and troubling the customer or a retail store to have to send the item in for repair after the fact.   The JRNY hopper is set to be the faster and lightest paintball hopper available.  Its feed rates should exceed 30bps.

Most people think you can’t bring a electro paintball gun out in the rain. This just isn’t the case. All paintball guns need to take abuse will in play. Its the nature of paintball to crawl around threw swamps or slide to puddles, manufacturers take then into account when they design a paintball gun. 90% of paintball circuit boards out there are sprayed with a silicone solution to protect them from water. Some boards like the Virtue Boards even go as far as to offer you a life time warranty. Smart Parts went as far as to take a SP1 paintball gun under water and shoot it. What do you know, it still works!

Smartparts.com released some cool video demos on the SP1 and same frame based VIBE paintball guns.   Check them out below. You can check them out here http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=smartpartsinc&p=r

Does anyone else hope this is fake? I found it out on the Planet Eclipse web site. Don’t get me wrong, I love Planet Eclipse Ego paintball guns, however not enough to tattoo their logo to my back (given it did come out nice). if memory serves I think some WDP fan tattooed the Angel logo somewhere on himself.

Did you guys check out the new Eclipse SL8R? Its pretty cool and $200 cheaper than previous years SL (SL66 and SL74) models, which will indefinably put it a little more in reach for more paintballers.
While I brought up Angel, Angel Sports (WDP renamed themselves Angel Sports) will be releasing the A1 Fly any day now. Look for lighten weight, probably new software, and meaner looking milling. I hope they don’t change the barrel thread yet again. They have changed their thread so many times now, its hard to remember what thread is for what Angel.

So i just read another paintball blog saying its fun to play in the winter time.  My response to that is, that guy doesn’t play paintball.  He’s why paintball sucks in the winter time.

1) If there is snow on the ground (we’re in New England so there is always snow) its a workout to get from point A to point B because you sink in the snow.   You have to “high knee it” to move around and thats not easy with an extra 20 lbs worth of paintball gear and paintballs on you.

2) its cold

3) Paintballs become very brittle when they are exposed to cold. This means even on the truck on the way to your local paintball field, if the shipment is exposed to cold the whole batch is almost useless.  If paintballs are stored in a unheated location, they will also become brittle.  The paintballs will break in your gun more often which sucks.  Make sure you use a winter paintball or a cheaper 1st run paintball.  The shells will be thicker when these types of paintballs.
4) You can’t use CO2 in the wintertime.  Co2 will loose its pressure and cause freeze up in your gun, if its cold out.  If its real bad your paintball gun won’t even shoot at all.  There are tricks (more like band aids) around this like using an expansion chamber and a heated hunting sock to keep your tank warm but these are not fool proof methods.  You would be better off getting a cheap 47/3000 paintball air tank instead of investing in a expansion chamber set up.  Compressed air AKA n2 doesn’t have the same cold weather CO2 has, so if your dead set on playing in the winter time, and you have CO2 you need to update your tank.

5) Your stuck in the “woods”.  Air fields can’t hold air during the winter months becuase its so cold.  So your stuck in the “woods”  i put woods in quotes becuase there is no brush or leaves around. Your basically stuck, running around through vertical sticks in the ground, knee deep in snow.  You don’t want to sit, becuase the snow will melt then you will be wet and cold.

SAKworldpaintball.com has been a long time dealer of the Nitroduck Brand name. NitroDuck has always been an innovator in HPA technology, blazing the way with their dual stage Mega Regulator, their single stage adjustable X-Stream regulator and currently the Iregulator which has a interchangeable pressure piston kit. NitroDuck was the first company to put “tank threads” on a HPA tank and to drop the whole cradle/dove tail system. This innovation paved the way to 97% of all paintball tanks having the common screw in feature. When we heard of the opportunity to acquire the brand, a long standing name in paintball, we jumped at the thought. We are currently exploring all aspects of the possible buy out including if it makes sense and adds value to our mutual customers. If any information develops we will be sure to update it here.

Extreme Rage paintball has been making paintball goggles for the past few years now. They offer a mid priced paintball goggle solution that boasts decent comfort and anti-fog capabilities.

The 20/20 Echo Paintball goggle system offers a wide field of view, with a great pair of Thermal Anti-fog lenses.  The Mask is soft, comfortable to wear and offers good breathing ventilation which also aids on the over all comfort system of the goggles. They also come in some cool colors.   If Black is your color of choice check out these 20/20 paintball goggles that come with a fan.  They come in black, are as comfortable as the ECHO line and the Fan helps eliminate any fogging that the Thermal Lens’ can’t keep up with.

Worried about getting hit in the Head?  Are you a parent that really wants to protect your child from headshots?  If so the Extreme Rage XRay V2.1 PROtector is for you.  It offers 360 degree full head protection for playing paintball.  Its thermal lens helps protect you against fogging, and if its a hot day the Armor is removable for added comfort.
If you work at a field of or play a lot of backyard ball, Extreme Rage also makes version of their goggles system in yellow, so you stand out of the woods or speed ball course.  Lets face it if your Reffing a game, getting shot a lot is not fun, so anything you can do to prevent that is a plus.

Angel finally got around to giving us the proper sizing information for their Angel Paintball Pants and paintball jerseys.  Angel has always made some cool, durable paintball gear, and clothings to match there awesome Angel paintball guns.

The Angel Paintball Pants Sizing informaion is below:

“SM(24-38 WAIST)”
“MED(26-40 WAIST)”
“L(28 TO 42 WAIST)”
“XL(30 TO 44 WAIST)”
“2XL(32 TO 46 WAIST)”

The Angel Paintball Jerseys Sizing Info is below:

“SM(46″ CHEST)”
“MED(48″ CHEST)”
“L(50″ CHEST)”
“XL(52″ CHEST)

Now all of out XSV Vlocity paintball hoppers now come with the newly improved clock spring.  This saves you the time and trouble of calling View Loader Directly to get the piece mailed to you.  The XSV is one of the lightest, fastest paintball hoppers on the market.  They will feed any paintball gun, even the EGO.

The release of the NXE Jrny Paintball hopper has been delayed about 3 weeks.  During some QA testing NXE found a few software glitches.  NXE is currently in the process of correcting the Hopper’s software bug and preparation of releasing the hopper.  If you don’t have time to sit around waiting for a  JRNY to come out check out our other paintball hoppers.