Q-loader for my new G7?

[kevc2181]

Alot of people say they hate the q-loader. Becides from being hard to setup and reload, has anyone had any real problems with it. Like breaking paint inside or chopping lots of balls? From what i've haerd from people who own them, they say it is very fast and reliable. It just doesn't hold alot of paint paint. I'm thinking about buying one, so if you've had seroius problems with it, please share. Thanks!

[TheAngel_Guy]

i havent heard anything bad about them either accept for the fact hat they dot hold alot... i would get one, but i just like to hold more paint in my hopper. so, just preference i suppose...

[sf_bartender]

There is also no "topping off" mid game with a Q-Loader. To me thats a big disadvantage.

[maybachgt]

I here that q-loaders are paintblenders. The use a spring which is really tough on brittle paint

[Sardukarn]

A friend of mine has been using the q-loader system for about 6 months now on a A4 fly.
Yes any force feed system can be tough on brittle paint. He plays as a front player and the system is perfect for that position with the speed and the low profile. The paint is not under pressure so you dont have breakages in the pods. Also because he plays front he can use a stronger paint as bouncing isnt really an issue, and the 100 rounds per pod is also a non-issue. His reload time is actually faster than a standard pod to hopper reload.

The q-loader really is the fastest system out there, but does have its limitations and only suits some playing styles and positions.

[SPEED04]

I have heard horrible stories about these systems. My friend has a sick tippman with eyes and a sick board that he says he made. He thought that a q-loader would only make his gun better, but it turned out (being a back player) that it was a horrid idea. He could not reload and drop the pod like a normal pod or he could break it so he would have to take time to put it away in his pack. (i kno that the pods break he broke 2) so with the time he had to put the pod away, i was already bunkering him. I dont kno how you could deal with the constant bother of pods breaking but its your money do what you want.

[dynastySSS]

they are fast just very unpracticle(sp)

[El Pirata]

I don't really know jack abotu a q-loader but from what I see in the pics it looks like a reloadable warp feed. Is that what's it's like?

[jonnykast]

My friend has a sick tippman with eyes and a sick board that he says he made.

Is it Natural Newbies supergun you are talking about?

[Sardukarn]

I don't really know jack abotu a q-loader but from what I see in the pics it looks like a reloadable warp feed. Is that what's it's like?
Fairly close - basically they are magazines for your gun, like a normal gun. A spring turns the system, with them not under pressure in the pod (magazine) until they leave it and travel via a tube to your marker. Their site has one gun running at 31bps.

As for breaking the pods - just by dropping them, i dont think so - ive personally stepped on one by mistake while running on the field and it didnt do anything to the pod. My friend has broken a few parts thru use on some of the earlier model - but guess what - they have a lifetime warranty - you send them in and they replace them. Hes done that for a few parts and they even sent some extras that he was just after a price for - all at no cost.

As i said before great for a front player, i even took it for a run as a back player - and apart from carring extra pods i thought it was great, im considering getting one myself.

[El Pirata]

I am guessing that they can't be reloaded while firing, correct?

[SPEED04]

Is it Natural Newbies supergun you are talking about?

No, but it looks like his gun.

[paintreliever]

just get a halo b with v35..actually, just get a egg and a v board for it(or z board, which ever is fastest) because you wont be able to shoot more then 15 bps for much longer
or you can always just get a classic revolution with a better board and do some other mods to it...
just my two cents

[El Pirata]

Ya know, the fact that a revo can feed 15 bps or something, I might get one just for the heck of it.

[Ogelthorpe99]

What is the Reve with the x-board max out at ? I love my reve but it is not fast enough ... :(

[OverweightAngel275]

It'll max out at 13bps because it's not a force feed no matter what you do to it.

[Wylde1]

i had a q-loader and i personaly hated it. now that being said i had a first generation one (part of the first shipments to canada) and i had nothing but problems with it. so by now they may have made changes to it to work out the bugs. the biggest thing was that when you load the pod into the docking station on the gun you have to put it in and turn it to engage the spring to feed the balls. now for some reason the spring refused to engage more than half the time and you'd have to turn it back and forth like ten times before it MIGHT work. now IF it happend to engage it worked great and the pods were pretty tough, i never broke any. and the other thing was while loading the pods with the loading silo you are forcing the balls into the pod against the spring and that resulted in a few messy pods with cheap paint. and when that happens they only break on the bottom, so you have to unload the pod (which is tricky) and clean the pod (which is tricky) but with a g7 you'll go through 100 rnds faster than you can load it i'd bet. so i'd definatly say this is not the loader for that particular gun.

[kevc2181]

Thanks for all the feedback! I've decided it's too expensive for something that isn't very practical... fun... but not practical. Thanks!

[El Pirata]

The first generation loaders generally have problems. Look at the Egg, Halo and the Ricochet loaders. First generations had a lot of problems and now the Egg II and the Halo are among the most popular loaders. While I am not endorsing the Q loader it does look like they are fixing the current problems, from what I have read about them, and could very well be a great loader in the future.

I know one of the big drags is that you have to install additional hardware onto the marker to make it work. Like a warp feed which really was the first generation force feeder the Q loader shows an alternate method to feeding balls into a marker. You will add weight to the marker from the additional hardware but you are creating a smaller silloette (speeling). The lower height and wider width has always been a bonus to feeding systems like this. The width you gain is not generally a large amount, say never wider than your body frame or mask but the lower profile means less of a target when you are coming out to shoot.

Just an alternate view on the subject.