Fresh off the heels of releasing the VIO XS, Virtue just debuted the VIO Ascend. The Ascend will be Virtue’s first venture into the mid-range mask market or anything mid-range for that matter. The Ascend will retail for $84.95 and at release come in 6 colors: Black, Charcoal, Red, Blue, Olive and FDE (tan). Look for the Ascend to hit store mid November. Unlike its counter parts the VIO Contour, XS and Extends the Ascend…
Over the last 8 years, Proto has been one of the leaders in entry-level tournament paintball guns. There have been the Proto PMR, Proto SLG, Proto Rail and now most recently the Proto Rize and Maxxed Rize. This review is going to primarily focus on the Maxxed version of the Rize. However, if you are looking at buying either the Rize or the Rize Maxxed this review should suit you, as I’ll point out the…
Much as expected the Planet Eclipse Gtek 160R was released today and much of what we expected came to fruition. In short the Gtek 160R is a supped up version of the Gtek. The Gtek 160R uses the same bolt system, regulator and solenoid as the Gtek, so the shot quality and reliability should be very similar. The Gtek 160R is now made completely from aluminum, wheres the Gtek uses glass reenforced nylon for the…
The Virtue VIO XS marks Virtue’s third rendition of the Virtue VIO. The VIO XS is a rendition or a redesign of the original VIO Contour. The Virtue VIO XS use the same lens, goggle frame, strap and ears that are found of the VIO Contour. So what’s the point? Since the mask isn’t all that different, this will be more of an overview and not a review in the typical sense. If you want…
It has been made official, Gtek 160R. Over on PBNation some interesting photos have emerged, of what looks to be a new version the Gtek. So soon though? It feels like the Gtek just came out? From the pictures we can tell this. In it’s current from we know this: It has the Shaft barrel that comes on the Etek 5 and Gtek, looks to be a bit longer that the current Gtek, has the same Gtek…
About two weeks ago the rumors started hitting the internet about GI Sportz new hopper the LVL. The LVL Is GI Sportz most recent attempt a high-end paintball hopper, the LVL is coming on the heels of the utter failure of the Pulse RDR. The Pulse RDR never got off the ground, it was hard to get a hold of and was never manufactured in numbers that made it obtainable by the average player. Yesterday we…
As the weather cools here in the Northern Hemisphere that means one thing to us paintball players….the end of the paintball season and with that comes the Millennium and NXL World Cups. Yeah, there are still two “World Cups”. Here is the layout for the Millennium Series World Championship in Chantilly France On a side note after the Trevor Resar fiasco the NXL put out the following statement “….We will be doing something different with the W for…
