[punkncat]

This "review" is written kind of backwards, but here goes.

A1 should have stayed on steak. Total crap. Loss of the legendary build quality of the previous Angels. Different barrels once again than the previous Angels, including the newly debut'ed G7 Fly threads, so even your "new" fly barrels can't be properly utilized w/o a spacer or beauty ring if you will. The tool kit (guages in particular) from the older Angels will not work, requiring the purchase of all new tools to set up the LPR, etc. Bad eye alignment on the first batch, valve on a second revision almost immediatly, the new low friction ram very service oriented and lending to a clanky feel. Just a rushed and botched attempt at a new smaller, lighter flagship. Only real innovation IMO was the OLED display, but even the mode selector is in a poorly thought out location and format, IMO.

All of the G7 platform are excellent markers and IMO the best of the Angel markers. This includes the Gat, Fly's, 06 Speed and G7 (standard if you will). As has already been noted the barrel threads changed after the standard G7. I am not sure about all, but many of this platform went back to the 4.8 volt battery that was used in the 03/04 Speed and A4 series. Available in both 90 and 45* frame versions. Many of this line went back to a LCD board with many programming possibilities. The best improvement, other than looks, on this line was the cammed lever for the ram that dealt with the rollback issue inherent in every previous version of Angel. The ribbon eyes have been mentioned as a problem, but when was the last time you felt like just pulling on the eye wires of any other marker? Leave them alone and they last just fine(also knowing how to properly remove them). Throw in an aftermarket board for 9V operation.

Everything previous to the G7 will be getting harder and harder to find parts for as they have quit being produced. Not that this is undeard of in todays market...lol

The 05 Speed is a transition marker that incorporates some of the good changes we came to see in the G7 platform. However other than the 9v battery as standard and the new lines its much the same as the older Angels in that the ram/bolt still has rollback issues.


All the 03 Speed through the A4 are in essence the same marker with some minor differences mainly in boards, ranging from LED to LCD and the addition of eyes in the later "fly" models or if you can find a Euro Speed. Good solid platform. All 90* frames. Really fast, but Sensi really blows....Note that these marker and all previous mentioned models are run best on LP output tanks unless modified or by changing the regulator.

The IR3 was another of the transition markers. As far as I know the debut of Angels 90* frame. It was the go between from the LCD to the Speed series. Has a larger heavier 6v battery (higher voltage) than the speeds. Very programmable board like the LCD model. Debut of the cops (sensi) system that was later scrapped in the Speed platform for just...sucking.

I am not personally very familiar with the IR3's and particualarly the LCD and earlier models.