Paintball: What is the true cost of entertainment? - Page 6

Tinman · 11-26-2012, 10:03 AM

I have contracted work with my playfield. The work amounts to $2100 a year. Even with buying guns with the credit I have a hard time spending it all..

Dr. VonDeafingson · 11-26-2012, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chappy

88 cases of paintballs per year. Thats comical. Yes, slightly skewed.

I'm closing in on 60 right now..... I've shot 25-30 since I got to school and joined the tourney team....I play almost every weekend, in the summer twice a week.

Jaccen · 11-26-2012, 10:22 AM

Does paintball cost more? Likely. By that amount? Not for my friends and I.

Couple of thoughts

# of paintballs: I shot a case and 1/2 a bag at Canadian Carnage. A case for Saturday, 1/2 a bag for the pump Friday. I had 1/2 a pod left over. 4000 a day? Not in my world even at a "trigger happy" event.

Let's not get into the far smaller amounts I shoot playing rec.

Maintenance: Wipe off, 3 drops of oil, dry fire for a bit, place 'mag in gear bag.......and done. I'll include charging the batteries for my Rotor if we want to stretch this. Uh, 10 minutes if I'm shooting the breeze with my friends while doing it? Maybe a full strip down/lubing/o-ring replacement once a year per heavily used marker. 1 hr for a full breakdown. I'm still no where near that amount listed.

I can see the advantages they were trying to show. However, I just don't seem them applying to my style of play. To each their own.

EDIT:

I'm not that familiar with airsoft. Is there a tourney equivalent? That seems to me where people spend the most on paint. It's not scenarios or rec.......tourney play is where paint costs are a PITA.

OPBN · 11-26-2012, 11:18 AM

Yeah, an hour of maintenance might be a bit high. i do tear down each marker I used for the day and thoroughly clean it. I think one weekend when I used 4 different markers, I may have spent a couple of hours cleaning, but doubtfull. They might be including maintenance time as well though with masks, pods, etc which if you take into consideration might raise your maintenance time close to an hour. I do wash and dry all my pods, pod packs, loader and mask after every day of play. Adding this to the mix might put it up to close to an hour, but honestly I don't mind doing it, so putting that down as a "cost" is silly in my opinion. If you add all the tinkering time into this equation my "costs" would be ridiculous as I am constantly farting around with my gear.

Lohman446 · 11-26-2012, 11:26 AM

I play paintball because I enjoy paintball more than I enjoy airsoft. I ride a Harley because I enjoy it more than a Honda (and the Honda is a lot more comparable to a Harley then airsoft is to paintball). As long as I can afford it I'm not going to attempt to boil it down to a logical point because neither playing paintball or airsoft is perfectly logical.

Jebus · 11-26-2012, 11:32 AM

Co2???? Really? 12g maybe, but I thought everyone used HPA now!

HurtCow · 11-26-2012, 12:56 PM

I save tons of money in paintball by just getting shot out early in nearly every round.

Ramous · 11-26-2012, 12:58 PM

I've been playing a little less as of late, but earlier this year I was paintballing at least once a week.

I spent $25 every other time I went to play. I got free admission, bring my own 12ies, and buy a bag (for $25) that I can play atleast 2 days off of.

Every other weekend is free pretty much, unless I run out of 12ies. But walmart sells 40 12ies for like $13.

ta2maki · 11-26-2012, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moses688

You think wipers are bad, imagine shooting little bbs that don't leave any mark.

That's why airsoft needs to raise their fps limit so that the plastic bbs break skin. Can't wipe when its embedded a 1/4" in your skin...and bleeding.

freedummy · 11-26-2012, 01:38 PM

Who shoots 2 boxes a day, every weekend, and doesn't have an HPA tank?!

I still don't doubt airsoft can be cheaper than paintball, but soccer/football is cheaper than hockey, too. They both have players moving around attempting to put a rounded object into the opposite end of the playing surface. Therefore, why would ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND play hockey? Hockey requires more costly equipment, and it's like, cold and wet and stuff. Am I right, guise?

11-26-2012, 10:03 AM	#51 (permalink)
Tinman MCB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brighton Michigan	I have contracted work with my playfield. The work amounts to $2100 a year. Even with buying guns with the credit I have a hard time spending it all.. __________________ Proud Delta Ops member playing for the betterment of the game. My Feedback

11-26-2012, 10:22 AM	#53 (permalink)
Jaccen MCB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: SW Ontario	Does paintball cost more? Likely. By that amount? Not for my friends and I. Couple of thoughts # of paintballs: I shot a case and 1/2 a bag at Canadian Carnage. A case for Saturday, 1/2 a bag for the pump Friday. I had 1/2 a pod left over. 4000 a day? Not in my world even at a "trigger happy" event. Let's not get into the far smaller amounts I shoot playing rec. Maintenance: Wipe off, 3 drops of oil, dry fire for a bit, place 'mag in gear bag.......and done. I'll include charging the batteries for my Rotor if we want to stretch this. Uh, 10 minutes if I'm shooting the breeze with my friends while doing it? Maybe a full strip down/lubing/o-ring replacement once a year per heavily used marker. 1 hr for a full breakdown. I'm still no where near that amount listed. I can see the advantages they were trying to show. However, I just don't seem them applying to my style of play. To each their own. EDIT: I'm not that familiar with airsoft. Is there a tourney equivalent? That seems to me where people spend the most on paint. It's not scenarios or rec.......tourney play is where paint costs are a PITA. __________________ MCB Feedback Please ship to me using US Postal Service when shipping to Canada. Don't ship to Canada? No worries--I can work it out with you: US Parcel Pickup

11-26-2012, 11:18 AM	#54 (permalink)
OPBN Seasoned Member Join Date: Apr 2009	Yeah, an hour of maintenance might be a bit high. i do tear down each marker I used for the day and thoroughly clean it. I think one weekend when I used 4 different markers, I may have spent a couple of hours cleaning, but doubtfull. They might be including maintenance time as well though with masks, pods, etc which if you take into consideration might raise your maintenance time close to an hour. I do wash and dry all my pods, pod packs, loader and mask after every day of play. Adding this to the mix might put it up to close to an hour, but honestly I don't mind doing it, so putting that down as a "cost" is silly in my opinion. If you add all the tinkering time into this equation my "costs" would be ridiculous as I am constantly farting around with my gear. __________________ MCB Feedback: http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/f...-feedback.html AO Feedback: http://automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=235290

11-26-2012, 11:26 AM	#55 (permalink)
Lohman446 MCBs armed pacifist Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West Michigan	I play paintball because I enjoy paintball more than I enjoy airsoft. I ride a Harley because I enjoy it more than a Honda (and the Honda is a lot more comparable to a Harley then airsoft is to paintball). As long as I can afford it I'm not going to attempt to boil it down to a logical point because neither playing paintball or airsoft is perfectly logical. __________________ "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. Its not." Dr. Seuss "Use peaceful means where they are appropriate; but where they are not appropriate, do not hesitate to resort to more forceful - Thupten Gyatso (the Dalai Lama, 1932) "It is not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters" Coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant. "The ink of scholars is more precious than the blood of martyrs" - Muhammed

11-26-2012, 12:58 PM	#58 (permalink)
Ramous Tigerstyle Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bartlett,Illinois	I've been playing a little less as of late, but earlier this year I was paintballing at least once a week. I spent $25 every other time I went to play. I got free admission, bring my own 12ies, and buy a bag (for $25) that I can play atleast 2 days off of. Every other weekend is free pretty much, unless I run out of 12ies. But walmart sells 40 12ies for like $13. __________________ "Conformities are called for much more eagerly today than yesterday... skeptics, liberals, individuals with a taste for private life and their own inner standards of behavior, are objects of fear and derision and targets of persecution for either side... in the great ideological wars of our time."- Isaiah Berlin "Freedom is not something that can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be."- James Baldwin

11-26-2012, 01:38 PM	#60 (permalink)
freedummy BOOM headshot! Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Calgary, Alberta	Who shoots 2 boxes a day, every weekend, and doesn't have an HPA tank?! I still don't doubt airsoft can be cheaper than paintball, but soccer/football is cheaper than hockey, too. They both have players moving around attempting to put a rounded object into the opposite end of the playing surface. Therefore, why would ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND play hockey? Hockey requires more costly equipment, and it's like, cold and wet and stuff. Am I right, guise? __________________ My feedback: MCB / a5og / eBay

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