Paintball

[grande]

I bought a XSV Vlocity loader since it's lighter than a halo and because of the adjustable modes and rechargeable batteties (I hate buying 9 volts every time I go play) that come with it.

After playing some recball using it I felt fairly confident taking it to a tournament. Apart from the annoying mosquito-like sound the loader makes it worked great...until the batteries died. It seems the higher than 2 tension modes drain your batteries really fast and I wasn't even able to finish that one tournament with full recharge, I felt really dissappointed.

I was ready to sell the Vlocity but then a team member tells me to try out the Virtue chip. I replace the XSV board and BAM! I have a a whole new loader. No more annoying mosquito sounds, battery life has improved so much it doesn't even feel like the same loader anymore (shot 2 cases at practices, had the loader on almost all the time, then played some recball, shot a case while having the loader on for extended periods of time). It's super fast, super consistant and gentle on paint. I have only ran it on Millenium mode and no force, but it does the trick for me.
Feeds consistant 12 bps when ramping (thats the BPS limit in Millenium series), with uncapped semi it starts and keeps up and I was surprised of how fast I really can shoot.

I tried the antijam program with freefalling pod after pod of reballs through the loader and even the antijam is great, everything is automated as in no need to push any buttons for reverse the action, it does it for you.

I highly recommend this product for ANYONE that owns a Vlocity loader

[Sly1]

a tourney capped at 12? wow, thats almost reachable with a mech marker..

Is it possible you stock vlocity board was just crap? lol.. I've heard over all really good things about the hoppers..maybe yours was just a lemon

[pizzaluvr]

Originally Posted by Sly1

a tourney capped at 12? wow, thats almost reachable with a mech marker..

Is it possible you stock vlocity board was just crap? lol.. I've heard over all really good things about the hoppers..maybe yours was just a lemon

The chip in the XSV Vlocity is different from the stock one.

[Sly1]

yeah, but then why did you get the xsv if the chip is worse than the normal one? I still think its a lemon.. lol, why would they make a pl loader thats worse than their normal ones?

[pizzaluvr]

The normal ones are crap on batteries as well, but I think thought they lasted at least a case. It very well could have been a lemon. Your using the same battery with both, correct?

There could be a short or something on the XSV.

[grande]

Same battery using both chips, but really different results. The continnuous tension and pulsating drains batteries really fast, but with the Virtue there is no need for it. It starts the feeding so when firing a burst every shot comes out and not just the first few that are in the feed tube, then pause and then the rest. Works almost too well!

Sly1 yeah, the 12 rof is something you need to get used to. After shooting 15 for a few seasons 12 felt like the marker was malfunctioning, but now that I'm used to it I like it a lot more than 15bps.