Regular revy vs sound activated revy

[jerryjjackson69]

I forgot about hard-wired as well! I would roll the bend sensor and rolling sensor into the same category.

[jerryjjackson69]

Oh yeah! I forgot about those! The Spyder Fasta, Tippmann SL, Valken V-Max loaders, and Pinokio loaders used the bend sensor or a spin wheel in the feedneck to physically be activated when the paint moved. Those would fall in the same "catch-up" or "retro-active" category as eye-sensors, but definitely are their own class! Now that the eye patent in hoppers has expired we will probably see more loaders using the eye system (the expiration of the patent coincided with the release of the Spire IR, and Spire III loaders have unused spots in the feedneck for the placement of eyes). Eyes were one of the first detection systems, and were patented, and a lot of the other detection systems that have been used since were just developed as an alternative to eyes to circumvent the patent.

[Brokeass_baller]

In the past, I've found sound activated hoppers to be annoying. So much so that I bought a Spire IR over the more expensive models. I've never shot so fast that I've noticed a difference in performance. And even if I want to shoot fast, I have a Rotor for that.

[iamthelazerviking]

Much agreed @punkcat and it can be hard to differentiate the actual VL "soft" shells from the Brass Eagle other than by opening them up and seeing the VL stamp inside. Those shells plus X-Board and JmJ Vortex impeller is my favorite loader, but I don't really use hoppers anymore.

[Psycho91]

I have an enmey so I'm glad I didn't buy it, got a prophecy instead

[Meleager7]

you want them googly eyes fo sho!

[Chappy]

Ya sorry. Pre brass eagle revolution. Once brass eagle bought them out the plastic became more brittle

[Chuck E Ducky]

The viewloader branded shells are the best. Any of the special color shells are brittle at the feedneck. Newest ones are more durable then the clear blue clear red and such.


BE= brass eagle

[MrKittyCatMeowFace]

BE revy?

[Chappy]

If it has the googley eyes in the revolution logo then it is a pre BE revy and is nearly indestructible

[punkncat]

Of note almost all of the soft shells I have seen have a milky kind of soft lid, not the clear hard lid.

[punkncat]

With the soft ones, they feel like and often can leave an actual mark in them if you ran your nail along it right. The other is much harder and brittle.

[shadow191]

I have a 12V Revy w/ Xboard that came as part of a gearbag so no idea of when it was made. Plastic is textured and same as some old Viewloader gravity hoppers I also have. Feels softer than the Halos I have (old smoke shelled ones) which have a definite click. Is that what you mean by soft?

[punkncat]

I am not really familiar with it, but the Pinokio hopper has some manner of leaf sensor down in the breech. It reminded me a lot of Sensi strip thingy in the older Angels.

[punkncat]

IMO the old "soft shell", black 12V Revi with X board is the best hopper that has ever been made. There are newer ones that have a hard shell that if you tap it rather clicks like a counter top, etc. Those suck really bad, notorious for snapping off at the neck. Almost all of the colored ones are the newer hard shell, super hard to find those as soft ones.
The other cool aspect is that if you can find some of the old Viewloader gravity hoppers and some of the old pods the spring and lid are the same.

Of note, the Viewloader and many of the later models share the same board and eye components, so buying working but broken hard shell units are worthwhile for the electronics.