Talk:Paintball equipment

Optional: A cup
This assumes that the player is male, I am replacing this with: Players may also elect to wear padding or armor in order to reduce the impact of incoming paintballs.

"Axle" Image
I am removing the from the page. The goggles the player is wearing are improper for use in paintball and it could be dangerous to new players to show this image of a supposedly properly-outfitted paintball player. -- Echoback (talk) 20:02, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Mask Maintenance
The sentence of Mask Maintenance doesn't sound quite right: "Lenses should be replaced every season." I have read in many places that they should be replaced just once a year. Or is "season" meaning every season of playing. If so, the writer is assuming that the person knows that that is what they are talking about. If anyone has any comments about what I just said, please reply.

Also, I am adding this part: "[...]and also if your mask it shot from closer than 10-15'. Every time you get shot in the mask, whether or not it was less than 10-15', check for minute cracks, especially around the edges of the plastic."

I have read this also many times. The Editor 2 20:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I would like to remove this, as a avid player, and referee i know otherwise, as well as read otherwise. Paintball masks are designed for the sport of paintball, They have to go to through extreme tests to ensure reliability and saftey features. ALL masks including their lenses have to be shot mulitple times at high rates of fire, point blank, shooting with markers that are "hot" or shooting well over 300 fps, without a single crack.

The reason I want to remove this, is when on the field every kid that reads this after getting shot will want to take off their mask to inspect it, posing a threat of harm. It is like telling all drivers after every single time you drive your car change your oil. FOFpaintball (talk) 21:15, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Paint mine merger
Paint mine's subject matter is too small to warrant its own article. I suggest merge it here and create its own article later, if it grows to a more appropriate size. ~ Ma  x  i  m  illi, 23:13, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


 * As I said over on the discussion for Paint Mine, I concur--and since it's been almost ten days, I'm going to perform the merge. Inkslinger 05:35, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

High Pressure Air Merger
i agree that High pressure air should be merged into paintball equipment. almost everything on it's page is in this article, and the rest can be added easily. let me know how you feel about it.

peace- Three ways round 23 december 19:55 (UTC)


 * I second that. Merge it. --Donutmonger 06:45, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

it's done - Three ways round 20:02 28 decmeber, 2006 (UTC)

# of shots: HPA vs. C02
I thought that the smaller HPA tanks (3000 psi, 48 in3) could hold more shots than all but the largest CO2 tanks. I was told this somewhere, but I don't remember. Could you make a chart with an approximate amount of shots for the different sized HPA and CO2 tanks?

no not accurately, there are way to many varibles including and not limited to the paint/barrel sizing. Velocity of the paintball marker, efficency of the marker, and many more. All of these can increase or decreases the amount of gas used not only to a tank fill, but per shot. such a chart would not be reliable.FOFpaintball (talk) 23:42, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

ghillie suits
Are you allowed to use a ghillie suit in a paintball game?Rmctagg09 22:45, 8 October 2007 (UTC)rmctagg09

Yes. Ghillie suits are acceptable, However, they are impractical in games such as speedball. They fit better into woodsball based games. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.123.192.7 (talk) 12:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Josh G.

"Propane" cleanup
The subsection on propane is incoherent. If anyone knows what its trying to say, a cleanup would be helpful. 129.138.32.219 (talk) 21:28, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Service Life of Tanks
I have read in a couple of places that Steel tanks are rated for 40 years not 24 as written. And that AL tanks have a 15-20 year life span, not unlimited. Carbon fiber is correct at 15 years.

Can someone more knowledgeable confirm and correct the main article. Here's one of my references: http://www.divegearexpress.com/library/tanks.shtml#alumsteel

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