A Review of 8 Top Paintball Markers

Here is a review of 8 of the best and most popular paintball markers available on the market today.

1. Spyder Electra

The Spyder Electra paintball marker features an electronic board complete with color access mode display, a 3-rnd Burst, 6-rnd Burst and Full Auto enhanced modes, and offers up a rate of up to 20 BPS (balls per second) with an aero twist accuracy barrel. Other features include an adjustable clamp feed and electronic safety mode. The Spyder Electra operates on CO2 or compressed air. At about $300, this model is the most expensive in the Spyder series of paintball markers, but worth every penny.

2. Diablo Mongoose II BBS LCD with EYES

The Diablo Mongoose paintball marker is capable of semiautomatic electronic fire of up to 17 BPS. The  Diablo’s Foregrip is equipped with an expansion chamber, and a rear velocity adjuster with tournament lock. The LCD version features game timer, shot counter, and an auto shut-off. This one will cost you about $200.

3. Tipmann 98 Custom Pro E

Tipmann offers paintball markers that range in price anywhere from $150 to $300. The Tipmann 98 Custom Pro E, which costs around $230, is one of their latest products. It features five electronic firing modes – Semi Auto, Auto Response, Full Auto, 3 Shot and Turbo, a Stone-Honed barrel, fully customizable receiver, removable front grip and a 200 round hopper.
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4. Dye DMC

Dye puts out some of the most expensive paintball markers on the market with a price range beginning at $700. The three dimensional contoured aluminum body of the DMC model costs around $1400 however, owing to its patented FUSE™ bolt technology, the DMC is capable of a firing rate of 23 BPS, making it a good choice for serious painballers. It features a tournament legal mode and reduced eye sensitivity settings which can be adjusted through the intelligent Electronic Control (IEC).

5. Evil Piranha and Evil Pimp

Evil Piranha paintball marker product line-up includes the Piranha EVO, the Piranha SRT E-FORCE and the Evil Pimp, all at the medium price point. The most expensive is the Electro-Pneumatic open-bolted Evil pimp which costs about $700. The main features include an electronically adjustable rate of fire, tray-less trigger frame,  detonator vertical regulator and twist lock Teflon bolt.

6. BT-16 Tactical

Another excellent Tipmann paintball product, the BT-16 Tactical paintball marker, is in the $250 to $359 price range and is built with a vertical feed system and an M-16 style charging handle. Its main features include an adjustable front grip, dual sight/mounting rails, eternal velocity adjuster and easy filed stripping.

7. Eclipse EGO

The Eclipse EGO is an open bolt electro-pneumatic paintball marker in the $1,100 range which features LCD optical trigger, rear function buttons, menu-driven operating system, and eye indicator. The full adjustable ROF allows for firing at 1 to 30 BPS with eye off, and unlimited ROF with eye on.

8. Smart Parts Impulse

The Smart Parts Impulse marker costs around $450 and operates on either CO2, or compressed air or nitrogen, without the need for a high-pressure system. Its features include a two finger trigger, progressive rifled barrel and maximum flow regulator. The optional “vision” add on has an anti-chop sensing eye which prevents firing if there is no ball present in the breech.