Never Underestimate the ViewLoader Revolution

[iamthelazerviking]

Always been a sucker for these. Especially the old style shells. Slap on an X-Board, better impeller, good to go.
My Etha 2 is set to a max of 10.5 BPS on semi-auto. Revy doesn't skip a beat. Even down to the last few balls, feeds great. Even better so than my Valken Switch which has a hard time feeding the last few
I've never outshot a Revy. Maybe I have slow fingers but even on an electro walking the trigger, no problem.

[kevin qmto]

while I can pretty easily outshoot a Revy, I still like them a lot. Swapping impellers really can improve feedrate for sure. I have a 9v Revy, the one where the box only claims a measly 6-8bps. And I found the main culprit was the tiny 2 prong impeller they put in those loaders. Swapping to a later X-board style 4 pronged one improved things into the 9-11bps territory.

[Meleager7]

I ran a revvy on my Gen-e Matrix at a big game recently in Wasaga Beach, Ontario a few weeks back. As long as I stayed off of walking the trigger , the revvy did great! Love the lightweight and old school aesthetic!

[gabe]

I've come back around to them too. Had tons of issues chopping on my main mini Orracle but it turned out to be the crappy CCM bolt with no o-rings creating blowback up the feedneck. Recently swapped to an Inception bolt and all problems are fixed. Ran it at a mech tournament recently and that setup never skipped a beat no matter how much paint I was throwing. Plus it just looks "right" on top of an autococker.

[Tinybear]

I love my revy’s. I only shoot classic Mechs or pumps so a revy is more than enuff for anything I’m going to do.

When empire rereleased them I bought two. One to run with a speed feed and one to keep the lid on. Really don’t know why empire pulled plug on them again.

I still have a rotor I use a lot solely cause it’s easy to clean and such. But for me cleaning is it’s only adavantage at the cost of ally more weight.

[Meleager7]

I picked up a JT Revolution in ebay last year,and kept the stock lid on, to use as my rainy weather loader

[XEMON]

It holds up my full auto gun ... so good enough for me.
And somehow i prefer teh 9v continuous (no eyes) version ...

[Euphie]

I can outshoot a Revvy very easily, but if I use it with a gun that has eyes I am happy enough with how fast it can feed. I have a 9v VL-2000 right now which is great for light weight and durability, it isn't always about speed. I really like the Reloader or intellifeed more than the X-board though, it does seem to just work better.

[glaman5266]

With the right paintgun I can outshoot a 12V Revvy with a Vortex impellor. But for anything that’s not a walkable electro or a super fast RT it is all you need. So basically for 95% of my paintball applications. Mine has the pre-BE shells, an X-Board and a Vortex impellor.

If I could only have one electric hopper it would be a Revolution.

[spikeball]

Unpopular opinion; the Spire IR2 is the modern Revy.

I will say though, I've always had a Revy, and when I recently didn't, I found another.

[Ecapnation]

Until you have your Bluetooth go down....

[spikeball]

Haha! Luckily the IR series is just infrared eyes like the Revy. Honestly, I think I like them more than my Spire III. And bluetooth is silly to have in a hopper. Guess they never saw the intellifeed system.

[Trbo323]

Unpopular opinion; the Spire IR2 is the modern Revy.

I will say though, I've always had a Revy, and when I recently didn't, I found another.

As in underrated? I'd 100% agree to that

Unpopular opinion: the halo tsa is a better agitator than the revy

Don't get me wrong, I like the revy, I just think the tsa is better and that's why I use one on my pump

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[spikeball]

I certainly wouldn't say underrated. Mostly that I don't think people see the Spire IR like the Revy even though they're quite similar functionality wise.

[iamthelazerviking]

Guess I'm slow or this Revy I have just does a great job. Can walk the trigger with ease and it doesn't break a sweat. Mind you I have no idea how fast I'm actually shooting and the limit is 10.5, but I can rip a steady rope and it's no problem

[Euphie]

I think the revvy doing nothing to prevent balls going back up the feed tube is the primary reason why some people seem to have so much worse of a time than others. Some guns like a well timed cocker, will even have some suction in the feedneck, but many have some amount of air traveling up the feedneck. IIRC this is why Automags got powerfeeds, because the agitating hoppers get slowed by this. I know if I take my Angel LCD and pull 16 a second on it (according to the screen on the board) it will chop and skip shots with a 12v revvy even if I have a long feedneck on it though.

[MrBarraclough]

I believe you are correct, Euphie. Automags are especially prone to blowback up the feedneck, having essentially no dwell. Even the basic direct feed bodies have a vent hole at the base of the feedneck. Perhaps I'm misremembering (or misattributing because he innovated so many things), but wasn't it Tom Kaye who invented the powerfeed in the first place?

[Brokeass_baller]

What impellers do you guys use? I've always used stock. I never knew it was a worthwhile upgrade.

[BrickHaus]

Ive used vortex imellers, and ronin gear tsunami impellers. As well as stock. Its been years since Ive done a drop test, but I recall the vortex making a noricable difference.

I have some tsunamis laying around. I&I accepted an offer for 10 bucks for 10 of them on ebay, so I have spares if ya wanna try one. Just cover shipping.

The tsunamis do seem to fit tight on the hex shaft. Took slight work to fit em on.

[iamthelazerviking]

I've always been partial to the Vortex. Don't currently have one, and always miss out when they pop up. But my current Revy has the Tsunami. As mentioned, it does fit right on the hex shaft. But I've been impressed, no crazy popcorning and does well with the last few balls. I still want to get another Vortex though.

[PlawB]

Way back when I heated up my stock impellers and bent them upwards to improve performance. I don't know if the plastic would still hold up to the process.

http://www.warpig.com/paintball/technical/loaders/vortex/index.shtml

The article talks about using eggy impellers, but you could do that to the stock ones too.

[pirhana92]

I’ve used Revy’s on automags, pumps and electors and it’s still my favorite hopper. I love the look of it, especially with an exalt speedfeed.

[gabe]

Oh man, Ronin gear impellers. I forgot about that company and those things. There was a Splatt magazine with a player shooting a clear Ricochet hopper with one of those impellers in it and I remember thinking that was the coolest thing ever. One shell half was smoke and the other one was fully clear and it was the most 2000's look ever.

[Sharkpocalypse]

Revies were my favorite economy hopper. They are light, cheap, simple and could keep up well enough in most scenarios. Since it got discontinued, I've moved over to the Protoyz Speedster as my preferred non-forcefed hopper. It's pretty much just the lovechild of a Revy and a Rotor at half the cost of a Spire.

[Meleager7]

Do you notice the extra weight of the speedster on your marker?

[glaman5266]

Not to hijack this post, but Meleager7 I do notice the weight of my Speedster, but it depended on the marker I was using. On an Emek it's not bad, but it's top-heavy. On a cocker it gets heavy after a while IMO.

Darn good hopper for the price though. Feeds well, built well, large lid opening. Only real downside is weight, but that's offset because of the sheer capacity. Excellent for hopper ball for that reason.

[Sharkpocalypse]

A little bit. The weight is the only downside of that hopper, in my opinion. It's about as heavy as a Rotor but easily just as durable, if not more so. Also, the inside seems designed to scoop balls into the feedneck so you don't end up with those last few rounds bouncing around like popcorn nearly as much.