WRRRHHHHHRRRHRHRHHHH.

Thanks, folks, that's the only impression I do.

But seriously. I just got the new Halo TSA LCD "Backman" hopper, and so
far, I really like it. Mine is clear, and runs on two 9v batteries. You're
also supposed to be able to run it using 4 AA batteries. (They snap into a
little battery holder which then goes in place of the 9v batteries. From
the manual, it looks like that adaptor is supposed to be included, though
mine wasn't. I'll contact the place I got it and make sure. In any case,
the design is pretty cool. If you wanna use the AA battery adaptors,
there's a little spacer plate that comes out of the battery tray to make
room for the adaptors. If you're using 9v batteries, which take up less
space than the AA adaptors, you put the spacer plate back in. That makes it
so no matter what you're using, your batteries stay snugly in place.)

My first impression: it's longer than a standard hopper, and not too much
wider. In fact, it juts in a fairly phallic manor. But that's beside the
point. It looks like a fat banana, except that it has some flat sides on it
like the AK series of hoppers. And you can tuck 220 paintballs into its
voluminous goodness.

Lots of gimmicks and gewgaws on it, too, adjustable through an LCD screen
and four buttons on the back. Many features are unnecessary, but some are
pretty cool. For example, the hopper knows what direction you're leaning
it, and it reverses the paddle direction accordingly. So you're always
pushing the balls *toward* the hole instead of away from it. It's also
sound activated, which I tested by shouting into the hopper. If you hold a
loud note, it'll just keep going and going. That should keep me amused for
hours.

Every motion on that thing is adjustable. You can adjust the sensitivity to
sound, you can adjust how long the motor spins when it agitates, and how
fast, and you can change the countdown timer duration. It also has a shot
counter as well, but I haven't really paid attention to that yet. Another
interesting adjustment is that you can set it for "open bolt" or "closed
bolt", depending on your marker type. All I think that really does, though
is just help the shot counter know how it's supposed to count. Otherwise
it'd be off by one, I guess.

The plastic seems sturdy enough. Hard actually. Almost like the whole
thing is made of Plexiglas, though I know it isn't.

The only thing I wish they'd done is build O-rings into the feed tube, like
the newer AK hoppers have. That makes it easy to put it in pretty much any
feed riser, and holds it snug as well.


Eric

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 02:40:37 GMT, "Ayar-15"
<autococker@insightbbNOSPAM.com> wrote:

>WRRRHHHHHRRRHRHRHHHH.
>
>Thanks, folks, that's the only impression I do.
>
<snip>
>
>The only thing I wish they'd done is build O-rings into the feed tube, like
>the newer AK hoppers have. That makes it easy to put it in pretty much any
>feed riser, and holds it snug as well.
>
>
>Eric
>


Thanks Eric....appreciate the info...1 question...how much did this
bad boy cost?

SC