Best paintball tubes & pods according to redditors

I've had a quantity error from Amazon before too. Paintball pistols have these little tubes that hold 8 or 10 paintballs for you to quickly reload during a session. These things.

Anyway, I was buying a pistol so I bought 2 or 3 of those reload tubes. Upon delivery, I found myself opening a box of 2 or 3 hundred.

They're just cheap plastic though, so not really as neat as box of SD cards.

A paintball caddy.

http://www.ansgear.com/Paintball_Caddy_Pod_Filler_s/453.htm

I spent 12 dollars on one and it is the best money I ever spent. I'd say only 60 percent of players have one. Super duper convenient.

A gun stand

http://www.ansgear.com/Splattrak_Paintball_Gun_Stand_Graphite_p/splattrackgunstandblack.htm

I got a different one (guru paintball gun stand, disassembles to be super small in a gear bag). I spent 20 dollars on mine although I linked to a more expensive/fancier one. Best money I ever spent. I'd say only about 1/3 of players have one.


A pod swab. It's used for cleaning out a pod when you bust a ball ont he field, or for drying them after you're done cleaning them at home.

http://www.ansgear.com/Exalt_Pod_Swab_Green_p/exaltpodswabgreen.htm

17 dollars, and it's the best money I've ever spent. I'd say only 5 percent of players have one.

A paintball chronograph.

http://www.ansgear.com/Paintball_Chronograph_s/200.htm

I have the yellow one, spent 50 dollars on it used, although you can find them for 35-40 these days and it was the best money I've ever spent. Get one used, doesn't hve to be the Sports Sensor one as that's like the oldest one around. I'd say 2% of players have a chronograph of their own.

A paintball tech mat.

http://www.ansgear.com/Paintball_Gun_Mat_Tech_Mat_s/1061.htm

It keeps you from losing screws and keeps stuff from scratching or getting scratched. Spend 15-20 dollars, and it was the best money I ever spent. I'd say 10 percent of players have one.

Buy him a bunch of pods. Everyone needs pods. Get some fancy ones. The virtue ones are great.

https://www.amazon.com/Virtue-PF135-PF165-Locking-Paintball/dp/B00TSWT04I

Get the longer ones. They're like 6-7 dollars a piece and they're the best money I ever spent. They're much better than dye locklids, and I'm really happy with them. I'd say only 30% of players have fancy pods.


You can never have too many hex keys. Try to get him a set of extra long ones. Those balls really aren't necessary, or even good. The ball-end ones are more likely to strip a screw. Even if he just bought himself 2 sets of hexkeys, he'd still be happy to have another set.

Someone else said a goggle case. That's another expensive item that people usually don't buy for themselves.


It's really hard for a player to spend money on these sorts of things, because there are so man other things they can get. But these items are all incredibly convenient, super awesome, and make my life so much easier. I am thankful every time I use one of these products.

This is my 'setup' right now. It's balanced well and works just fine, though I do take off the air tank to run it as a secondary with a holster.

I would definitely recommend getting this holster -- the one made by Tippmann is utter garbage. This one is adjustable, so it works with most pistols and can fit the TiPX with some work.

12-gram CO2 cartridges fit in shotgun shell loops like a glove. So do 10-round tubes, the best way to reload your magazines as you go.

I use this vest and it fits five extra magazines: two for each of the bottom-forward large pockets, and one in the pocket directly above that with the four shell loops. Those will fit CO2 cartridges perfectly.

A word of warning, though... while this vest works perfectly fine, it's a bitch to clean and I'm starting to regret that I didn't get a MOLLE vest with mag pouches. You can't hold more than five magazines with this vest.

Also, consider getting the FXR carbine-mod when it becomes available next month. And even if you don't like that, the ZetaMag (which is an extended magazine that gives you 20 shots per magazine) is definitely worth a look.

Very nice, I absolutely love my phantom!

It's a small upgrade, but I'd recommend looking into some tethered caps for your 10 round tubes. Losing those green caps gets old pretty quick.

Once upon a time I was able to purchase the caps separately, though right now I can only find them for sale with the tubes.

Amazon or [PaintballOnline] (http://www.paintball-online.com/10-Round-Tube-with-Tethered-Speed-Cap-Smoke-TB10RDSWTL-0X.aspx)

If you're worried about having a hopper in a mag-fed only game, but you don't want to spend a bunch of money on a mag-fed marker or conversion kit, you can do what I've done for under $20: make your own "magazines".

1. buy some 10 round tubes
   
2. Get some foam or something squishy. (I had some laying around from old packaging)
   
3. Cut a piece of foam and put it around the hole of a tube.
   
4. Duct tape all the way around the foam.
   
5. Layer with duct tape until it fits snugly in the feedneck
   
6. Repeat 3-5 for all tubes
   
7. Fill tubes with paintballs
   
   I've used these in my 98's a few times and it really is a lot of fun. It takes a bit longer to reload than actual magazines, and it is on the top of your gun, but it does make it easy to see how many rounds you have left.
   

this one is good

pods to go with

you're gonna love it :)

I went with these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075VJ8P4P/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1#customerReviews

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NTRRHQN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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