Best Paintball Gun For The Buck
The Planet Eclipse Etek 3 LT is the Best Paintball Gun For the price.
Check the reviews… players are comparing it to the Planet Eclipse Ego's… but here's the thing, Ego's cost over a grand. The etek 3 LT only costs 500 bucks.
Price = $500
Features:
LED BOARD – 3 TRU-COLOUR LED INDICATORS
PROGRAMMABLE FIRING MODES
ON/OFF PURGE SYSTEM
BREAK BEAM SENSOR SYSTEM
FULLY ADJUSTABLE TRIGGER
2-PIECE BARREL – 14"
S3 INLINE REGULATOR
NEW DIRECT MOUNTED SOLENOID
CURE BOLT
ZICK KIT
NEW SMALLER RAMMER HOUSING
DEFTEK OFFSET FEED
ONE-PIECE BODY (NO FRM)
Luxurious Design
Great Price
Product Description:
This 'base' model features composite parts, used for the very first time on an Eclipse marker. The Feed tube, Eye Covers and Frame are manufactured from Glass Reinforced Nylon [GRN] a very durable material that is both tough and rigid.
All other parts of the ETEK3 are manufactured from exactly the same materials with the finishes you will find on the Ego10 and SL range; high grade aluminum and stainless steel coupled with deep cosmetic and industrial hard anodizing.
Reviews:
Planet Eclipse released the new Etek in late 2009, the Etek3 LT and AM models.
I tested them out, and this is what I think about the marker:
Straight out of the box, the Etek3 shoot pretty nicely. A little tinkering with the LPR and dwell, and it shot even nicer. In my opinion the Etek3 need a little more work than the previous models, before it is properly shot in?
Still, even the cheaper of the two models didn't let me down. I was a little worried about how the frame and feedneck was going to last the going on speedball field. These things are made out of reinforced nylon if I don't remember wrong. But I was worried for nothing. Both frame and feedneck seems to be pretty robust, and don't crack easily. I actually managed to make some pretty ugly dives, but no problems. Also the eye-covers are made from the same material as the feedneck and frame, but not worried about how they will last =)
The board on the LT-model is pretty much like the ones on the earlier Eteks. You see the settings on the marker by the three leds in the frame. Pretty simple, and doesn't require much learning to be mastered.
One of the biggest changes on the Etek3 model is, that it takes Ego rammers. It comes stock with the Zick kit. But hey, now you can put a Zick2 in the etek. Nice.
You can later on upgrade your Etek3 LT so it is similar to the AM model. With the Etek3 LT upgrade kit you get the metal feedneck, frame and eye covers, and if you're really going to pimp you etek, you can get the Emortal board. The Emortal board don't fit the Etek3 LT, but once you get the upgrade kit, you can get it installed.
awsome marker right out of the box, VERY light and even easier to clean.you won't go wrong with this one for the price it keeps up with the best of them even better then some high priced markers. I have a all stock w/the degi camo and all i play is woods ball the Etek 3 has not let me down and i suspect it never will. i have been playing for over 5 years and have gone thru meny meny markers such as but not limited to
fully upgraded Ion-dark timmy-etek ego 06- bob long marq 6 boblong defiant- mini-and so on too meny to list my point is the etek 3 is by far my favorite I also have a tippmann a5 a bt delta elite and a ion but all i use is the etek 3 yes even for woods ball if you have the 475 to spend Buy this marker
This is my first ever purchase of a marker from Planet Eclipse after being a rather large fanboy of Smart Parts and anything that they touched. The day I got it I only had enough air to run a pod of paint through it. These were 6-7 month old balls and were REALLY dimpled. Every single ball shot straight and I had no breaks at all(impressive)! The second(and most recent time) I used it was on Saturday @ All American Paintball Park. I was there roughly 4 hours and played around 15 games and shot approximately 1200 shots with around 2000psi left in my 68/4500 tank.