Hopper Heaven

I've been collecting every high end hopper I could put my hands on lately so we could to do a comprehensive review of them all. We've finally got all the hoppers, but it wasn't easy.

So what do we have lined up? First off, a new Dye Rotor with matching Speedfeed. Next up an NXe JRNY with a Virtue Crown Speedfeeed. This one was hard to get my hands on, but I managed somehow. Just in, a new Empire Prophecy. The speedfeed lid isn't out yet, but Simon promised by the first of the year. The opening is much larger then other hoppers, so it requires a custom speedfeed. The Hard Corps Torque loader is next, which is arguably the first to claim to be quick to take apart, without tools. We have a staple in the loader industry, the Viewloader VLocity, and lastly we got our hands on a new Pinokio loader, with the extended front part to!

I'm planning on there being two sides to the testing, a technical side and a playability side. For the playability side I've lined up a mix of players with a mix of guns, and a defined set of questions I want to get their feedback on. Based on their answers, I'll combine their scores and come up and A-F ratings for each. On the technical side, I am going to compare the internals of each one, how the assemble/dissemble, battery life, wire placement, popcorning, weak points, feedneck strength, built quality, and all other kinds of stuff geeks and nerds worry about. Again we'll rate each one A-F.

Based on the combined scores we'll then give each one an over all A-F rating.

And no, we're not going to worry about which has the fastest drop test feed rates or crap like that. We're looking at real tests that matter. How many balls does it hold? Are the wires out of the way inside the gun, or are you going to rip them out every time you need to take it apart? Real players using each one, then switching hoppers after every set and giving us their first impressions in several areas.

Ya, like a real review. Imagine that?

We all want to know what's the best overall bang for our buck, even if next year you play the PSP and only get to shoot 8bps.