Paintball Magazine December 2018 Issue | Page 9

Planet Eclipse PAL Loader While many new products receive an outpouring of attention at major events like the World Cup, one, a new loader from Planet Eclipse called the PAL, was let loose somewhat quietly. An excellent idea adding improved function to the company’s impressive and successful EMek mechanical marker, the PAL loader uses a Pneumatically Assisted agitator inside the loader above its feed neck, actuated through the marker’s feed neck, to help prevent jams that so often frustrate players using gravity-fed hoppers and leading to chopped paintballs and the inevitable “shake and bake” situation when players frustratedly shake their marker to get paintballs feeding again. Available for fifty and sixty-eight caliber systems and inexpensive, the PAL loader, once loaded onto an EMek marker, create a system that drastically reduces jams and allows newer players to keep right on firing, or more serious mechanical players to shoot a mech marker and a mech loader, going battery-free! Another great and ingenious product from Planet Eclipse? What a surprise! www.PlanetEclipse.com Valken G-Balls – Reusable .50 Caliber Foam Balls Sometimes it’s the small things in paintball that make the game fun and less expensive to play. Valken’s Gotcha markers are certainly that, with no air source required and at a retail price of under $50. The Valken Gotcha foam 50 caliber balls are designed to be reusable for gotcha guns. The foam balls are safe and ideal for low impact play 110 fps (or 34 mph). These extremely bright neon green PU foam balls are accurate to up to 100 feet, making it the ideal .50 caliber practice ball. Valken’s Gotcha line of markers, foam balls, paintballs and protective gear are perfect for younger players or those ready to give the low impact game a try. www.Valken.com www.paintball.media 09