Paintball Magazine July 2015 Issue | Page 108

Comprised of a top shell with a flip-lid that can be easily swapped for a speed-feed that is practically a necessity in the modern tournament game, a “Swoop Stack” drive system and “Zero Gravity” lift tray and lower shell with a thick feed neck, the TFX is simple to operate via two buttons at the rear of the loader. One button switches the loader off and on, while the other operates the loader’s anti-jam system. The power button, I can assure you, functions well and offers a positive, tactile feel even in gloves, and while the anti-jam button also functions by reversing the drive system, I can’t really speak much as to how well the anti-jam system works: I didn’t need it. Through several thousand rounds fired in extremely hot, humid Mid-Atlantic summer weather with various brands and sizes of paintballs, I did not experience a single jam even at rates of fire approaching twenty paintballs per second. 108 paintball magazine Dismantling the HK TFX loader for cleaning or swapping batteries is simple and takes only a few moments. The top shell separates from the bottom, exposing the drive system and spring-loaded lift tray that helps paintballs at the front of the loader fall into the drive system, then the entire feed system and tray lifts out exposing the battery compartment and buttons, while emptying the bottom tray with the feed neck. After a couple of tries, it’ll take you less time to do all that, than it took you to read about it. Thanks to its lightweight, high-impact construction and the requirement for only two batteries, the HK TFX loader is very light at just a tad over one pound with batteries installed. The loader holds just over two hundred paintballs and F