Paintball Magazine, July 2020 July 2020 | Página 64

P R O D U C T R E V I E W
The Valken VSL Loader
Words & Photos By Joshua D Silverman
Features, Versatility and Price
Make Valken’s Flagship Loader a
Winner!
The high-end loader market in paintball is more
populated than ever, with several companies
offering high-tech options able to keep any
paintball gun banging game after game! Gone
are the days when it didn’t really matter what
paintball gun you were shooting – you had a
VL2000 (later a Revolution) on top. Gone, also,
are the days when teams bludgeoned each
other off the field at ridiculous rates of fire in
the NXL arena, HALO loaders buzzing as hard as
they could to cram paintballs into Intimidators,
Shockers and DM’s. Today, most paintball guns
are shooting around ten paintballs per second
and there are plenty of choices for high-end
loaders that do the job well. Valken’s flagship,
the VSL, offers a long list of features, light
weight, versatility and a price that’s awfully
difficult to beat!
The Valken VSL, or Valken Switch Loader, is a
high-performance loader aimed at competition
style paintball and the needs of players who
run that style of equipment. The loader gets
its name from its unique ability to Switch its
caliber, its capacity and its lid in moments.
Able to switch from .68 caliber paintballs to .50
caliber and back with an included replacement
arm, players looking to play a little low impact
paintball don’t need another loader or even a
screwdriver to make that happen. Players who
suddenly get moved from one position on the
field to another, or are heading into the final
battle at a scenario game and want to carry as
much paint as possible and keep the hammer
down with less reloading can switch from
standard to high capacity with the included
extender, again without tools. Most players
in serious competition use a Speed Feed, but
when the rain hits they need to be able to swap
in a lid to keep the water out of their loader,
and again without tools the VSL’s lid and Speed
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