PaintballX3 Magazine September 2014 | Page 66

66 Premiere paintball manufacturer expands product line to include full set of gear bags and luggage! When G.I. Sportz takes a break from making the paintballs used by top teams like Edmonton Impact, Houston Heat, San Antonio X-Factor, Baltimore Revo and many other top teams, apparently they make other stuff. The G.I. product line, which already includes numerous brands of paintballs, the VForce brand of goggles including the Grill and Profiler (and their hot new HDR lenses), custom compressed air systems and the Victus paintball gun in collaboration with Bob Long, has recently expanded again to include an impressive line of luggage and gear bags. While many other companies do offer gear bags that are all good at their jobs, G.I. didn’t just throw their hat into the paintball gear-hauling business with a single bag or even two. Rather, G.I. now offers a complete line of paintball and casual luggage, five pieces, from a protective marker bag to a large rolling gear bag with several offerings in-between, enabling paintball players and their families to travel with paintball guns, clothing, equipment and electronics in a durable, color-coordinated ensemble. Mark’R may be the Bag Though it smallest in the new G.I. Sportz line of bags, the Mark’R bag is by no means the least significant as it is meant to handle a very important task: protect a paintball player’s thousand-dollar investment. The G.I. Mark’R bag is a padded, zippered gun bag that, though it is able to hold a complete paintball gun along with parts, pieces and a complete barrel kit, remains small and slim enough to tuck away in a safe portion of a larger September 2014