All About Paintballs
All About Paintballs
Paintballs are gelatin capsules filled with a water-soluble
marking dye. The dye inside is non-toxic, meaning that if you
swallow it, it will not hurt you. However, the taste is not very
pleasant.
Paintballs are manufactured by many different companies. As with
most things, paintballs can be either low quality, or high
quality. Of course, paintballs also come in a variety of colors.
Paintballs can also be bought in many different quantities, with
just as many variations of prices.
Most paintball fields require you to purchase and use their
paint. This is how they make their money. Therefore, in most
cases, brand and quality of the paint will not be deciding
factors.
The best way to determine which brand/quantity/quality of
paintballs you should buy is to know how you will be using those
paintballs. If you are using the paintballs for practice, you
naturally will want to go with the cheapest paintballs. Quality
will not matter much in this instance.
If you will be using the paintballs for rec-ball, again, quality
is not quite as important, and you may want to go with the
cheapest price. However, if you will be using the paintballs for
tournament play, quality matters a great deal. You want
paintballs that will not break easily inside your gun or in
transit. At the same time, you do want paintballs that will
break easily when they hit an opponent. Many tournaments will
require you to use the paint that they are selling. Tournament
grade balls tend to be resistant to