PaintballX3 Magazine December 2013 Issue | Page 81

81 The Pinokio Speed’s tagline is “Smaller, lighter, faster” and the new Pinokio delivers on each promise. The Speed is definitely smaller than its predecessor, by a long shot in-fact, and is comparable in size to the most popular top-level loaders in the game, the Rotor, the Spire and the Z2. The Speed is one of the lightest hoppers in the game as well, as with its two nine-volt batteries installed and ready for action, the hopper hovers above a postal scale at well under a pound: 15.8 ounces. Interestingly, the Speed, with its redesigned internal operating system, is perfectly balanced, able to stand up on its reinforced feed neck completely unsupported. Even more of-interest was its ability to balance on its feed neck not only when empty, but even when filled to capacity with paintballs. That capacity, by the way, is 180 paintballs. While this is significantly less than the previous Pinokio, as the company was intent on making the smallest, lightest hopper they could, this is where the sacrifice had to be made. As for the “faster” part of the new Pinokio’s moniker, the little hopper definitely delivers as both an Ego and a Bob Long Insight were able to shoot at 29 and 27 paintballs per second respectively- more than fast enough considering most events are capped in the teens. WWW.PAINTBALLX3.COM