Field Test - New Paintball Gear...

Ok - Observations from first run with all my gear...

- Although I can dance all night at Zouk in a alcohol enhanced trance, 5 minutes on a PB field in full kit playing re-spawn simply kills me...

- The Empire elbow ground pounders are great protection but take getting used to wearing and add to the heat exhaustion

- The Dye C8 pants are also great protection and look great but with the multi-layers and lining no amount of venting seems to help

- The Empire Events Goggles are great - a little less visibility than the Profilers and probably less protection but they fit well. Still undecided as to whether the lack of front venting effects both breathing and communication - will be doing more testing to find out. The lenses change over in a flash although the locking bits are tiny and I can see them getting lost very easily if I'm not careful. The additional attachments for the cap peak etc are also a little hard to put on when the lense is in...

I did take a hit on the bottom of the jaw guard which I think then bounced on to my neck - bit hard to tell if this was actually the case or got hit twice as there was paint flying in all directions - so if you're worried about more protection the profilers look like they offer a little more in this area...

Will update with pretty pics later..