Spyder Sonix

Spyder Sonix

Is the Spyder Sonix Paintball kit from canadian tire any good?

I recently went paint balling and i decided i want to by a gun i was a canadian tire and saw the spider sonix kit for 142.49 regular 189.99 iv heard The spyder is a good make but im not certain if you have this gun or know anything about it please answer

I myself have only used an older Spyder Xtra and Imagine, both got the job done, but had much to be disired. I'll be straight with you, that marker package will get you into the sport with your own equipment, but it's far from a good deal. The marker itself is so so. It's a mechanical blowback marker with a long trigger pull and no anti-chop feature. Now given that it comes with a gravity feed hopper you'll be much more likely to chop paint. The mask is subpar as well and isn't likely to be comfortable for long periods of time and I'm fairly sure they have an anti-fog coating on the lens instead of a thermal lens. This means that over time the coating will wear off and the lens will fog like crazy. Now given that it is practiacally a complete kit and all for a mere $142.49 Canadian, it's not a horrible buy. Truth be told it'd be hard to beat that price for what you get. However, if you don't want to end up with subpar equipment that will likely end up giving you a poor overall paintballing experiance, then you're better off buying each peice of equipment seperate and over time if you can't afford to buy everything now. Spyders were once reasonable entry level markers, but now that you can get markers like the Vibe/SP-1 starting at $150 (U.S.), they aren't nearly the bargin they once were.

Truthfully, you should buy your gear seperate starting with the mask. Go to a sporting goods store and try on all you can. Look for ones with a thermal lens and to test it out, run in place to see if it stays in place or fogs with heavy breathing. After you get the mask you can buy the rest over time and just rent the equipment you haven't yet bought. If you're going to be playing outlaw, then I guess you'll have to have your own equipment, so you may want to buy a marker like the vibe which will work perfectly fine on CO2 and with a standard hopper until you can afford HPA and an electric hopper.

Spyder Sonix With E-Trigger