Can your gun Swim?

[Junkie]

There is far more to the Vibe and SP-1 than meets the eye. Even though they are are as inexpensive as entry level blowback markers, the Vibe and SP-1 outperform by an order of magnitude. By reducing and refining the electropneumatic systems that we have perfected in professional level paintball markers, our design team has radically raised the bar for performance, reliability and efficiency that is affordable to the first time player. While both new markers share the same internal structure and operating characteristics, each has its own unique flavor: the Vibe for the player moving fast on the speedball field, and the SP-1 for the scenario player in the woods.

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SMART PARTS - Hi-Res Vibe Videos
SMART PARTS - Hi-Res SP-1 Videos
http://www.youtube.com/profile_video...rtpartsinc&p=r - All Smart Parts You Tube Videos

These new videos clearly demonstrate the Smart Parts electropneumatic difference.

1. Some players have expressed a concern about using an electronic marker in the woods, for fear that mud or rainwater might fry its electronics. Those fears are unfounded, and we demonstrate that by dry-firing an SP-1 underwater in a swimming pool, and then throwing one in a flowing stream of snow melt, taking it out and loading it with paint, then blasting a tree with a full-auto burst.

YouTube - Vibe & SP-1 Water Resistance - SWIMMING POOL TEST
YouTube - Moisture Test - MOVING STREAM TEST

2. Both the Vibe and SP-1 are gentle on paint because they have an Extremely Low Force anti-chop bolt. In the beginning of its stroke, the Vibe/SP-1 bolt delivers so little force that it literally bounces off of a mis-fed paintball. In comparison, as we demonstrate by suspending a paintball half-way in the breech, blowback paintguns can chop through a paintball like a knife in a late-night infomercial. We also put our special cut-away SP-1 to the tongue test, made famous several years ago as a way to prove that a low-force bolt really is gentle.

YouTube - Vibe & SP-1 Low Force Bolt - LOW FORCE BOLT DEMO
YouTube - SP-1 and Vibe Tongue Demo - TONGUE DEMO

3. In the Vibe and SP-1 recoil comparison Glenn Perry talks about Smart Parts advanced manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania that is used to build all of the company's machined parts. In a head-to-head demonstration, the SP-1 and two popular, similarly priced blow-back markers are fired with a glass of liquid mounted on their sight rails. How can you expect to shoot straight when your marker is trying to jump out of your hand?

YouTube - Vibe & SP-1 Recoil Comparison - RECOIL TEST

4. Low-pressure electropneumatic efficiency is where the Vibe and SP-1 really shine. In a dramatic comparison, Sean Scott of the Smart Corps Factory Team puts a fresh 20-ounce anti-siphon CO2 tank on a popular "woods" blowback marker, and shoots it quickly, watching the velocity drop off and the tank chill until the marker can't even re-cock itself to fire. Immediately moving the tank to an SP-1, he fires 5 fresh pods of paint, more than doubling the capabilities of the blowback marker.

YouTube - Vibe & SP-1 Efficiency - EFFICIENCY TEST

5. With the new Max-Flo R vertical regulator, the Vibe and SP-1 can achieve high-end electropneumatic performance even when powered by lower cost CO2, without fear of damaging internal components. Best performance on CO2 requires an optimized set-up, and in a four and a half-minute video, Sean Scott explains the dynamics of liquid CO2, as well as how to properly set-up the Vibe and SP-1 to use it.

YouTube - Vibe and SP-1 CO2 set-up - CO2 EXPLAINATION

6. Not only is Tim Montressor a professional tournament player for the Philly Americans, and two-time national scenario champion with the Smart Corps Factory team, but he is also the field manager of the All-American Paintball Park, which will be host to the 2008 PSP Northeast Open. Tim shares his unique perspective on how the incredibly simple maintenance of the Vibe and SP-1 make a tremendous difference both as a player who missed out on the finals when a complex blowback marker failed, and as a field operator who knows that savings on equipment repairs and labor add up quick.

YouTube - SP-1 Testimonial

7. Referenced in Tim's testimonials are a pair of additional videos in which factory tech Brandon Halula removes the entire bolt and valve system from a Vibe and SP-1 in a fraction of the time needed just to disassemble a competing blowback marker to perform the same maintenance. Because there are only 3 parts to the bolt and valve system of the Vibe and SP-1, there is no risk of losing small critical screws, pins or springs when performing maintenance in the staging area of a paintball field.

YouTube - Vibe Disassembly - VIBE MAINTENACE
YouTube - SP-1 Disassembly - SP-1 MAINTENACE

8. There are times in a scenario where a full-auto sweep across a charging squad is great, but there are also times where that single sniper shot is needed to maintain concealment. Unlike most multimode markers that leave a player locked into a single firing mode, the new select-fire mode of the Vibe and SP-1 lets a player choose on the field, or it can be locked into semi-only operation to meet tournament or field rules. In the Vibe & SP-1 Firing Modes video, Craig "Fatty" Daugherty explains how to set these new modes, and how early release Vibe and SP-1 markers can receive a free select fire upgrade.

YouTube - Vibe and SP-1 Select Fire - FREE SELECT FIRE UPGRADE

9. The SP-1 is covered in tactical accessory rails and is ready for anything from red-dot sights and night-vision gear to lasers and tactical flashlights. If you've ever winced at the price of a tactical flashlight, then you are in for a pleasant surprise. In the SP-1 Flashlight Installation video Sean Scott explains how to use the SP-1's integrated flashlight mount to get tactical flashlight performance out of an inexpensive AA flashlight from your local hardware store.

YouTube - SP-1 Flashlight Installation - SP-1 FLASHLIGHT INSTALLATION

If all this impresses you and you want to look into buying a New SP1 or Vibe. Please see your local paintball retailer. The SP1 retails for $154.95 and the Vibe retails for $144.95.
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Sean Scott XBOX LIVE GAMERTAG - SEAN SmartParts
Smart Parts Sales Representative
sscott@smartparts.com
http://smartcorps.smartparts.com Smart Parts Owners Group for Scenario Players!

[Cheeseburger]

This looks good. Anyone already got one and can give info?

[Mr.Aggsauce]

all the videos were done really really well i think. especially the Co2 part. the co2/hpa dwell settings are genius.

[CamoJester]

I like SP & these look to be good options/

[Silverback]

Well, Well, I hope Tom Kaye sees the "Tongue Demo" Video, so he can go sue SP for stealing his bolt design and demo!!!!

[CANNIBAL]

ouch!

[Chappy]

Is Smarts Part and it all belongs in the trash

[MrWizard]

Originally Posted by Cheeseburger

This looks good. Anyone already got one and can give info?

We have gotten several to field test and they are nice. I still have several shoebox shockers and the SP-1 reminds me of them in its accuracy. You can reset the dwell for CO2 or air with the power button. Light, tough, and worry free. As shown they don't chop or freeze. A new standard for sure.

[DMmasta]

Originally Posted by Junkie

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Sean Scott XBOX LIVE GAMERTAG - SEAN SmartParts
Smart Parts Sales Representative

hehe xbox gamertag thats funny email and xbox the only way to get in touch with yuor sales rep

[Noyes]

I actually play with an SP1 and have been very impressed by the marker. My old Autococker that I had been playing with for about 3 or 4 years just was not doing it for me anymore and needed some serious attention. I had some extra cash so I bought the SP1 to see what the difference was. Needless to say I was impressed because now the SP1 is my primary. I put a DYE ultralite 14" boomstick on the marker to increase accuracy a little and am running a remote. While my Autococker was a great marker it is time to retire it I think.