With the PAL Loader, Planet Eclipse has truly created a masterpiece of hoppers for paintball beginners or hobby players!
The inexpensive loader, which works without batteries, really packs a punch, and we know that at the end of the day it's what's on the inside that counts!
But let's start on the outside. For the price and the target group that the PAL Loader is aimed at, this is definitely one of the nicer, sleeker models - in other words, in addition to more performance, you also enjoy an optical upgrade of your paintball equipment.
The shells are made of robust plastic and I dare say that they are also indestructible with regular use.
In my opinion, the lid of the hopper is unique. This is elastic or "rubbery", i.e. it can be bent, twisted, creased but never shot or broken off... maybe you could do that with scissors.
In contrast to its big brother, the PAL Low Cap Loader holds just under 100 paintballs in caliber 68, but we are finally getting to the promised inner values.
There is a red ramp in the picture of the open hopper. This is used to guide the paintballs in an orderly manner in the direction of the feed or to prevent the paintballs on top from pressing on the lower ones or even blocking them.
This "patent" is nothing new, for example it has been used for the Proto Primo Loader from Dye used.
This small upgrade significantly improves the paintball feed, there are no empty shots, and bursts are also greatly reduced - and works on every paintball marker.
What makes the PAL Loader so unique and distinguishes itself is the PAL system itself - however, this only works with "PAL ready markers" such as the Planet Eclipse EMEK or ETHA2.
With the PAL system, with every shot, the air that accelerates the paintball through the barrel pushes a small pin up through the cannon's feed, which actuates or rather lifts the small blue rocker inside the hopper.
With each lift, a paintball is transported into the feed or an unfavorably lying paintball is pushed to the side, which means that a feed rate of up to 10 balls per second is quite realistic.
Sounds crazy - it is!
And it also works cleanly and reliably, without batteries!
The PAL uses no air or no more than when shooting itself, since this system uses compressed air, which would otherwise be lost through the feed and barrel when the shot is fired.
At this point I would recommend the video below - pictures say more than 1000 words and Planet Eclipse explains it much better than me.
If you decide for the ETHA2 or already play it, my recommendation would be an electric loader like the HK Army Speed, Dye Rotor LT-R, since it has a lot more firepower or Virtue Spire IR Loader to get the maximum performance out of the cannon.
If this is not in the budget - then the only sensible alternative is the PAL Loader .
However, my opinion is that the Planet Eclipse PAL Loader is a mega innovative product for paintball beginners and is therefore actually a "must have" for all Planet Eclipse EMEK players - i.e. the two products from the Home planet should be mentioned in the same breath!
It's not for nothing that we also offer the EMEK as a starter set with a PAL loader at a nice price.
