Paintball Supplies

Great Paintball Supplies

When you get ready to play paintball, what paintball supplies do you throw into your pockets, knapsack, and car? Your paintball gun, obviously, along with a cleaning kit and spare paintball pellets. If you’re smart, you toss your protective gear in after that: paintball mask, goggles, gloves, kneepads, throat protector. Maybe some camouflage stuff: cammo paint, a jacket, a ghillie suit poincho. Climbing gear, flashlight, 2-way radio, some field rations, beef jerky, a hunting knife with survival kit in the handle. And other important paintball supplies – cooler of beer for afterward, M&Ms for quick energy, smoke bombs, a GPS for when you get lost.

Um. With all that, how are you going to even fit in the car, let alone move quietly through the woods? By being smart when you buy your paintball supplies.

Paintball Gear: Slick, Quiet, Light

You’re going to be moving through the woods. Through brambles, poison ivy, creeks, rough terrain. And you have to be quiet when you do it. So you want light gear, with few straps or cords that can get caught in the woods and tear, fall, or make noise.

One of your best choices in paintball supplies is a set of lightweight pants and jacket with lots of pockets, but no exterior loops of any kind. Pants and jacket should be large enough to pull on over another set of clothes, but not so large that you rustle a lot in the woods. And the extra pockets provide you plenty of places to put your paintball supplies and have them handy.

You will also want a really good pair of hiking boots, dedicated to paintball. Harnesses will provide you with some extra space to put your paintballs; if you have a couple, load one up and stash it somewhere safe; that way you can pick it up if you have to fall back a position or two.

Paintball Equipment: The Heart of Paintball

After your safety equipment – goggles, mask, and throat protector (and cup for men, chest protector for women) – nothing is as important in paintball as your gun. Whatever gun you have, you should carry along paintball supplies for cleaning and caring for it. Bring your barrel plugs; you never know when you’ll need them, and they’re relatively light. You're gun won't work without the air to launch your balls (nitro or CO2). Keep your balls together with a hopper: a standard 200 round hopper will work with most beginners.

After the gun, you’ll need paintball supplies that will help you do well in the woods. That’s camouflage (paints and ghillysuit), survival knife, fresh water, and a little food for energy on the go. Extra ammunition is vital and you want it bo be ready at all times, not tucked into a pocket. If you empty your harness, refill it with the pellets in your pockets. A holdout gun is okay, but in all probability if you lose your primary weapon, you’re dead meat anyway.

Make certain, when you get your paintball supplies, that everything fits neatly away in pockets and on your harness. You should be able to move quickly and comfortably with all your stuff stored all over your body; and you should know exactly where everything is at any given moment. Paintball supplies are vital to playing a good game, but they should never be a detriment to your maneuvering.

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