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Angel One Review

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Do you remember your first paintball marker when you opened the box? Do you remember the feeling and the thrill that came over you when you laid your eyes on it? I sure do. Now take that feeling and multiply by a million and that's the feeling you get when you open the box on a new Angel One for the first time. At first glance when you receive the box you shake your head and do a double take thinking the sales guy who just sold you a marker, which took five paychecks to pay for, is passing you a cubed shaped helmet box with a twelve hundred dollar helmet inside. Then you quickly realize by looking thru the peep hole in the top of the box, which resembles a port window off the Titanic, what lies beneath the white cardboard box labeled in gold angel logos.
You flip the lid and still no marker to be seen but instead more Angel logos engraved in Styrofoam. Pop the top off the ice-cubed box and your faced with the a bottle of love juice, barrel tip, and a cool looking tool and o-ring kit. Lift up that cross section of Styrofoam and behold a thing of beauty. There it sits just laying there on its side the Angel One marker. At first glance you notice the regulator and how it doesn't screw into the marker but is like a piece of sculpted aluminum that is seamlessly attached to the bottom of the Ones body. Next thing is the spacious trigger guard where even the plumpest of fingers can rock away and not feel cramped. On the top of the marker sits a clamping feed neck decked out with an engraved Angel logo in a two toned finish, one being black and the other being the color of your marker. If you're new to Angels then the very next thing that catches your gaze is the breech door which houses the bolt and flips open via a hinge on the left side.
Think that's it for the Styrofoam box, think again! Under the bed of the one lies another compartment where three barrel backs laid each parallel to the other, sizes ranging from .691 to .695. Finally at the bottom of the box sits the manual, all thirty six pages of it. So basically what we have in the box is an Angel One marker, fourteen inch barrel with three backs, metal tool and o-ring kit, barrel plug, bottle of love juice, and a very detailed manual.
I have fired thirty five thousand three hundred and sixty-two paintballs through the One and I know this because this is one of the many functions shown on the Ones Organic LED screen. When I first used the marker I was very disappointed in how inaccurate it was. I tried all three backs but never had the accuracy I had with the NXT Shocker and the freak system. I also used Xball Gold and Silver which has a smaller bore that RPS brand paint. I needed a .689 barrel back and then APS had released a small bore kit. Voula, accuracy solved. When I received the kit it came with a dust black 14" tip and three backs .685, .687, and .689. This is a great barrel system, but not as polished as the freak on the inside. I have noticed this to be one of the complaints on the forums and thought I would resolve it by purchasing a freak back with Angel threads to go with my already existing freak kit I still had kicking around from my shocker. There was no difference. It still had ball on ball accuracy with both barrel systems.
Over the course of the first few weeks with the One I was a little un-nerved about the vibration I felt while shooting but quickly learned that it was normal feelings to expect when it comes to ram operated markers unlike the spool valve markers I was use to. When the ram moves forward it hits the valve pin and echoes tiny vibrations back to the grip frame. Same feeling u get on Ego's and any other ram operated markers. So no big deal, just takes some getting used to.

The Reg
Left me start off this section with the following warning......This marker is a low pressure marker. Do not use it on a HP tank. The regulator is an elegantly milled piece of aluminum that sits on the front of the One and is bolted to the frame, unlike most other regs which are threaded in. It adjusts with a set screw located on the left side. The macro line connects to the reg thru the bottom straight macro fitting which it screws into the end cap, then intern screws into the reg. To break down the reg you simple unscrew the end cap and use the extraction tool, which is provided with the tool kit, to withdraw the internals. Basically all that's left on the marker is an empty regulator shell. If you do not like the reg or have a CP shorty and would love to slap on there, CP has you covered with its new regulator adaptor which comes in a variety of colors.

The Grip Frame

Basically it's your standard 45 grip frame which houses the wicked fast board. The grips are wider in the bottom and narrowed on top similar to the ultralite frames on the dm series of markers. The too are help on by 3 screws. Packed inside the grip frame along with the board is the battery, wiring harness for the solenoid and eye ribbon harness which travels up the marker and looks into the breech with a red set of demon peepers. On the backside of the frame facing the user is the blackberry style scroll wheel which also doubles as an on/off button, not to mention used to scroll up and down the various menus.
The trigger is the last thing on the frame we haven't really touched on. It's sleek and almost straight up and down with a slight curve on the face. This trigger has zero resistance when squeezing it. APS has achieved this by not using and springs to return the trigger but rather little earth magnets to send it back. Also there is no trigger switch either. Instead, on the trigger there is a flat piece of metal that passes through a break beam eye system and tells the board to fire. The trigger swings on dual bearings making it very smooth thus adding to the many parts that make it zero resistance.

 

 

 

 

 

The Board
The board on the one is incredible. It holds many features, some I haven't even tried yet. The OLED screen shows up in bright blue and yellow colors with a black background. When u hold in on the scroll well the one turns on. A chirp from the board also confirms this. You are now live and ready to fire. If you need to turn off the eyes, you have only to hold down on the trigger for about 4 seconds. The same to turn it back on. Hold down on the wheel and it brings up the main options status screen. Here you have 4 options, live, safe, parameters and information. Live is when the gun is ready to fire and safe is the opposite. Parameters are where you make your changes and information shows you everything about the marker. Under the information you have the following:
Status
Software version
ModeSoft break-out setting
Hard break-out setting
Soft ramp setting
Hard ramp setting
Dwell time
MROF eyes on limit
MROF eyes off limit
De bounce level
Paint type
Shot % filtering
Anti Bolt Stick
Angel eyes on/off
Game timer set
Alarm time set
Total shots fired
Battery voltage

Under parameters you can change the following:
Modes
Valve
Dwell
De-bounce
Paint type
MROF eyes ON
MROF eyes OFF
Breakout
Ramp feature
Shot Filter
ABS
Game Time
SetAlarm
Time Set

All these features make this marker very customizable.

The Body

What can I say about the body? Well basically an Ego is the supermodel of paintball guns. From top to bottom very skinny all the way down. The Angel One is the Vida Guerra of paintball guns. Very shapely with killer hips, oh my god. Picture 3 barrel backs stacked with 2 on the bottom and one on top like logs in a wood pile. That's the size of the Angels body. One tube holes the ram, one holds the LPR and the top one holds the bolt. Pretty basic, taking it apart is just as easy.

Problems with this marker some far have been few and far between. I have had to replace the breech seal once and glue in back down on another occasion. This is not a big issue because the breech door lifts away exposing the breech seal. The only other issue I had was the ram. One of the internal o-rings let air pass through casing a leak. The fix for this was a new ram. Covered under warranty if bought from a dealer.

Since starting this article late last fall a few changes have been made to the Angel One. The biggest being the PRICE. I paid around $1399.00 for mine and since then they have dropped to $799.00. Look back and read it again. Yes I too shook my head and had a second look. This I think is to make room for the new A1 Fly which should have the same price tag as my A1 did. Some other changes are the release of magnetic internals which lower the pressure even more for less kick which now is at a minimal. Other then those few things there isn't really any upgrades out there for the One. A lot of players I have told this too laugh and think that really sucks. I simply reply to their snicker and say it needs nothing.

 

 

 

 

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