All UKPBA approved paintball fields hold players’ safety as their utmost priority and accordingly will issue you with purpose-built paintball gear and equipment.
On a standard day at any of our accredited paintball locations, you can expect to have access to the following top of the range paintball equipment:
Your most important and essential piece of equipment. The face mask must be a either a goggle covering a minimum of the eyes and face, fastened around the head with a band or the 'peanut shell' or full head mask offering a complete protection of the entire face and back of head.
There are various models in use throughout United Kingdom. The UKPBA recommends all children under the age of 16 be issued with the full head mask to offer additional protection. Your face mask will be worn at all times during the paintball games unless you are in safe zone of the base camp where no markers are present.
The particular model of paintball marker may vary between different paintball centres but may generally most operators use semi automatic and however all of the paintball markers must be velocity tested to adhere the UK Paintball safety regulations. the most commonly used paintball gun in the United Kingdom is the Tippmann 98 or more superior MK 2. Some paintball centres offer paintball marker upgrades for those players wanting an added advantage over their opponents.
The propellant that allows the marker to fire the paintballs is a bottle of either CO2 gas or compressed air which field staff will attach the paintball markers before issuing to players. Recently compressed air has become the most commonly used propellant, as C02 can be subject to changes in outside air temperatures. Whereas compressed air provides more consistent and stable pressure, making this the more reliable option, plus it is more environmentally friendly.
The hopper holds the paintballs and feeds them into the paintball marker each time you fire a shot. You simply reload the hopper with additional paintballs when you need them.
Protective covering for your clothing, You will usually also have a coloured arm band to identify and distinguish members of each team.
For the more trigger happy paintballer, this belt uses an adjustable Velcro strap and allows you to carry extra ammunition onto the field so you can refill your hopper throughout the game and not miss a moment of action.
Provides full protection of your chest and back and allows you to get right into the action without any concern for the sting of that first shot.
Most centres have armoured gloves for purchase or you can bring your own gloves to wear. This is personal preference - some people prefer to play without them as they can grip the gun better, whereas others prefer the added protection from potential shots to the hands.
