[theben]

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i read a few old threads about people talking abotu hwo they stopped playing bc it was so expensive....how expensive can it be? Once you buy all the [censored], that seems like a one time cost, the only [censored] you have left to constantly buy is paintballs and time at the field, so wtf am i missing?

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for an adult who does well financially, its not costly. when i played, i was a kid and it was a fortune. costs are as follows:

Gear:
"nice" marker = $600-1200
mask - $70
gloves, knee pads, jersey, etc - 100-120
harness to hold additional paintballs - 50
"hopper" (paintball loader) - 50
compressed air tank - 300

if you go cheap, you can get a paintball gun for 60-200$ that is half decent, and buy a 20$ CO2 tank insteal of compressed air.


Daily costs:
case of 2000-2500 paintballs: depending on place/quality, $50-100

compressed air or co2 - 5-20$, highly variable costs

plus food, transportation, etc costs