What Are Tippmann's Competitors

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Tippmann brand has been the #1 top selling brand of paintball gear for a great number of years now. Since the early 1980s Tippmann had been dominating the paintball market with its quality products. The longevity of the brand lends quite a bit of comfort to the consumer that their investment is a sound one. With these facts, combined with their unbeatable customer service, Tippmann is definitely the greater of the two brands we have gathered here to discus.

Planet eclipse only entered the paintball market around 1994, over 10 years (or about 30% later) than Tippmann has been manufacturing it's quality products. According to an anonymous online poster his gun would not be replaced because he was from across the boarder of our closest neighbor

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