Well, I said I'd have a review up tonight and I meant it. I am a bit disappointed, however, that our last tournament was postponed due Hurricane Noel trashing the fields. As such, I haven't been able to use my Droid in a tournament yet, but I've gotten a few games in at an indoor field, as well as done reball snapshooting and a little play in the woods, so I feel I've used it enough to get the ball rolling on my review, which may be edited after I get to use it in a tournament finally.
Just so you know, my point of view is that of an existing MacDev owner. I've owned both an 04 and 06 Cyborg and loved both. I have owned and used various other guns. I'll try to be as objective as possible.
Opening up the box you've got the standard MacDev two-piece MatchStik barrel (.689), a nice barrel bag, a small jar of Militia Lube, a very nice little allen key set, a wonderfully detailed manual, and the Droid itself. So to start off with, you get a great, full package. The manual is very impressive compared to those that came with the Cyborgs. I hope this improvement is mirrored in the Cyborg release next year.
Let's get the subjective items out of the way first. The gun, in my opinion, looks amazing. I find the milling to be very elegant, clean and smooth, with the gloss red finish showing off all of the curves and lines beautifully in any light.
The trigger frame is almost exactly like that of the Cyborg. It is slightly thinner, but the grips are thicker, so it feels much the same as the Cyborg. As for the grips, they are much sturdier, but feel about the same. The small window to view the LED lets a lot of light out, so it's easy to see in any conditions. The trigger is the same as that of the 07 Cyborg (later versions) which is itself a slightly more comfortable version of the 06 Cyborg trigger.
The last subjective item is the spacing between the reg and the trigger guard. Some hate it, some like it. I find it immensely comfortable. It's tiny like a Mini, but not too small (which I think the Mini is). To me, the Droid is "just right" size- and comfort-wise.
Onto the objective items, I'll start with the little things. First, the new on/off ASA. It is small, it is light, it is very smooth and easy to use. I don't know why, but mine only came with one grub screw holding it on. However, mine was a display model at Cup, so it's totally understandable if something like that was overlooked. It's no big deal, actually, as the one grub screw holds it on quite sturdily.
Next, the feedneck. MAJOR improvement over the old style. I honestly kinda like the taller feedneck, but I've had no problems with this one. The clamp works easily and slides around the diameter of the feedneck so you can position it anywhere you want. I did have a little trouble clamping down on a hopper with a very thin feedneck, but I screwed the adjuster in all the way and it held it. My feedneck was not loctited in, so it unscrewed when I spun a clamped-in hopper around. A little loctite fixed that, though. All-in-all, it's a great improvement over the old-style Cyborg feedneck. If it's too short for you, you can change it out with any MacDev / AKA threaded feedneck.
The MatchStik barrel is top-notch as always. I did notice that using a Dye Ultralight barrel on it was a tad quieter, but I like the MatchStik better for accuracy and self-cleaning. If you don't think the MatchStik is a good barrel, please click here and read some research on paintball gun barrels.
Efficiency is great. With reballs, shooting at 220fps, you can shoot over a case on a 68/45. With regular paint, shooting 290fps, I was getting around 1600-1700 shots from a 68/45. This is based on me shooting ~800 shots using 2300psi in a 68/45.
Technical aspects: Adjusting the reg is easy. There's a handy little sticker on it telling you which way to adjust it. I haven't had to adjust the trigger at all, but you can if you'd like. Again, it's the same as a Cyborg. The stock board is the same as a 2007 Cyborg also, with the Militia code on it. It is much like a Tadao board in terms of programming: very easy with a multi-colored LED. All of the details are in the included manual. I did find that mine was too bouncy and I had to adjust the debounce up from 10 to 15, and the AMB up to 5 to get it to be legal for tournament play.
The gun shoots very smoothly. It feels a lot like a Cyborg. I held one in each hand and shot each and the only thing I noticed was a difference in the sound. I've had people compare my Borg to a DM before, and I'd have to agree that the Droid shoots much like a DM. I haven't shot a shocker in a while, so I don't know how it compares. Oh, and it's fast.
It is consistent over a chrono. Even +/- 3 and sometimes +/- 5 over the chrono with reballs, and usually +/- 3 with paint (depends on the paint, obviously). Accuracy, again, depends on the paint.
Maintenance is an issue I'm not sure of yet. I played with the internals a few times trying to figure out how it works and to take pictures for people curious about the gun. As such, I believe I caused a small leak at one point, but it's never been a problem. It comes and goes. Usually if I break a ball (it's happened a couple of times using cheap paint) it'll get a small leak, but it seals itself after a while, it seems.
A lot of people object to, or are worried by, the number of o-rings in the Droid Drive Train. In my experience so far, it has not been an issue. Taking the Drive Train out and replacing it in the marker, I have not nicked any external orings on the back cap threads at all. There are only a couple of dynamic orings inside the gun (maybe 4 or 5) and only one you need to be concerned about at all. However, I would feel better with an o-ring kit on-hand. Hopefully they'll include one with the Droid at some point.
I think it's a bit early in the game to come to a final conclusion, but so far, I love it. All of my other guns (except my Viking) are going away and I'll have just those two. This gun shoots great and, for me, is extremely comfortable to use. I'll probably post more here after I've had a chance to put it through its paces in a tournament (hopefully this weekend). Until then, feel free to post any questions and I'll answer as best I can.
Much thanks to loki for bringing it back from Cup for me, to Kai for making sure I get my gloss red, and to James & MacDev for making a great new paintball marker.
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