Planet Eclipse HQ Blog

As you all know, we've re-released our latest marker into the Planet Eclipse line-up but many of you may have noticed that it isn't actually what you'd call NEW, right? Well, you'd be 100% correct. But why would we just re-release an old marker and make a bit of a song-and-dance about it? That's pretty easy to explain. The original Etha was a shining light at the sub $350 price bracket mainly due to the amount of effort that we put into it, and ALL of our markers if we're honest. Our focus on supreme design, build quality and performance meant that the Etha was over engineered in some respects. Because our vision of 'Entry Level' differed from the rest of the pack. Which is why the Etha was as successful as it was. The release of the Etha2 was more than just an evolution of the Etha, it was a revolution (our marketing ninjas penned it The Ethalution) and it became so much more than an incredible low cost marker. In reality this left a hole whe...

https://www.facebook.com/MVPSevents/ Nothing like a quiet 3 hour drive to clear the mind. Destination, Xtreme PB Xperience host of event#2   for Maximum Velocity Paintball Series (MVPS) Spring Skirmish. Field owners Billy and Danna Matney have been running XPX for quite some time and are known for being one of the best Paintball Fields in Florida.   XPX was in the process of setting up a second field for games the next day. After picking a good spot to set up the Tech Booth I got to work setting up the tent, table, chairs and banners to have everything ready for games early Saturday morning....Players were pleased to say the least.  Saturday met us with overcast conditions for a good part of the day and of course the Paintball Gods blessed us yet again with a slight shower just to keep things fun and wet. Teams rolled in and the minor issues started to pop up. Nothing I hate worse than a Paintball player that never cleans their marker. I fix markers, m...

The first leg of the Palm Middle East series has been and gone and after the dust has settled team Datis topped both D1 and D2 (the highest two divisions in the league) with Datis Sheriranat winning Div 2 and Datis Tehran winning Div 1. Well Done and a great start to 2017 or as they say in Iran 1396. (click this link for some intesting info about the year: https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-03-21/what-year-it-if-youre-iran-happy-1393 )   Click below to find out more about the Palm Middle East Series on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/8908128717/

THE BIGGEST PAINTBALL GAME ON LONG ISLAND IS COMING THIS JUNE 3rd and 4th! The best game in paintball is back on June 3rd and 4th at Cousins Paintball in Calverton, Long Island.  Come join celebrity generals Greg Hastings and Wolf from DYE Precision in and epic battle for bragging rights. Saturday features 2 sessions of massive mission based play, a prize giveaway, and night games like you’ve never seen before. Sunday boasts 2 sessions of play with a third “final battle” invented by Cousins for the most amazing game end experience. There will be tanks driving around the field assisting teams to battle and just when you thought it couldn’t be any better, there will be a real helicopter added to the game play on Sunday. For the equipment lovers, this is also a great chance to get out and meet some amazing vendors and see their products first hand.  Full service tech support will also be provided on site by Planet Eclipse. BIG GAME GENERALS: R...

Following on from our previous '25 Years in the Game' post, #03 XSV to EGO , it was only right that we waxed lyrical about the launch of our very first Planet Eclipse marker. The Eclipse EGO . Thomas Taylor giving the first custom XSV EGO some hell For those who don't know about our history, here's a little recap. We, Planet Eclipse, have been in the paintball industry for over 25 years now (since 1991/92) and started life with a small store in Manchester (England) selling other people's paintball equipment, as well as playing with it. As time moved on we decided to use our expertise to design and manufacture custom parts to make other people's markers look cooler and eventually perform better, because like every other paintballer out there we used this stuff too. We understood the frustrations of inefficient equipment and had ideas about how we could improve this. We wanted to go out at the weekends, to the woods or the speedball field and focus on ...