Loaders

Also known as hoppers. These devices hold paintballs for the marker to fire. There are many different variations, but the primary feed methods are gravity, agitating, and force-feed.

Gravity loaders are a simple shaped plastic container with a hole at the bottom. The paint is simply pulled down by gravity. Agitating loaders are different, they have some sort of propeller to encourage, or agitate the paintballs into loading. This helps increase the rate of fire. Force-feed hoppers can use a propeller or spring loaded system to force balls at the maximum rate into a marker. Some also include other features, which may include information about how many balls are remaining in your hopper, or how many balls per second you can shoot.

There are also clips similar to ones used on guns; these are more expensive, gun specific, and may hold fewer balls.

One type of specialised hopper is called the q-loader. This 'clip style' loader can hold up to 100 rounds at a time and can unload them all in an instant, allow 35 ball/s players to play at their full potential. Being a forced hopper, it allows you to shoot upside down or sideways; in fact, any way you want.