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Originally Posted by Hata
WE people speak up!
I wanna hear someone that own WE, why they choose WE?
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This can't be taken too credibly since I have not had the chance to look closely inside at the WA platform (regardless of Ino, WA, G&P, AGM, etc...)....but here's what I based my decision on:
1. General availability
- availability sucked...so I was probably going to buy whichever I had a first chance at and then post-purchase justify it! LOL
Happened to be WE AWSS.
2. Price
- Ino pricing is retarded...so is the tricked out G&P. I get the markups/conversion/etc.....but they're too much for me to sink into "another" platform (got used to the AEG/GBBs...getting over the $$$ shock of the PTW...then this).
- AGM'd on the market are priced way too high for what you're actually getting
- WE's are somewhere in the middle...higher cost from its "ideal/acceptable" because of demand
- Tag in the expected "WA fixes"...and that drives the cost up even more
- Tag in the cost of the magazines (WA $60-90 vs. WE $40-50) and it really starts to add up
3. Generation maturity
- WE AWSS are their "3rd" gen (they did 1st, 2nd and then sort of just called it AWSS...I think). They had mega issues to sort out with version1. Version 2 had been out a while already with all the "fixes" pre-built in. Re-read Manchovie's post about his first-gen one.
- It kind of seems like WA stopped at version 1 (good and bad) and are just going to let other companies build the fixes. Some companies will basically rebuilt/scratch build solid versions based on their platforms...others will just produce parts here and there. Honestly...if you can build something that everyone wants, and other companies will "fix"...then why would you improve your original product very quickly.
4. Performance
- WA's ROCK. They recoil/react harder than the WE's. That might not be a good thing in the end...I kind of wonder if these things will really hold up long term to wicked pounding...time will tell. I'm sure it can't be helping the longevity of the parts though.
- they both shoot retardedly hard out of the box. Mine shot 540fps w/0.20g bbs and propane...I thought my chrono was busted. The WA system seems to be ahead so far with a tunable system.
5. Small details
- unconfirmed...I hear that a suppressor will actually work with a WE and not with a WA
- I like the metal body receiver of the WE (i.e. without having to buy the WA and then get a metal receiver)
- I like the removable M4A1 extension piece on the WE. Winter indoor season is coming up and I prefer short M4's.
- I had the chance to see a couple of locals playing around with the WE AWSS model specifically on a couple of separate occasions. One guy has had an upgraded version1 for about a year, others more recent. I got a chance to pull triggers and see the insides. From a close look at the AWSS nozzle assembly it seemed ok to me (i.e. workable/durable).
So to me...this is somewhat the VHS vs. Beta war. The WA's have a lot more models/makes/upgrades/accessories. The WE is just sort of, "Here you go, it works...there's some other parts available".
NOTE: Again, I don't have any fiddling time in on the WA...I'm going on what I've read up on and personal comments from guys like RacingManiac who have spent time inside one. I've had a decent number of hours into the WE platform. Overall it doesn't blow my socks off from a machining precision sense....but I'm not sure that these things can be made to really tight tolerances and still function (i.e. I think you need a bit of slop here and there).
At some point in time...I'll own both. Just to beat and disect them until they're dead. I've been monkey'ing almost non-stop with the WE for two weeks now and it still works...so that's pretty good so far. I'm onto my 3rd propane bottle and into the second bag of BBs (but I've been messing with other stuff so it's not all GBBR stuff) in the past 2 weeks...so there's been lots of shooting.
Just my $0.02
Tys