If you play paintball regularly, one of the biggest expenses behind the entire kit will be the paintballs. Because of this, some people choose to buy the cheapest paintballs they can get, while others are willing to buy the most expensive brands. So in this article I will describe the main differences between cheap and expensive paintballs, so that you can decide for yourself which route you want to take.

As you would expect with more expensive paintball brands, the quality is higher and it has been specifically designed for paintball players and the game. The more expensive brands of paintball tend to have more reliable projectiles, which reduces the number of paintballs that will explode in the barrel of your gun. The flight paths of the best paintballs also tend to be more precise, because the projectiles tend to be more spherical, which means more hits against opposing players.

These superior characteristics of the best paintballs are achieved through better quality control during manufacturing and also through the use of higher standards of material used during the manufacturing process. The higher standard of paint will result in brighter colored paint marks, which are more difficult to erase when you are on the field and hitting an opposing player.

Cheaper paintballs tend to be less accurate and more likely to explode in marker barrels, causing a dreaded barrel shake. They are also much more likely to swell or shrink from pressure or humidity drops in the atmosphere, which will likely adversely affect the performance of the paintball.

So in conclusion, if you go for more expensive paintballs, you will generally have a better and more accurate painting experience, but like all good things, you will have to pay a premium for it.