A tale as old as time, a myth that our fathers have told us (or any other player from back in the day), the urban legend of frozen paintballs. We figured we would take the time to explain why frozen paint is a myth, and we even put it to the test so we can help put your mind and concerns at ease.
Just to give some testing parameters, we took two bags out of the same case of the Dynasty Team Paintballs, and we put one in the freezer for approximately 24 hours. We then did a drop test, and put both the frozen paint and regular paint through a Planet Eclipse GEO R5 paintball gun.
Let's start here. Do frozen paintballs hurt more?
The simple, one word answer to this question is no. The reason behind why that is though, is because frozen paintballs actually become way more brittle. When paintballs get colder, the shell becomes more brittle, making them break easier. The fill inside also becomes thicker and more viscous, and it stifles the marking capability of the paint. They also become misshapen as the cold can dimple the shell of the paintballs.
Drop test results.
After taking the frozen paintballs out, and doing a drop test with them versus the standard paint, every frozen paintball broke. Just to give some insight, we dropped each ball from the waist, and the regularly stored paint had one break and four bounces, whereas the frozen paint had all five paintballs break upon hitting the ground.Â
Shooting test results.
Utilizing the Planet Eclipse GEO R5, a tournament grade paintball gun that is designed to shoot the most brittle paint, the standard paint shot flawlessly! Consistent, accurate, the break against the wall even looked perfect. But once we loaded the frozen paint in, that's where a lot of inconsistencies kicked in. The accuracy plummeted, the break wasn't as good, and we even had a barrel break within the first ten shots.Â
Final thoughts.
Sure, you can freeze paintballs, but the results speak for themselves. Ultimately, frozen paintballs will make your paintball experience terrible. Even after testing this theory with one of the best paintball guns that money can buy, it still had issues. If you decided to freeze paintballs, you run the risk of terrible accuracy, lower marking ability, and potential barrel breaks, and we all know that these things combine to create a bad paintball experience.
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