Woah, hold on now. I didn't say anything about the old shoebox Shocker, nor the Impulse. Those things were beasts on the field in their day and nothing short of revolutionary. Unfortunately (and I'll add the "in my opinion" disclaimer here), the SFT/NXT pale in comparison.

For one, the SFTs/NXTs have the worst stock boards that I have seen to date. Among other things, the lack of ANY FSDO protection is unacceptable in a "high-end" marker. Have you not seen a Shocker owner head out on the field at the beginning of a game only to get the infamous Shocker FSDO and pump two balls through the breech and into the barell off the break?

They also have a reputation of having HORRIBLE air efficiency, usually grouped in with the worst among markers. The regulator is subpar.

And finally, as with most Smart Parts markers, you need to put more money into them to get them to preform on par with other markers in their price range.

Again, in my opinion, for the price, they are not even close to being worth it. Would I recommend a Shocker NXT for $200-300? Maybe. $700? Definately not. I mean, c'mon, the PMR preforms better.

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