Before you play a single game of paintball, you need to have the protective gear and the markers. You can actually rent a paintball gun and buy protective gears as a start, but you'll soon find out that using a different paintball gun every time you play will not actually improve your skills. You need to have a marker that will fit you and supporting gears to your marker.
When you buy a marker you also need to buy additional equipments for that marker. You need to have a hopper, a bottle for loading CO2 or N2, barrel stock and other protective gears. Buying them piece by piece is very expensive and before you knew it, you'll be spending a lot before you even play a single game of paintball. You are not even sure if each piece you buy will fit to the marker that you have.
The best thing to buy when you are just starting in paintball and don't have an idea about additional equipments are paintball marker packages. Most of the time paintball marker packages consist of a marker, hopper, CO2 or N2 bottle and a face mask. Others include safety gears for the paintball gun such as the barrel stock and fluffy stick. A great advantage in purchasing paintball marker packages is a guaranteed compatibility.
Every paintball marker needs a hopper that is compatible to the actual marker and a package will ensure that. These marker packages come directly from the manufacturers so they know which one works well with another marker.
The only thing you have to remember about paintball marker packages is that they are built for beginners only. These packages are built and offered in a relatively lower price and their quality is not that good. However, the marker could be upgraded once you improve your skills and you need better working markers.
