Is airsoft better than paintball

Answer 1

Neither is better. Some people prefer different aspects than the other:

Paintball:

hurts more

costs more

larger games

more fields

professional league

more game types

Masks needed

Airsoft:

hurts less

costs less

harder to find games

generally only milsim games

goggles needed

Paintball guns:

Milsim guns:

used by military and law enforcement for training

can be highly realistic and expensive

Tournament guns:

used by speedball tournament players: very "unrealistic" built for high speeds and accuracy

Airsoft guns:

increased realism with price. Still need orange tip.

The concept of "realism" is a term that seems to be a key in this argument, and some things need to be cleared up:

All "guns" are based around their projectile, the more that paintball or airsoft guns look and function like real firearms, the less they actually perform in their sport, and the better they look. This is generally less important in airsoft than in paintball, where gun speed and capacity are usually highly valued, which is why Speedball guns have their unique shape and use hoppers instead of magazines or clips. If you value realism over gun advantages, then air soft may appear to you more than paintball, where you may like shooting allot more, faster, at more people.

Just wanted to add that on adverage, the hurts more/less and costs more/less is true. However, because FPS is not regulated in airsoft, it very well can hurt more if you are close enough and someone is shooting fast enough. There are actually a few cases of airsofters dying as a result of being shot in the neck from way too close by a sniper rifle which fires much faster than most airsoft guns. As for cost, there are a handfull of companies out there who use actual firearms parts and customize them to use for airsoft guns, these are VERY expensive as you are basically buying a firearm and paying someone to modify it (no licences needed since the end result is still an airsoft gun) These guns and many of the "high performance" airsoft guns actually far surpass even the most expensive of paintball markers (while not getting into custom stuff) because they have the high performance as well as the military look.

Answer 2

Depends paintball is more upfront action. Airsoft is more strategical. So it depends on you.

It really depends on what you like. I personally like paintball a little bit more than Airsoft. I also like Airsoft though because it's fun to go out with your friends and just play.

Answer 3

it really depends to you. airsoft is cheaper, hurts less, and the guns are more realistic, theres some that dont need any power source, and some can be electric only powered. all paintball guns are spring or gas powered. so, you choose.