You can use these speed pods with or without the speed collar.  They're easy to open and fit the loading hole of a Revolution well just on it's own.  They're also better to use if you pass paint to your team mates who are low, the lid won't pop open like regular pods.  The standard sized ones hold 120 rounds and you can get expansion bottoms which will take the total up to 150 rounds.  These pods are huge with 150 rounds, and I wouldn't recommend upgrading all your pods to 150.  Given that the Revolution only holds 180 rounds or so you need to be really low on paint to deposit a full 150 round pod into your Revolution.  I personally carry 1 150 and 3 120's in my JT Harness.  That way I have the huge capacity if needed, but usually the 120's are perfect.  You really need to wait to reload until you know the whole pod will deposit into the Revolution and you can only tell that with practice.  The closure end of the Speed Pod is a bunch of spikes basically.  If you don't empty the whole pod into the Revo, chances are you'll pierce a ball trying to get your pod out of the collar making a huge mess that is a royal pain to clean up (take it from me, I know!).  I'd recommend filing off the spikes, I haven't done  it yet but am seriously considering it.  I've heard reports of the sliding mechanism getting full of dirt and it stops working, so far my pods are all fully operational.  Overall I've enjoyed the speed pods and speed collar setup with my Bushmaster which spits out a heck of a lot more paint than my autococker ever did.  It's nice to refill very quickly and not even have to glance at what you're doing.  It does take some practice and yes, you have but bust a couple balls to get the hang of the system.  It's a good system overall but not perfect, it could definitely be improved upon.
 

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Tank
MPN Guest Columnist