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Angel Custom 1500 Round Firestorm Airsoft AEG Drum Flashmag (Model: MP5 Adapter / Dark Earth)
51 Customer Reviews
by Paul E. Everton I. on 05/03/2017
"Let me first start off with applauding Angel Customs for their amazing work with the creation of this product. Truly innovative and ergonomic design.
The Good:
1. Lightweight and compact outer design that lends itself to being able to carry multi drum mags without reach fatigue.
2. It's length is similar to an M4 magazine and the width is bearable (fits into an IFAK/USGI Canteen pouch).
3. The type of plastic lends itself to no creating much noise with the BB's at half a magazine.
4. It can withstand drops, bumps and scrapes without breaking the outer shell, flexible yet firm plastic.
5. The flash mag concept is brilliant.
The Okay:
1. The full retail price tag at $80 is on the borderline of being over-valued. The on-sale price tag of $55-60 is a much more acceptable range.
2. With a full wind, I get approximately 175-250 rounds shot before I need to re-wind.
3. I own 3 of these magazines and have played with them over the course of 9 months, once a week. One of them was one of the first magazines off the production line.
3.1 The oldest one I own has had feeding issues since day one, before the magazine failed completely. I had put approx. 180,000 rounds of .28 bb's through it within the course of 7 months average about 3000-4000 bb's per game day. When firing at 15 RPS, the magazine would constantly misfeed and cause an unwinding of the mag during a firefight, I have retired that magazine... With that being said, the newer one's hardly gives me that issue anymore.
4. It fits in multiple platforms: G&G Combat machine, Tippmann M4, Ares Amoeba
5. Some rifles, like an Elite Force Hk M27 IAR will need the box around the base of the magazine will need filing down in order to fully lock in the magazine.
The Bad:
1. After playing with this magazine for 7 months straight 1 day a week, using , loading and winding the flash mag as intended by the company, using all the correct steps, the steel pull cord frayed, jammed my flash-mag and snapped the wire. Thus making it unserviceable. I expected the cord to not snap at all considering the full retail pre-order price and the correct employment and use of the magazine. I expected it to work. All man made things break, but an expensive magazine like this should have had better wire/better materials used.
2. It doesn't come with a 2.5mm hex key to fix internal magazine issues.. If I wasn't around people who owned a 2.5mm hex key, my mags would have been down a while ago. I just don't see why this was never included in an $80 magazine for trouble shooting.
3. The feeding tube inside the magazine isn't glued, taped or fixed in place. If dropped, bumped or mishandled in anyway could potentially knock the feeding tube out of place and put you out of the game and potentially cost your team the victory.
After giving it a long hard thought, I believe the "Okays" and "Bads" outweigh the "Goods" enough to warrant a 3/5.
Most people reviewing only review a couple weeks or months after but I have almost a solid year of shooting and almost 250,000 rounds fired between all 3 Firestorms I own.
How could you guys at Angel custom make this better?
More reinforced pull cords so they don't fray and snap, reinforced feeding tubes so they don't fall out of place, come with hex keys for troubleshooting.
Thank you for your time and I hope we can work together to make this magazine the best drum magazine on the market.
The Good:
1. Lightweight and compact outer design that lends itself to being able to carry multi drum mags without reach fatigue.
2. It's length is similar to an M4 magazine and the width is bearable (fits into an IFAK/USGI Canteen pouch).
3. The type of plastic lends itself to no creating much noise with the BB's at half a magazine.
4. It can withstand drops, bumps and scrapes without breaking the outer shell, flexible yet firm plastic.
5. The flash mag concept is brilliant.
The Okay:
1. The full retail price tag at $80 is on the borderline of being over-valued. The on-sale price tag of $55-60 is a much more acceptable range.
2. With a full wind, I get approximately 175-250 rounds shot before I need to re-wind.
3. I own 3 of these magazines and have played with them over the course of 9 months, once a week. One of them was one of the first magazines off the production line.
3.1 The oldest one I own has had feeding issues since day one, before the magazine failed completely. I had put approx. 180,000 rounds of .28 bb's through it within the course of 7 months average about 3000-4000 bb's per game day. When firing at 15 RPS, the magazine would constantly misfeed and cause an unwinding of the mag during a firefight, I have retired that magazine... With that being said, the newer one's hardly gives me that issue anymore.
4. It fits in multiple platforms: G&G Combat machine, Tippmann M4, Ares Amoeba
5. Some rifles, like an Elite Force Hk M27 IAR will need the box around the base of the magazine will need filing down in order to fully lock in the magazine.
The Bad:
1. After playing with this magazine for 7 months straight 1 day a week, using , loading and winding the flash mag as intended by the company, using all the correct steps, the steel pull cord frayed, jammed my flash-mag and snapped the wire. Thus making it unserviceable. I expected the cord to not snap at all considering the full retail pre-order price and the correct employment and use of the magazine. I expected it to work. All man made things break, but an expensive magazine like this should have had better wire/better materials used.
2. It doesn't come with a 2.5mm hex key to fix internal magazine issues.. If I wasn't around people who owned a 2.5mm hex key, my mags would have been down a while ago. I just don't see why this was never included in an $80 magazine for trouble shooting.
3. The feeding tube inside the magazine isn't glued, taped or fixed in place. If dropped, bumped or mishandled in anyway could potentially knock the feeding tube out of place and put you out of the game and potentially cost your team the victory.
After giving it a long hard thought, I believe the "Okays" and "Bads" outweigh the "Goods" enough to warrant a 3/5.
Most people reviewing only review a couple weeks or months after but I have almost a solid year of shooting and almost 250,000 rounds fired between all 3 Firestorms I own.
How could you guys at Angel custom make this better?
More reinforced pull cords so they don't fray and snap, reinforced feeding tubes so they don't fall out of place, come with hex keys for troubleshooting.
Thank you for your time and I hope we can work together to make this magazine the best drum magazine on the market.
by Paul E. Everton I. on 05/03/2017
"The Good:
- This drum mag is what a lot of people needed in the Airsoft community, and it's a very welcomed product.
- I applaud Angel Custom.
- I own 3 and have been using them for 9 months, every Sunday. In my oldest magazine ( I preordered it from Evike) I've cycled approx. 150,000 rounds of mostly .28's.
-They fit in a lot of M4 rifles to name a few: G&G Combat machine, Tippmann M4, Ares Amoeba.
- Body material is durable and can be dropped and not break.
The Okay:
-Price at full retail at $80 is too expensive for what we get.
- On sale price is fair: $55-60
- (Going at 15 RPS) The earlier models would missfeed and unwind in the middle of a fire fight. The most recent one I purchased didn't have that many problems.
- One a full wind, approx. 150-250 rounds are expended.
- I own an Elite Force HK M27, HPA, JACK and I had to shim down the magazine adapter at the bottom. Eliminating that box shape would lend it self to fit in a lot more rifles.
- Fits in an IFAK size pouch
The Bad:
- After about 6 months of 1 Game day a week, complying with all of the correct steps, following the loading guidelines and employing it way the manual states; the pull strap frayed and broke off. The wire is made of very fine/thin material. For the price paid, I expected no issues from this, but it frayed and broke and mad the magazine unserviceable.
- If the mag is dropped/bumped in a wrong way the feeding tube is dislodged and makes the magazine inoperable.
- The magazine doesn't come with an Allen/hex key in order to take the magazine off.
Overall rating: 3/5
All in all it's a good mag for casual players. But for more serious players, there needs to be a reinforced model that ensures the charging cable doesn't break and keeps the feeding tube from being dislodged and all models should come with a hex key.
Firestorm/Evike; Please get with me if you need any field testers and hopefully we can work together to fix these very crucial issues.
- This drum mag is what a lot of people needed in the Airsoft community, and it's a very welcomed product.
- I applaud Angel Custom.
- I own 3 and have been using them for 9 months, every Sunday. In my oldest magazine ( I preordered it from Evike) I've cycled approx. 150,000 rounds of mostly .28's.
-They fit in a lot of M4 rifles to name a few: G&G Combat machine, Tippmann M4, Ares Amoeba.
- Body material is durable and can be dropped and not break.
The Okay:
-Price at full retail at $80 is too expensive for what we get.
- On sale price is fair: $55-60
- (Going at 15 RPS) The earlier models would missfeed and unwind in the middle of a fire fight. The most recent one I purchased didn't have that many problems.
- One a full wind, approx. 150-250 rounds are expended.
- I own an Elite Force HK M27, HPA, JACK and I had to shim down the magazine adapter at the bottom. Eliminating that box shape would lend it self to fit in a lot more rifles.
- Fits in an IFAK size pouch
The Bad:
- After about 6 months of 1 Game day a week, complying with all of the correct steps, following the loading guidelines and employing it way the manual states; the pull strap frayed and broke off. The wire is made of very fine/thin material. For the price paid, I expected no issues from this, but it frayed and broke and mad the magazine unserviceable.
- If the mag is dropped/bumped in a wrong way the feeding tube is dislodged and makes the magazine inoperable.
- The magazine doesn't come with an Allen/hex key in order to take the magazine off.
Overall rating: 3/5
All in all it's a good mag for casual players. But for more serious players, there needs to be a reinforced model that ensures the charging cable doesn't break and keeps the feeding tube from being dislodged and all models should come with a hex key.
Firestorm/Evike; Please get with me if you need any field testers and hopefully we can work together to fix these very crucial issues.
by Cj D. on 10/10/2024
"It was literally the best thing ever until it broke the cord still pulls it still ticks but no tension on the bbs if I wind and wind then pull the slider to let the bbs out it drops one if you know you know that's not enough tension to feed one round but I'm sure evike will make things right like they always do but either way it was amazing in its prime
by dan g. on 06/15/2023
"I have been unable to get this drum mag to work consistently with my Evo. The magazine misfires about every third shot. I have tested my Evo with the official evo mid-caps and high-caps and those have no issues firing, but for whatever reason this drum mag is constantly causing my gun to dryfire even when the magazine is loaded properly.
by Renee D. on 05/21/2019
"After the first day the mag stoped feeding.
by merek b. on 04/01/2017
"I have 2 of these and one works great! The other however was broken in the box and I never got to game it for long because the pull cord let go of the wire and when I took a look it was warped.. the other one is still kicking after a month. Although the g36 top is not compatible with the g&g g36 (had to get m4 converters for gun and mag) so I guess that's another fault..
So I guess
Pros
-Cool looking
-Effective when working properly
-Super high capacity
Cons
-Plastic pull cord grip
-Compatibility issues
So I guess
Pros
-Cool looking
-Effective when working properly
-Super high capacity
Cons
-Plastic pull cord grip
-Compatibility issues