Good question, I’m happy you asked. There are some general differences between the two and then some specific Champion Valley differences between the two.
First and foremost the only real difference is the size of the paintball. Regular impact paintball is also known as .68 caliber paintball because that’s the size, while low impact paintball is also known as .50 caliber. So the difference is about .18 inches, if my math checks out. This ultimately means it hurts less to get shot by a .50 caliber paintball than a .68 caliber, it’s not completely painless, you know you got shot, but it will really only leave welts or bruises if you’re shot within super close range. Plus because of the laws of physics or something smart sounding like that, because the paintball is smaller it doesn’t travel as far after it gets shot. Because of the smaller paintball we use entirely different markers, some markers have conversion kits where you can go between the two sizes, but we just use different markers entirely.
The Champion Valley differences are specific to how we do things.
When you book a low impact paintball group everyone gets the same package, you get your choice between Gold, Silver and Bronze, you can look at the differences in those packages here. When you book a regular impact paintball group you just pay for the deposit and then each person can pick a different package when they arrive. We do this because most of our players for low impact paintball are young, and don’t have their own money yet, plus it levels the playing field for everyone to have the same package. You can of course add on items for individual people upon arrival!
The second difference is that a low impact paintball reservation is 2 hours long, rather than the 3 hours you get with regular impact paintball. We do this because most of our low impact paintball players have shorter attention spans! Plus then the chances of needing to add on additional paint is less, so whomever makes the booking has a better sense of what the total will be.
Lastly, the ways you can play are different. Low impact paintball is reservation only, while regular impact paintball players can make a reservation or play with open play. While we would be happy to host low impact open play hours we just haven’t seen the demand for it.
Low impact paintball has an age minimum of 8 years old, and while there is no maximum we typically steer anyone 15+ to regular impact paintball.
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