Paintball Buyer’s Blog

Perhaps the most annoying piece of paintball equipment to pack up and look after are your pods for carrying paintballs. They take up a large volume in your gear bag of what is basically just wasted space, but you have to have them! If paint breaks inside them they are not the easiest thing to clean because of their long shape unless you have a pod squeegee… but then that’s yet another piece of equipment to have to pack and lug around. I personally like to take at least double the pods of what my harness can carry so I can fill them all at once and be ready for a quick turnaround between games if I’m running late. That means I’m cramming 8-16 pods everytime I go play, practically a whole seperate backpack just for my pods!

Not any more.. I have found the pods to use for the rest of my life! The Smart Parts Transpod Paintball Pods are now my paint storage of choice on the field.

The concept is a 3 piece tube set nested within each other that opens with a quick flick of the wrist. Molded tabs snap into place with a simple twist and the pod is ready for your paintballs. Each pod when nested is about 1/3 the size of a standard 140 round tube, which means you can fit 3 pods in the space that one used to take up. In the space that used to hold 4 pods you can now easily fit a whole dozen Transpods!

If you get broken paint or dirt in a Transpod, simply slide all the sections out the front and now you can swiftly and easily wipe them clean between games… no more trying to wedge a towel or shirt in a long narrow pod with a squeegee trying to get all the paint out.

Transpods are tough and the lids are secure yet open easy. The only issue I can see one having with them is getting water seeping in between the sections in wet conditions. However,  if rain looks like part of the day’s forecast then a quick wrap or two of black electrical tape (which should be in every paintballer’s tool kit) will keep the water out yet remove easily at the end of the day.

Smart Parts Transpods do cost more than standard paintball pods, but the space savings and fast  easy cleaning make them worth twice as much in my opinion!