Know Your Airsoft Brand!

I forgot to add G&P, APS & LCT.
G&P are great externals & meh internals, shit motors.
APS suck aside from the original cam 870
LCT are amazing but their mags are nasty.
This video took an age to edit together, there are a couple of bits where the audio is a little loud but it's free entertainment so don't moan.
www.vfc.co.uk

[@FreelancerRNC]

Please pin this you loveable tosspot. Cybergun: 2:52 Umarex: 3:50 Elite Force: 4:40 ASG: 5:17 Nuprol & Raven: 6:22 WE-Tech: 6:58 Raven: 12:10 Vorsk: 13:47 AW Customs / Armorer works: 14:34 Double Bell / D-Boys: 18:20 A&K: 22:52 Ares and S&T: 26:55 AY: 30:16 Krytac: 31:57 BOLT: 33:58 Classic Army: 36:09 CYMA: 39:21 Golden Eagle: 40:49 GHK: 42:14 G&G: 44:32 E&L: 48:55 ICS: 49:30 Jing Gong/JG Works: 52:41 King Arms: 53:52 KSC: 55:25 KWA: 57:15 Tokyo Marui: 1:00:22 Snow Wolf: 1:03:08 Specna Arms: 1:04:34 SRC: 1:06:25 VFC / Vega Force Company: 1:07:07 Double Eagle: 1:10:16 AGM: 1:11:22 BTW, you're spot on with GHK owners

[@r1dd1er]

What’s the score with Modify?

[@Frinz]

@Lennox Hendrix shut the fuck up bots

[@Matt_Avocado]

emg?

[@silencia08]

LCT?

[@andreascala7425]

Lct and arcturus ?

[@nicolasbocchino3761]

The clip about the ship with the front falling off was hilarious

[@Recoil21]

Us: Luke: You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember, all I'm offering is the truth - nothing more.

[@jcmaxie4758]

You’re all red pill sheep’s! 🐑💉🤪

[@AleksWorkshop]

Thanks for the info!

[@bruhmoment4466]

Airsofter moment

[@novemberboom2305]

ALEKS

[@arthurmackintosh6154]

yo

[@hal752]

Only been playing a year and a half so not exactly a long time in which I've purchased 2 rifles and about to get my third. Listening to the internet no one that I knew at the time recommend cyma. So I didn't until I want a mp5. I bought a cheap blue edition high speed. Feck me it's amazing. It was greased from the factory. It was shimmed well. Apart from the nozzle it was perfect. I just changed the hop rubber and nub and stuck it back together. It was performing the same or better than modified mp5s and out ranging m4s. It became my favourite rifle after 1 game.

[@totalfailforfun4721]

I really wish they sold more cyma stuff here in the states, i really want their other guns...

[@kyleross8819]

Have the same mp5 its so under rated.

[@dbdchris5153]

@@totalfailforfun4721 yeah all vfc for the elite force mp5a4 and a5 but the competition guns i have no idea

[@Tapirrr]

I have the same! I had an aster installed, new rubber, barrel and motor. Apart from external mods its came out to around 280 euros, and its a reeeeaal beaut! You could definitelly make do without the mosfet but i wanted something i would love just as much as my WE mp5

[@matthewcooke117]

The gun and the new stuff probably costs 1/5 of a TM mp5

[@sungyongahn9872]

I am really a big fan of your channels and I really love every single one of them. And I especially love this one, so much details and I bet there was no youtube channel ever done explaining the airsoft brands this detail, almost one hour and a half long...it was just amazing. Thank you so much for your detail explanation and sharing experiences. Have a wonderful day.

[@lonehard]

Really appreciate you uploading this video! Not only it brings much more quality insight in the current state of airsoft brands, but also gives some (tamed down :D) context regarding your other videos

[@OffbeatJoe]

Absolutely love your vids. Someone who is genuine and real on camera in airsoft. This is a history lesson almost. Love from the USA.

[@lysandyr3609]

This is pretty much the only recommendation I can take seriously, normal KZbin haven't got a clue about the inner workings of these things so hearing that a techie likes a gun makes me more inclined to give them a chance, great vid

[@cards32]

a 90 minute video? oh this outta be a treat Also, I think this video is much better than my tier list as you've had more experience with these brands. as always well done

[@someonesuperrandom4194]

Hi cards.

[@cards32]

@@someonesuperrandom4194 hola

[@Sam_Falcon42]

He mentioned you for putting him on the A tier at 21:45 Big W for you!

[@undersc0r]

r/airsoft guy🤯🤯🤯

[@brian_b_music]

That Nightmare on Elm Street mix that starts around the KWA bit was amazing!!

[@toooldfortwowheels2048]

RIP my STAR M14 SOPMOD. Gone but not forgotten. Great vid, absolute trip down memory lane for vast swathes of it.

[@mitch3384]

Definitely a helpful video. And the customizing you're doing has kicked off a whole lot of ideas I want to try to customize my next pistol. Thanks!

[@yorhaunit8s]

That Silent Hill song remix in the background at around 5 minutes... No one can improve Silent Hill OST from Akira Yamaoka, they can only make it worse. Great video, though. Good to have an update from someone who has recent experience with a lot of brands.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

I 100% agree, it's just too depressing to keep peoples attention. You wait for the final track... that's blasphemy

[@harrisonperkinson833]

Totally agree, Yamaoka is a genius.

[@kaighn8086]

Ff7 remix in the beginning ftmfw!

[@dpchief_216]

8:00 I completely agree with your assessment of WE rifles. I've never had an issue finding parts for my WE MSK, you just have to know what brands to avoid when upgrading!

[@uazfoursixnine]

I did not know I needed this video in my life. Thanks for that And I hope I understood you correctly that you'll be making a simullar video about internal parts manufacturers... can't wait!

[@apathtrampledbydeer8446]

Great insights, great music. That snake in the beginning, really beautiful. ( and the Silent Hill soundtrack just hit me in the feels) I really like the Sig 55x rifles, I bought one of those GHK's, quite sad that the quality isn't what it should be, externally it is beautiful though. Thank you and take care my good sir!

[@JFXBENGALS-The_P0NY-X]

Perfect! 20 years history in just over an hour. Legend

[@Ultra-Collector]

I can watch “the front fell off “ hundreds of times! It really does makes me smile 😀

[@avocato1135]

I had one of the G&G raiders a few years back. Before first skirmish my mates wired it to deans and swapped the hop rubber out for a 'better' one, and I believe took this little spring off the inner barrel by the hop cos one of my mates had one and found with his, it stopped misfeeds almost completely. that gun stood up to a wee bit of backyard fudd teching (though my skirmish mates were all sparkies/engineers, so I think they had atleast a bit of sense behind their work) to try and 'improve it' and not once did it kick up a complaint, it always fired consistently at the short to medium ranges of the site we used to play at on monday nights, and it stood up to some pretty intense semi auto cqb. (If you can call about 20-30 people ramming themselves into a 30-40mX10m killhouse in a warmup/warmdown game they always did once an evening at some point) Not sure how good the newer iteration of their combat machine line are, but for me, if someone wants recommending a cheapish M4, It will always be the older combat machines (CM16, raider 1.0, R8-L and that Mk18 knockoff one)

[@zack8690]

I guessed what neg was gonna say right off the bat. haha love this guy. Figured a big 1 was coming out since we didn't see you yesterday. Thanks for the content! Still have my BE XM8, just upgraded the internals. Good old sleeper.

[@IamTheMisterMan]

Funny I just emailed you the otherday about this, shouldve just waited for the video! Super informative, and a tech commision to book end it to bravo!

[@kord2003]

Thank you for great video. Can't wait for breakdown of airsoft parts manufacturers!

[@garethlloyd6131]

In an age of sicophant reviews its amazing to get a pretty much full picture of where the lines between brand name and product actually are, and their strengths/weaknesses.

[@TheCliqueGaming]

More videos like this please! Or more tech tips! Great work as always man!

[@davidkaye8712]

With my recent interest in Airsoft my first purchase is the M92 Berretta full metal by Double Bell. Great plinker out of the box, I did a little research into the hobby/sport and went down the modding/upgrading rabbit hole. My plinker's first modded shot went straight through a 2mm pain of glass at 10 meters with .25 plastic BB.

[@s.c.a.airsoft7954]

Very well done! Definitely learned a few things. My wife Bought me a ICS Par MK3 probably 6 years ago now. I did a DMR build on it because it’s to dam heavy to run around as an assaulter with LOL. Anyway it was my first serious build from the inside out and I liked the split gearbox for being able to work on the two parts of the gearbox separate. Work on the shimming and drivetrain on one end then work on your compression stuff on the other. Just made it easier to learn then worry about it all popping up and what not putting it together. But I did break a couple tappets along the way ended up putting a blue Lonex tappet in and knock on wood it’s been fine. Sorry Long one keep up the great tech videos

[@Trancefreakeh]

I'm missing my one fav. cheap manufacturer: KJWork. But alright, can't catch em all, I get that. Thanks for the effort, putting this together.

[@DangerAndy]

This is the podcast i needed when i started airsoft.

[@JordanNike777]

Very useful and unique. No one didn't had the balls to do it before you. Respect.

[@GooopGoooop]

Really loving the long format style mate!

[@Hakkurio]

Cyma put a smile on my face, i love my AK variant and it shoots really hard albeit very heavy in the front but sturdy enough that i could break a door / tree with it. It looks dope and people i know that have fled from war torn countries have held it and thought for a second that it was a real gun, only to be proven it is a toy once they see the magazine and the BB's. (anyone with gun experience will probably easily tell it's a BB gun) Nice video, there are so many brands here that i have never heard of before ! But as always i like your attitude and videos ! Keep it up :D

[@lehlong1976]

thanks for this videos, make me update popular/regular brands thesedays.

[@lordofdiscord9941]

Buying my first few guns in the next weeks and thats been an immense help and saved me a mistake with VFC..I'd already shortlisted a Specna Core/Edge series MK18 against a few of theirs so thats pretty much a definite for Specna and the Edge with a milfet after this.I was drawn just on looks before to the CYMA AK-74SU thing as well as the fact its cheap as a back up if main gun fails as I have no knowledge to fix on the day/cqb gun but was concerned about quality/ performance the only downside is I cant find one in stock anywhere.I was also drawn to the AGM MP40 just for a classic looking SMG but to hear its actually good and useable is nice..Big thanks as you aren't just helping mid experienced players but near noobs are avoiding pitfalls with help like this

[@porcupineguy7038]

Literally a podcast but in a monologue, great!

[@cannonballbrad9522]

I have rewatched this video and sent it to many people. Fantastic

[@Deus1236]

Good advice regarding WE gas guns. They work fine and like you pointed out, spare parts are rather easy to find. I have a few VFC gas guns (they are very hit and miss, mostly miss unfortunately), and have actually found that you can order pretty much any spare part directly from VFC without problems.

[@ryanmijares1282]

This is the first good airsoft brand review I have seen.

[@nannesoar]

I waited two weeks for the right time to watch this.

[@ryanwilkins3206]

"The barrel is literally the length of my foreskin" 🤣🤣🤣 you are now responsible for me having to clean tea from my desk hahahaha

[@grantglaze8664]

Enjoyed this. It was a history lesson on airsoft.

[@untrust2033]

Nice 1911 build at the start, and that sig looks so nice

[@ernstbenade2360]

I like the way you host your show, it's refreshing keep it reel.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

I try

[@martyguy8185]

Those cam shots with the gears when shimming!! Holy hell

[@ReapingRose115]

Have three Cyma AEGs, two of them are AKs and an M16A1. Aside from some parts like the charging handle, or with my CM040D, the receive cracks at a specific area but it doesn't affect function. They're just dandy base guns that get you into airsoft for a good price (sometimes great deals if getting abroad) and while they're not E&L or LCT, they're still quite good. Their AKs tend to be the bread and butter for me at least.

[@joshfisher137]

I've only been in airsoft for six months still yet to play a skirmish but I went shit crazy on by guns n accessories or after market performance parts. Each gun I've bought has broke on me just through practice firing. Everything from 3 krytacs 3 kwa 4 aps two rifles two gearboxes 1ics dmr 3 gg 1 lancer.... I've literally spent a grip of cash on m4 platforms if I had all the guns I bought I'd have near twenty m4s instead I have six I've spent hours on hours working on them. Now thanks to negative airsoft ( who I wished I had discovered in the begining) I have a small bit of know how when it comes to the v2gear box. It's been a fun journey I've got loads of spare parts but I love my six rifles cause I built them to my liking and they sound excellent and fire decent nothing to write home to. Thanks to you Luke love the channel you keep shit 100 n that's what separates you from the rest of these you tube tit suckers. Keep it up!!!!

[@joshfisher137]

Possibly due to me living outside the environment had effects on my finical decisions obviously

[@martyguy8185]

I have shared the shit out of this to all my people. Hell of a great video luke!!!! For sure a hard one to top at the start of 2021!!!!!! Its like a movie....I laughed.....I got scared.....and I cried alittle.....then eventually ended up naked in the corner. Good shit

[@reposter6434]

"I'm on my bed with a beer" me and you would gett along very well 😂

[@andrew7949]

Ok, that clip about the front falling off.... that was the most entertaining and random clip I've ever seen hahahaha

[@timothiouschurchill9496]

That is the funniest clip ever bro I'm dying I'm late for work I don't even care

[@magaz]

I was listening to this whilst editing images and had sort of gone into a zen state... Then that came up and I was all "Oh wait, has it fini... WTF is this? it's amazing"

[@craftminerCZ]

holy shit this is the most informative video I've ever seen to be this dense packed with info while also covering almost every brand I've ever heard of. Most people release shit that's 20 minutes long that has like 3 minutes worth of information. This shit is 90 for 90 minutes 100% pure info. Cheers.

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

It's because I'm a god

[@daveapparently2467]

subbed within 20 seconds best honest intro iv ever heard

[@TheKhol]

One of the great Fred Dagg skits I grew up with taking the piss out of Australia again. Haaha took me back.

[@C02_TheAlphaGroup]

Been waiting so long for another video! Good job!

[@gavin1506]

Thanks for the different music I don't normally listen to. I quite like it and it would not be something I normally would have listened to.

[@CutlassOutdoors]

“Future the next!” -Tokyo Marui

[@quironmiranda2591]

I’m been thinking on getting into the hobby but I have no idea what companies I should look for, and ones I better not waste money on. So thanks for this extensive video so I can make up my mind

[@neiledwards8931]

Many thanks for the information and it's nice to be able to tune the guns for better performance and shoot ability. 😊

[@parkih]

Very interesting video, knew there was a lot of rebranding going on but didn't expect this much. Fun to hear which was which. But I have a question to people, which will come after a short intro.... (Please bear with me) Agree with most of it too, as someone who likes the odd and different (for my region,) so I have a ICS L85 I quite like but sadly stuff broke so had to open it. Gone through Cyma's and overall they are just decent as he said. Not bad and you can do amazing things with them. Specna has been nothing but good, the two M4's and the HK I have had are all amazing to work on and play with. Not to mention the Ares Tar21 which I adore. The few G&G things I have had my hands on are AK5's and a F2000 and.. Not that impressed. The people I know that properly put time and money on them are happy so... Good for them. I had a CA G3 that I do miss but had to get rid of as I actually got the Cold war rifle I wanted, a King arms FAL. But have been teching my ass of trying to get it to work... Actual question: How the hell do you fix the fire select on a KA fal and make it stay in place proper? it works from time to time and if I tilt it to one side... Can't get it to stick at all. P.S. Love your vids, keep up the good work! Also cute pets you have.

[@sike3000]

i had a King Arms M&P15 back in the day, came with real magpul furniture and it ran brillliantly for a few years untill i fell and snapped it :(

[@NegativeAirsoftTech]

Stoopid

[@setsuna200]

F

[@EUGENIOUS96]

Negative Airsoft: The Movie!

[@nidreon]

as a marui owner, right on spot, as long you don't upgrade it, (leave as it is) no broken, no gas leak, it leave as it is

[@McCBH1996]

My first RIF, My G&G R8-L front end left off. thank you for that skit 🤣😅

[@django4449]

Same with my cm16 raider L

[@flektarnskitzbird4785]

First game day my pals barrel fell off, then his motor kept dropping, now mostly doesn't even shoot and when it does it goes about 30m max, AVOID THE R8L

[@melon9680]

Well, what I noticed in airsoft, is that alot of people treat their gear like shit. I have GnGs and after all this time, if I showed you what it looks like you'd think it was just bough. No upgrades, no new parts in em nothing. Just good TLC.

[@alextarttelin6396]

This video is amazing. Honestly makes brits proud

[@Yamy-py8su]

Why haven't nobody told me bout this channel sooner? Seems like good tuff, thanks mate.

[@sarcasualindividual]

E&C definitely needs to be on this list. They are the OEM gun for specna arms and provide a great cheap base.

[@davyrando1203]

I have bought 4 airsoft guns so far. First off was a G&G CM16 Raider-L. Horrible spring slap/shimming. While it didn't bug me at first, the whining noisy gearbox started to annoy me. These are supposed to be accurate, but accuracy on mine was lacking. Second was a KWA 1911A1. NS2 gas system. Doesn't have the issue where it loses the firing pin. (That is only the PTP.) The gun itself works great. The mag that came with it was fine, but the second mag I bought was leaky out of the box. Third gun I bought was a CYMA M14 SOCOM. By FAR the best AEG in my collection. Incredibly accurate out of the box, responsive trigger, and a smooth gearbox. I love it, and would recommend it without hesitation. Fourth gun I bought was an E&C 835. Bought it because it was an LVOA that didn't have a $200 Krytac Tax, but it had the same issues as the Raider. After sending it to be teched, I ended up spending the same amount I would have on a Krytac LVOA on it.

[@1lastlaugh593]

Hilarious and incredibly informative history lesson from a very experienced tech. It’s a shame such a good looking gun proved to be such a hassle to fix, though I’m glad you got it up and running. You and cards ought to be buds lol

[@chriscarlson3267]

Amazingly informative video Luke. I wish you would have talked about Kwa Aeg's a little bit but still great information

[@YEinherierY]

Very interesting, I suspected some of the things you said while working on replicas but wasn't sure. A video about upgrade parts manufacturers would be great, a lot of wormhole stuff there as well :D

[@olivermckenzieblyth6074]

Great to hear accurate feedback on BOLT, there is a lot of false information about them that normally comes from people that have never owned one. I have 6 BOLT AEGs and not one has let me down. The compression parts are fantastic, the best I've seen out the box, 100% airseal in every one. The barrels are 6.00 like Luke said and the quality of them is on par with ZCI, they are like glass inside and always clean from the factory. They perform great Out The Box, however, I gave them all a spring change and dropped a Jefftron Leviathan in them. In summary, BOLT make great guns with high quality internals as well as great external build quality and they kick very hard (twice as hard as my TM recoils, especially the AKS74U). Highly recommended.

[@alisdairwood102]

I love the intro, so nice and polite lol

[@0bserver416]

When I started airsoft had a rental (3-4 years old by that time) ICS Sig551 and was impressed with it. Then bought the exact same model completely new and it was a disaster!!! Could be just unlucky me getting faulty one, or their overall quality went to sheet. Now I own a pre-owned (!) Tokyo Marui and can't believe it's amazing quality!

[@mr.airsoft8295]

Good job with this video; it was really interesting and had some good information.

[@DarkVileScream]

I enjoy your bluntness, subbed

[@sven_mf_svenson7840]

I just realized that the classic army logo looks like a trigger :o

[@darkshock42mlg05]

Same here. I didn't think anything of that at first but when the picture was bigger and I start looking at it for a while I realize that looks like a trigger and trigger guard

[@marinusdedreu3833]

Apparently, one of the designers at Classic Army wanted to start doing flat triggers years ago, and was denied because it would go against the logo lol

[@NeCtRiCkS]

I thought everyone instantly saw it. I guess its designer also thought so lol

[@Resmarax]

I just realized the trigger looks like a C and an A.

[@alextarttelin6396]

Top lad for making this video, alot to talk about. Couldnt stop laughing either. Earned a sub!

[@thejapanarchocommunist]

I was surprised Double Eagle got as good of a rating as you gave them; I heard a lot of negative things about them but honestly my first AEG was a Double Eagle AK, and although I have some issues with the externals quality, it performed great when I used it on the field, and although now I recently upgraded to a Tokyo Marui AK, the Double Eagle still would be good as a backup if my TM ever took a shit, or if a friend wanted to get started I wouldn't feel guilty lending him my DE gun because I know it performs good.

[@DartzIRL]

From an Irish perspective - a Marui running at 1 Joule is perfect. Runs good on low-pressure gas. It just slips in under the legal limits here and you know if you don't put Green Gas in it, you don't have to worry about it ever going over the magic number because it's basically designed to hit the same limit we've got. They seem to be able to tolerate green gas - especially because it's colder here but they're perfectly happy on their native low-pressure stuff. I've bought some random crap for a group of friends that like to drink and plink at our BBQ's - and the Marui GBBR I have is the one that has gobsmacked anyone that's held it. The quality and feel is just an order of magnitude beyond the few pistols and AEG's we've experienced. The only drawback is the price.

[@haissake]

Amazing list, I didn't know many of these brands. The only "big names" I missed were Well, Modify, KJ Works, Action Army and Amoeba (yes, I know they are Ares), but one hour and half is too much to even ask for more.

[@NeCtRiCkS]

LCT at description and Golden Eagle at 40:49

[@haissake]

@@NeCtRiCkS Already corrected.

[@gdarcyie]

VFC is the greatest manufacturer off all time Would love to see Luke's face reading it

[@nickmcnikc]

I cant wait to get back onto my local field when things re-open. Although after binging a bunch of Negative Airsofts video's I feel like I want to get my 14yo TM F1 Famas serviced and give it a run out.

[@christianoman68]

The Ares bit got me 😂

[@captaingloken5454]

Loved this vid. Did watch it on two parts. First gun was a Dboys M4A1. Ended up with a JG gearbox in it. Still got it, but the gun is very different now. I have a G&P M16A3, brilliant gun. I have two JG mp5's, the A4 and sd6. Ics M4SIR, hop unit fell apart, but the replacement, which is an ics one working fine. I have a cyma AK47, which to be honest is a cheap gun. I was surprised by the quality and operation of this gun. No mention of Well. I have one of their L96's which I am currently upgrading. Like the gun, but still some eY to go to be great.

[@Soundfire6]

Wow.....that made my mid day break interesting....no complaints here good info dump to try and remember lol

[@Rageophile]

Great video as always, your comments on TM NGRS about what weight ammo to use, I have a SCAR which hasn’t been modified and run .28-.30g bb’s and it hops them fine yes the FPS is a little lower but I get good accuracy and I would argue very good range.

[@nimfix]

I was surprised not to see LCT in this, but i've seen quite enough of your video's what your opinion on them is. Happy with your opinion on E&L planning on buying one soon.

[@NUCKINGFUTSCO]

Sweet vid bro! Good to see someone with the tech knowledge take the time to do this. You got an opinion on E&C?

[@I_cant_aim]

Was E&C on the video?

[@bound4wa80]

Love the remix ff background music

[@user-bg7xp8of4p]

After that intro I immediately subscribed

[@sethf2258]

Glad you mentioned the WE luger i was about to buy the gold one saved me $150!

[@dainiusvysniauskas2049]

I had a KA Sig 556 Holo RAS (the one with quad rail). A nice gun indeed.

[@cbr600rrturbo]

I gotta say I love your attitude

[@casinodelonge]

Cheers for this, really interesting and informative.

[@mitch3384]

The G&G comments are about what I've experienced. Feed issues in my ARP 556 fixed with Prommy bucking and barrel. Drilled out the hopup unit to fit the bucking so that'll get replaced next. Waiting on the mosfet to go before I replace with Perun. Otherwise, great gun, happy I paid more for a midrange gun as a new player so I'm dealing with less upkeep now.

[@barrywright749]

Great video as always!

[@damo1297]

Love your choice of background music ff7 mako reactor

[@bazairsoft]

So glad I found this while having a beer and bonfire! Do you feel like any of your options have changed since this video? Recently found your channel and loving it!

[@Rennthar]

Gonna be honest CYMA is my favorite all around company I have multiple aegs that have been through hell and they still perform amazingly. My first aeg was a ak74n and it still has the stock motor and gearbox just a bit of grease and a hop up change now and then. It's almost 18 years old.

[@killamac10100]

There are WWAAAAAYY to many humans out there in order to say “I’m individual”!

[@Jeffasaurases]

The first 30 made me laugh, just wasn’t expecting it