Summercat Green Gels

Lots of players are running Summercat green gels and they have been recommended by AH for GBB pistols

Grew a batch about 4 weeks ago, along with some AKAs. Brewed in tapwater but for over 4 hours

AKAs are still performing well and don’t appear to have dropped in size

Summercat greens are shattering in pistols and J12 at 250fps and have noticeably dropped in sized when compared to AKAs

What is everyone’s experience with Summercat greens? They appear to have a shorter shelf life after being brewed

Agree they’re very popular, few others we play with use them regularly.

My method has been a consistent 2 hours in demin water. I used to sort them, but the results have been so reliable that I don’t bother anymore.

As for longevity, I was shooting a batch last night that’s about a month old.

Maybe you ended up with a dud batch?

I’ve had a good run with them. Grow for about 2 1/4 hours to 2 1/2 hours but water temp seems to be the difference for me there.

I am using a bottle of greens I grew for a game like 6 weeks ago and haven’t had an issue. They are a bit on the small side, found the oranges to be a little larger.

Tbh, I think I like the oranges more the more I test them. But greens have been good for the tighter barrel stuff.
That said, not had green or oranges jam yet, even with oranges in 7.3mm barrels.

Are the oranges about the same hardness as the Summercat greens? Not like the old school oranges that were a bit on the soft side?

I’m on the hunt for a medium hardness gel that doesn’t grow too big for my lower powered blasters. :person_shrugging:

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He sells two types of milkies, one harder than the other, perhaps the softer of the two are worth a try? He’s currently out of stock but can sling you a bag if needed.

Apparently the oranges are supposed to be harder, in our blasters the greens and milkies have been more accurate.

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I treat gels like reloading components, when they work and they’re in stock, I buy big :sweat_smile:

I’m a huge fan of War Intetest red gels… found them to give higher than average FPS and last a long time stored.

Only downsides are :

  1. Hard to find these days.

  2. Hard to see in flight, especially in low light.

The second point could be taken as an upside though. They’re tricky to see so aiming adjustment on the fly’s harder, but your tango can’t see where they’re coming from either… great for stealth if your blaster’s sight accurate. :rofl:

I have found the oranges to be similar to the greens in terms of hardness.
Both are not the hardest gel out, imo. But also, imo- being the hardest doesn’t concern me, long as they work in gas stuff they are hard enough. And both work in my gas stuff.

Size and not needing to sort or undergrow is my thing. And so far, I havent been sorting either green or oranges for months. And they don’t seem to dry out in open air as quick as other “ultra hard” gels.

His milky’s are decent too, not gas pistol ready hard, but harder, or rubberier than non ultra hard gels. Think ausgel white pearls, but almost no weird shapes and massive jellybean nonsense. Quite like them actually, but having one gel for everything is a better trait for me.

As a note, the bags are roughly half the size of the competing $10 ultra hard gel bags, so per litre of gel they aren’t much- if at all cheaper. But, I would prefer two smaller bags over one large one these days as I often grow less more often anyway!

Imagine airsoft life in NZ…

Which BB, do i want… .2g or .25g …??

Because, y’know, the weight is just that accurate…
It goes with the .005 mm manufacturing diameter tolerance…!

:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :smiley: :rofl: