[MenosDaBear]

I purchased a Ninja Pro 68/4500 in May. A about a month-month 1/2 ago I noticed some substantial cracking in the bottle itself. It got sent in to Ninja and they replaced the bottle, no problem. I finally got my tank back (3 weeks later) and got 2 days of play in. Until today when I went to put away my gear and noticed that my brand spankin new bottle was yet again full of cracks!

I realize mistakes are made, and I was fine with it the first time, but having it happen again right after I got it back has made me slightly upset. Yes Ninja is good and replaces the bottles, but together with the first incident, I will be without a tank for 6 weeks and out $40 in shipping fees. As a player who has just returned to the sport this year, I did research and Ninja came highly recommended. I'm not sure I'll be able to pass on that same recommendation to the next potential buyer.

[Eg Civic Si]

I have the same issue and I'm also pretty mad. I have only around 3-1/2 weeks of free time so I wanted to play at least paintball twice and now I have to send in both of my ninja tanks and forget about playing until december when I get another college break

[Super69ur]

Wow... This is the 1st time I've heard of something like this....

My Ninja bottles has served me well for 2 years now.

[splatter19]

Not sure if it's a new company doing the clear coat but my buddies looks like hell after like 2-3 months and he did not play that much, nor did he play like a crazy man... But the tank has cracks allllllll over it and looks like the rock dude from the fantastic 4

[Eg Civic Si]

This are mine, Black pearl has only been used 3 times, and the grey one only once. I really hope Ninja replace the black pearl with another black pearl tank, I paid extra for it and bought it for the desing.

[Old School Joe]

I have a thread on here regarding the same thing. Just got a new ninja tank, its only been filled once and its starting to develop cracks in the coating.

[Scrappy#13]

that is the craziest thing ive seen My ninja tank is 3 years old and used almost every weekend with no issues.... glad i got a good one! hope they straighten it out for you

[cfl mike]

Well there is always Crossfire, even though I think the make Ninjas tanks now. Talk to Rob on here from Ninja, he might be able to help you out (more so).

[Tabris17]

It appears that Ninja has a bad batch of coated tanks from the manufacturer. This is happening a lot and it's a manufacturing fault on the end of the bottle manufacturer.
As long as the fibers are not exposed the tank is still safe too use but obviously you need to keep an eye on the tank itself to make sure the cracking doesn't get any worse or deeper. The coating is looking to relieve pressure during expansion and contraction and the only way it can is by cracking.

[splatter19]

Originally Posted by Tabris17

It appears that Ninja has a bad batch of coated tanks from the manufacturer. This is happening a lot and it's a manufacturing fault on the end of the bottle manufacturer.
As long as the fibers are not exposed the tank is still safe too use but obviously you need to keep an eye on the tank itself to make sure the cracking doesn't get any worse or deeper. The coating is looking to relieve pressure during expansion and contraction and the only way it can is by cracking.

Yep, called up ninja today and they took care of me thank you rob, ray and the rest of the ninja crew!

[Eg Civic Si]

They told me to wait until they have a meeting and get a response to then tell me what to do in my case.

Hope it doesn't take too long

[chris@CrossFire]

We have manufactured some for Ninja but these are not ours!!

[HrdCorPntballa]

It does suck but atleast Ninja is standing behind their tanks and taking care of everyone.