Double Eagle UMP

[ColinBT1994]

This is my first review, so hopefully its good.

Alright, so I know that most people (or at least the guys I know) generally think that ANY gun under $120 is going to be crap, and if its not a Marui, Classic Army, or Echo1 they think its crap. This UMP is different.

Arrival

Alright, so the UMP comes in the run-of-the-mill box with that 'improved hop-up' thing on the front. When you open it up you're greeted by the gun itself, and 500ish round HiCap, a Red-Dot scope, a flashlight, a (for some reason mine wasn't in the box itself) laser aim, a small bag of BB's, and a generic cleaning-unjamming rod. A lot of stuff to cram into one box, eh?

The Gun

The gun itself is mostly plastic, with metal body pins, safety trigger, trigger, trigger guard, hop-up access panel, gearbox, and the four rails on the top, bottom, left, and right. The collapsible stock has a rubberized butt which is VERY comfortable on the shoulder. Also, it runs on a special 8.4v stick battery, which is kind of a pain to get in. The connectors for the battery are accessed by folding the stock and opening a small trapdoor underneath it. The battery is then connected and slid down the body. The only problem is that the connector pegs are a tight fight, so changing a battery in mid-skirmish may be annoying. Also, I recommend using the stock charger for the battery, because when I charged it on our smart-charger it overheated and I had to order a new one.

Firing

Well, I can say after about 10 magfulls of ammo, this gun is great. With mine I only needed to adjust the hop-up a little, and there were no problems with jamming or the hicap. The one thing that IS annoying though is that there is  a small lever (can't remember its name, forgive me) and when it is up for some reason the mag doesn't feed nearly as many BB's into the gun and the HiCap needs winding constantly. But just a flick of the lever fixes that. I fired this gun on semi-auto at a can on a stool from around 50 feet, and out of 5 shots 3 connected. I haven't had a chance to chrono it yet but I'd guess it strays from the advertised 375 FPS to somewhere around 340-350.

After Skirmishing
Alright, my horrible review of this gun is almost over. My brother and I took this out to a small strip of desert near us to have a little one-on-one match, my UMP at his Marui MP5. After about 45-50 minutes, the UMP was still working perfectly. One thing I would like to say here is that some people have reported that there battery is weak, which makes the UMPs full-auto fire come to kind of a rolling start. I have never experienced this though, so it could just be a manufacturing flaw.

Wrap-Up
To kind of summarize this gun:
 Body: 4.5/5 - Its sturdy and feels nice and heavy, but still, the plasticy feel is a little bit annoying. But not enough for a full 1 point drop
 Performance: 5/5 - It can fire consistently on fully automatic no problem and works perfectly even after 45 minutes of skirmishing.
 Accuracy: 4/5 - Its a pretty accurate gun for a CQB weapon. Much better than any I've seen

AVERAGE: 4.5/5

To all of those who are still with me, thanks for reading my review. Please leave feedback so I know what to do better next time. Also, feel free to ask questions about it in case I didn't address them in the review. Peace
~C

*UPDATE* After its 13th hour of skirmishing, this gun is still in perfect working order. FOr christmas I will be getting 3 Standard mags, and at that time I will rerate it based off of the standard magazines.*

[Vince]

The one thing that IS annoying though is that there is  a small lever (can't remember its name, forgive me) and when it is up for some reason the mag doesn't feed nearly as many BB's into the gun

The selector lever?

[Ivan]

Couldn't resist..

Well, I can say after about 10 clipfulls of ammo, this gun is great.
~C

Err... we call em magazines here..

Ivan

[Firebert]

Not too bad.  How about where did you get it and how much was it?  I know you said it was under $120.

[ColinBT1994]

Ah! Sorry. I got it at ( I know a lot of people hate it) AirSplat for $100. Everything was fine when it came too. No loose screws or anything beaten up and outta place. And Vince, I don't think its the selector but it could be, Im not good at airsoft vocab.

[silentwitness]

Semi great review, colin you should state the brand of the gun, and the advantages of it being plastic, like it makes it lightweight.

[BATMAN]

Not a bad review.  I like the cut-the-crap let's go shoot the gun approach.  I get sick and tired of hearing people babble on about what the box looked like when UPS delivered it.
It could really use some photos, though...

I got one of these DE UMPs to repair this week.  From just removing the gearbox and diagnosing a problem, the only things I could see that upset me were:
1. The selector plate is a flimsy POS, and needs to be replaced.  It makes the selector practically useless.  Since the selectors are almost identical to a G36, a G36 selector plate should work fine.
2. Unlike other brands of UMP's, the motor cage is proprietary.  Not a big deal, but just silly they changed it.
-BATMAN

[ColinBT1994]

Hey its me just reporting back with some news. A few days ago I got a chance to try shooting both the G&G UMP and the STAR UMP. THey are both VERY good guns, but overall I'd say the DE UMP is the best. Although the other two models sport a trademark or two, they tend to have injection mold marks on them, and on the star one the trademark reads 'Heokler and Kogh UMP', which seems odd. The G&G one is also very nice but it jammed much more than my DE UMP. I also just recently pulled it apart inside and out. I remove the side rails from it and took off any frilly details except for my vert grip, and I have to say it looks great. Also, the insides are great, althought (like BATMAN said above) there is a flimsy selector plate, the interiors hold together well and seem to be fine after having it for 2 months or so.