tippman are better than spyder unless you are spending over 400 and i doubt you are. tippman 98 customs are the standard in paintball guns as they are cheap reliable and very good guns for the price. i cant stress reliable enough there. they really are reliable if nothing else and trust me paintball guns especially most cheap ones fuck up all the time. also a good thing about them is they are probably the most customizable paintball guns there are. like the s10 of paintball guns except unlike s10's they arent bad to begin with. however i will say buying him a gift isnt going to get him to consider living with you, my dad has tried the same thing with my sister countless times and it just never works

good luck :thumbsup:

oh one other thing too, i have to agree with most of the people here i hope your son has a lot of money cause he should be prepared to drop an average (thats average, could easily be a lot more or a little less) of fifty dollars every time he plays.