Is it durable, reliable, does it chop bullets, is it easy to maintain,

Ok so for one no, its a spyder, which all suck. Buy a tippmann, you wont be sorry. Plus paintball guns dont shoot bullets so...

Although ive never owned a spyder I know that if you want reliabily get a tippmann 98... These guns will never break if you apply a few drops of oil on it ever now and again. If you don't want any choped balls get the a.c.t (anti chop technology)... It may be more expensive but its worth it... I own a tippmann98 platinum act and I haven't had any problems with chopped balls or for that matter I haven't had problems with anything