These are great. When you're running with your mates round the block but don't want to lug your SS 50/100 all over the place. Had like a ton of these lying around after the toy guns with sound effects lost their appeal.ITT nothing but Rich Kids.
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water guns are shit nowadays??
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Must've been even more fun to be an engineer working on these back in the day.
Just imagine the stuff they must have had in the lab...
Just imagine the stuff they must have had in the lab...
That was my gun. I had it from when I was little enough to have to kneel and rest the gun on the ground to pump it with both arms to go beyond the red part of the dial. So badass. I kept it even though the rubber rings went brittle and fell off, but some years later the plastic warped and I had to throw it out without the chance of repairing it for my son :/
I won this one in a competition as a kid, it served me very well until one fated day we found one of these babies at a car boot.Can confirm this super soaker is great. And it's painful at close range
Took forever to pump but it was an absolute monster for the first burst.i had this one :
Oh man...one of those is still in the depths of my folks' garage somewhere. Many good times were had with that thing.This shit made my 10th birthday.
ITT nothing but Rich Kids.
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We had people in our circle filling them with their own piss.
I owned this baby when I was 18, this guy could peel paint, it had three nozzle setting I believe..Laser cutter-to fire hose. It took about 200 pumps but god it was worth it!
Toward the end of my water gun fights, I had the four nozzle one with the backpack. I was king.
Finally. This is GOAT and all my mom could afford.ITT nothing but Rich Kids.
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I just used one very similar to this, this weekend around the pool.
I owned this baby when I was 18, this guy could peel paint, it had three nozzle setting I believe..Laser cutter-to fire hose. It took about 200 pumps but god it was worth it!
That thing is probably 15 years old, and still works perfectly.
The german shepard loves it, the beagle hates it and the scottish terrier doesn't give a shit.
All that tech and only a 30 foot range? Is that due to safety laws?This shit is going to be so dope:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rike/spyra-one-the-next-generation-of-water-guns
Fucking water bullets! Brilliant!!!
This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
Damn right. Accept no substitutes.
I was the kid with a garden hose lol.
Like I'd just hide behind m
I used to carry one of those around just to squirt water into my mouth.
That sweet plastic-y water.
Like I'd just hide behind m
ITT nothing but Rich Kids.
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I used to carry one of those around just to squirt water into my mouth.
That sweet plastic-y water.
This was ghetto as fuck compared to some others, but it was the definition of reliable. Large tank and you could depend on the pressure lasting without too many pumps.
I had this dumb shit as a kid.
Yeah, that's a fucking bionic arm with a wrist-mounted water gun...And it was the coolest thing ever to young me. Still don't know how I convinced my parents to buy it for me.
Yeah, that's a fucking bionic arm with a wrist-mounted water gun...And it was the coolest thing ever to young me. Still don't know how I convinced my parents to buy it for me.
I looked up the history of Super Soakers some years ago. They were invented by some former NASA engineer or something (black guy too). For years they put serious effort into making better and better technology for loading and firing the water.
I looked this up a while ago. The Super Soaker 50 was actually the first one. It pioneered the pump action tech and pretty much did remain the AK-47 of water guns.
There was a 20th anniversary edition that came out some years ago, like the late 2000's or early 2010's or something. Maybe those are still cheap on eBay.
This ended up becoming the apex of standard water gun power. It pioneered the CPS system which mimics the human bladder or something. After this point I think the industry self-regulated, and never made another one as powerful or more powerful, but they still kept making good water guns for a few years after this.
That being said, if you look up Super Soaker fan sites, you can see that people mod them.
This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
I looked this up a while ago. The Super Soaker 50 was actually the first one. It pioneered the pump action tech and pretty much did remain the AK-47 of water guns.
There was a 20th anniversary edition that came out some years ago, like the late 2000's or early 2010's or something. Maybe those are still cheap on eBay.
I owned this baby when I was 18, this guy could peel paint, it had three nozzle setting I believe..Laser cutter-to fire hose. It took about 200 pumps but god it was worth it!
This ended up becoming the apex of standard water gun power. It pioneered the CPS system which mimics the human bladder or something. After this point I think the industry self-regulated, and never made another one as powerful or more powerful, but they still kept making good water guns for a few years after this.
That being said, if you look up Super Soaker fan sites, you can see that people mod them.
I had a 50 and a belt of spare tanks for additional capacity. A friend had a 100, I've seen even better ones later on but by that time I think I had grown out of water fights.
Too expensive for my tastes. And IDK if it is waterproof, as in if I can take it to a pool. I'm at my job so can't open the link.This shit is going to be so dope:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rike/spyra-one-the-next-generation-of-water-guns
Fucking water bullets! Brilliant!!!
Other than that looks dope. Not a fan of it having a battery though.
Rechargeable and that's for 45 reloads / 1150 shots. That's most likely a whole day's worth of play time, if not more.
I believe it is waterproof as well.
This is what I had.This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
I think this was the best model I had/coukd afford as a kid and it was as awesome and effective as you said.This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
I'm guessing the later models had to limit pressure strength for safety reasons.
Wish my family had the bigger Soakers because those were cool looking in the commercials.
There was a water gun I had in the late 90's that I've never been able to identify. My grandpa gave it to me and it was already faded out by the sun and had no logo. It was yellow (but might have started another color), and instead of a pump it had a spring or maybe rubber loaded handle on the back you pulled and it shot out a big blob of water. It was basically a water shotgun. I could be mis-remembering but I think it also had a pistol counterpart. Thing hurt so much they made me stop bringing it.
This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
Yep. I was rocking this one as well, don't remember if I ever got any of the bigger ones, but this hit at just the right time growing up.
Salute to Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer and inventor of the Super Soaker:
He's also an active redditor: https://www.reddit.com/user/Iinex
He's also an active redditor: https://www.reddit.com/user/Iinex
They do kind of suck now, although as with Nerf guns I find myself preferring single shot manual devices rather than anything with batteries.
The kids have a few different water guns, although my favourite is one of those single shot blasters that is simply a tube and a plunger:
Less effective for those with shorter arms but you can absolutely drench someone in a second.
The kids have a few different water guns, although my favourite is one of those single shot blasters that is simply a tube and a plunger:
Less effective for those with shorter arms but you can absolutely drench someone in a second.
He created some Nerf guns, too. LegendSalute to Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer and inventor of the Super Soaker:
He's also an active redditor: https://www.reddit.com/user/Iinex
Oh nice, he's rockin' the 200. That's the one I had. And later the xp150.Salute to Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer and inventor of the Super Soaker:
He's also an active redditor: https://www.reddit.com/user/Iinex
I'll admit, I got a new super soaker every birthday and Christmas as a kid, and I outfitted half of the entire neighborhood for every water gun war. Started with the 50. Built up to this and had most in between.
Overkill, sure. But fun. The 600 was one of the rare ones I could never find by me. I'm kind of sad that most of mine died over the years due to wear and tear, but they certainly gave up their lives in the line of duty. Kind of want re-issues of them all now because I'd buy them all again.
Overkill, sure. But fun. The 600 was one of the rare ones I could never find by me. I'm kind of sad that most of mine died over the years due to wear and tear, but they certainly gave up their lives in the line of duty. Kind of want re-issues of them all now because I'd buy them all again.
LMAO this is ridiculousThis shit is going to be so dope:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rike/spyra-one-the-next-generation-of-water-guns
Fucking water bullets! Brilliant!!!
LOL this thing is a total flopThis shit is going to be so dope:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rike/spyra-one-the-next-generation-of-water-guns
Fucking water bullets! Brilliant!!!
The one and only. I had this at age 7. I remember believing that each pump meant 1 foot of distance. I'd pump it 50 times and convinced myself it was shooting 50 feet away. WETTER. IS. BETTER.This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
If you can find it and it's in good condition you may very well fetch a pretty penny for it.
I'm surprised you could get 50 pumps. I usually stopped when you could hear it starting to hiss.
This shit made my 10th birthday.
We had something like that filled one of the little globes with shower gel or something. So good.
