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water guns are shit nowadays??
- Thread starter TheMan
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This is probably the biggest reason. Not that people aren't having water fights still, but clearly the amount of kids roaming the neighborhood looking for shit to do must be astronomically lower now that things like personal cell phones, computers, video game consoles etc are such a thing. As well as the general fear of letting your children run around unaccompanied.
For good or ill a lot of the activities many of us oldies (I'm 33) used to partake in as children would be near unconscionable by the sensibilities of the day.
Wait, so they've gotten worse now then they were back in the 90's? Why???
I too would have expected ones that could:
Shoot long distances
Hold lots of water
Not require a pump mechanism
This one right here brings back to many memories of waterfights with friends.
We had slip n slides too. remember trying to figure out how to hold the plastic sheet down, using rocks and other things and then flying down it hoping you didn't hit one on the way.
I too would have expected ones that could:
Shoot long distances
Hold lots of water
Not require a pump mechanism
This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
This one right here brings back to many memories of waterfights with friends.
We had slip n slides too. remember trying to figure out how to hold the plastic sheet down, using rocks and other things and then flying down it hoping you didn't hit one on the way.
My man. That was my favorite water gun ever.This shit made my 10th birthday.
I also rolled with this Super Soaker 10 as my side arm
It's funny how these pictures all look like Splatoon guns to me now. That's totally a Splattershot Pro posted on the first page. I wonder how many Super Soakers Nintendo bought when developing the game.
Sad to hear that they're so bad now. Had so much fun with my friends playing with them back then. I could see them being a smaller market now because of lifestyle changes, but it seems bizarre that better water guns have almost disappeared. Maybe the economies of scale don't work anymore to keep manufacturing and stocking them?
Sad to hear that they're so bad now. Had so much fun with my friends playing with them back then. I could see them being a smaller market now because of lifestyle changes, but it seems bizarre that better water guns have almost disappeared. Maybe the economies of scale don't work anymore to keep manufacturing and stocking them?
The range is a step down, but I just got a Nerf Hydra, which has last year's pump system from the watering pot looking soaker in a regular gun shape. It's pretty good. The stream is pretty damn big and the whole tank is empty in maybe a dozen shots, it just doesn't shoot as far as the older ones. And if you pull the pump too fast it mists quite a bit instead of shooting farther. Still, the 100ml or so per pump will make for some VERY wet nephews next month.
Edit: ^ and that is the reason why they were changed. You could blind someone with the older models. Now it's one shot per pump, so you'll never have such high maximal possible pressure.
Water Warriors has some with old style pumping, but many models are USA only, so filthy Euros like me can't judge their bigger models. Maybe they're good.
Edit: ^ and that is the reason why they were changed. You could blind someone with the older models. Now it's one shot per pump, so you'll never have such high maximal possible pressure.
Water Warriors has some with old style pumping, but many models are USA only, so filthy Euros like me can't judge their bigger models. Maybe they're good.
Classic. This is the one I had when I was 13. They were the stock soakers. My cousin had the more expensive one. I don't see these anymoreThis was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
It's just not how far it shoots but pumping enough pressure for a steady stream.
Not as much fun.
See my edit. Safety concerns plus cheaper cost to manufacture the simpler current ones killed the "real" Super Soakers. Water Warriors has some, I have one of the smaller ones available in the EU and it's pretty good, but even my old sidearm ones had more punch.
The one and only. Smacked fools with it.This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
I still have this in the garage. Everyone wanted this one when I was a kid. Was so much fun.
I had these. The SS100 I got for my 9th birthday. XP 105 for my 12th.
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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!
I believe the gun I had was actual the model just above this one. It was such a badass water gun, and looking back perhaps the pinnacle of the old school tech. I just have to shake my head at the options out there nowadays.
Patents are only good for 12 years. Whatever technology the Super Soakers used should be available to anyone at this point.
This is the one I elected to go with as a child soldier. Many friends I lost, many enemies I splashed. A lot of memories hit me hard seeing those big green balls. Hot ass days when the summers felt like they were never going to end. I'm sad nowI used this 2 days ago to shoo off some barn swallows. Still works great.
Damn I loved that one, transparent tank was boss.Can confirm this super soaker is great. And it's painful at close range
This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
Yep, I had one of these. So awesome.
I also wanted one of those big super soakers for my birthday but never got one. :(
The only option now a days is to get into water balloon launchers
Although we did hit a kid in the chest with a chestnut from across a soccer field, so be careful .
Although we did hit a kid in the chest with a chestnut from across a soccer field, so be careful .
That's one I used to have.I used this 2 days ago to shoo off some barn swallows. Still works great.
Pissed my brother off when I blasted him in the face with it in the pool, haha. That thing had FORCE.
This was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
My brother and I had one of this each. They were indeed the best.
Depending on the model it could take 0-2 days of patience. And lots of drinking.
This shit made my 10th birthday.
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I think I got that same exact one for Christmas as a kid.
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!
These were lethal weapons when fully pressurized.
It was me and my sister's favorite. Though as a kid I remember being disappointed the front tank wasn't clear too like in the commercials. Clear is much cooler
The only option now a days is to get into water balloon launchers
Although we did hit a kid in the chest with a chestnut from across a soccer field, so be careful .
My honest first response when I saw this image was that it was some sort of suicide bomber vest that you strapped with water balloons.
Thumb? Fuck that! Drill a hole in a 2 liter bottle cap and put it on the end of the hose.
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I had this in my day:
Took off all the extraneous plastic and it was a murder weapon; a child's mother slapped me with her chancleta 3 times because I knocked her kid on his ass so bad lol
LOL my friend bought this for our senior day in HS almost 20 years ago now...
Tell me you still have it. My dad ended up throwing mine out. Apparently, they weren't on the market long and were ultimately banned from sale.
Edit* if I remember the name, I'll update. Top of my head? Monster XXL or something like that
The AK-47 of watergunsThis was the best and all you needed. Built well, good pressure and didn't weigh a ton.
beaten lmao
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