Supersoaker

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basherX

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2,485 posts

162 months

Friday 3rd July 2020
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Right chaps,

Family holiday now on the horizon. Other family will be nearby. A motley selection of children and a grandfather who fancies himself as a bit handy. So, the question of the day: recommend me your tools for the pool. What do I need dominate the shallow end?

miniman

24,990 posts

263 months

Friday 3rd July 2020
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Serious answer: Soakzooka


untakenname

4,970 posts

193 months

Friday 3rd July 2020
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Hasbro recently released a tribute to the super soaker 100 which details for around £20.

basherX

Original Poster:

2,485 posts

162 months

Friday 3rd July 2020
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Might struggle to get the last one to the dordogne

glenrobbo

35,289 posts

151 months

Saturday 4th July 2020
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Why piss about with puny stuff?



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Ambleton

6,660 posts

193 months

Saturday 4th July 2020
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I'd be tempted to set up position with a good advantage and commence a long range aerial bombardment.


The Dictator

1,372 posts

141 months

Thursday 9th July 2020
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We had a massive street water fight about a month ago, on a beautiful hot Saturday afternoon.

There was quite a lot of chatter on the street WhatsApp about new weaponry being purchased :-) I ventured into Home Bargains of all places and bought x4 foam water lances for £2 each.

They were large enough to hold enough water to properly soak someone in one hit and the water came out as quickly as you could force it, which in my case was enough to cross the street with ease.

In reality though my weapon of choice ended up being half full buckets of water hurled at each other :-) my children and wife used the lances though and they were very effective.

ambuletz

10,754 posts

182 months

Thursday 9th July 2020
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the line 'they don't build them like they used to' applies here. If you want powerful super soakers you need to buy the ones made in the 90s and early 00s. after a while they had to weaken the pressure to stop kids getting injured. they also added lots of gimmicks to the soakers to make it less about shooting water fast/far/for a long time.

one popular mod on older supersoakers that have the pumping vessell is to put (empty) balloons in. more you can add the greater the pressure,, however you;d then have to reinforce the internals.


yes.. there is a super soaker forum out there.

Mafffew

2,149 posts

112 months

Thursday 9th July 2020
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miniman said:
Serious answer: Soakzooka

Looked that up on YouTube and I have to admit, I am a bit disappointed. Needs to be bigger!

zb

2,690 posts

165 months

Thursday 9th July 2020
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If you have a pool nearby, then you have an almost limitless supply, so no need for cumbersome reservoirs...


I present the Daddy

XLR (extra long range) water blaster, up to 60 feet

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Water-Blaster-XLR-Extra...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SlgQmZlEZA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X-QanEGmJg





Edited by zb on Thursday 9th July 15:25

rastapasta

1,865 posts

139 months

Thursday 9th July 2020
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anonymous-user

55 months

Thursday 9th July 2020
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My daughter's infant school had a water-fight afternoon a couple of years ago - she must have been about 4 and half so to save her the hassle of pumping I bought her a battery powered soaker. It doesn't hold a huge amount of volume and empties quickly due to the flow rate but the reach is good. It came as a pair so I sent her in with both incase there was a child who didn't have a gun. Transpires a teacher took the second one for herself.