I don’t usually rate water blasters; they’re a lot harder to objectively pin down than dart blasters. I also have never given anything a zero. Sadly, that changes today.
The Electro Surge, although advertised with only 20′ ranges, seemed like a callback to the battery-powered soakers of yesteryear. However, after going through THREE different ones, and having none of them actually work, I can confidently say that no normal consumer should ever buy these.
It Looks Nice…
Judging just from the looks, the blaster is certainly appealing. It’s brightly colored, but has the shape of a bullpup firearm. The front grip is admittedly a bit odd, and larger hands will find the main handle and thumbhole uncomfortably small, but smaller hands and kids would be right at home. The “magazine” in the back is just decorative, with the blue reservoir being the stock of the blaster. So long as you have a slight angle, all the water will feed from the end of the hose at the rear of the reservoir. The plastic does feel cheaper than that in soakers from the main blaster companies (indeed, there are no markings anywhere indicating this blaster’s origins).
The blaster runs on 4AA batteries in a watertight compartment in the front. The trigger, meanwhile, barely moves, as it sits next to a simple contact switch.
Everything else goes doewnhill.
Why Won’t This Thing Work???
After blaster number three refused to fire, I gave up and decided to open up the blaster and see what was going on. The blaster (in theory) has one motor driving a basic gear pump – water should flow around the outside of the gears as they spin, and go from the inlet side (reservoir hose) to the outlet side (nozzle). The sucking action should draw a vacuum and bring water forward for firing…but it doesn’t. Even if I did something silly like suck on the nozzle to prime the pump manually, it would not fire – the gears just spin in place without any water moving. Clearly, the pump casing doesn’t actually seal against the gears.
Final Thoughts
Maybe, if you’re in need of a prop (or, in my case, will just keep the shell and attempt to stuff Nerf blaster guts inside), you’re willing to spend $10 on this thing. But for almost all potential consumers, just stay away. It’s not worth your time, especially when you can buy so many better options on the same Walmart shelves.
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