We have a few Nerf Guns around the house. In case we have a random shoot out (keeping the marriage alive!).

I was a bit terrified when I came home knowing this blaster would be ready when I came in the door. So protecting myself with my thick fall coat, gloves, and my normal nerf gun (with the normal round head cylindrical bullets), I was no competition.

The Blaster is pretty sweet with its automatic firing – Husband just held the trigger, and within 30 seconds, I was down and still had more than half of my magazine full of my nerf bullets. Husbands aim was really good, and thankfully the round ball bullets are not too painful unless they hit my head or exposed areas.

So I definitely recommend wearing thicker clothes while playing with this blaster, and don’t recommend it for young kids – I can only imagine the tears!

Also be careful using it around pets – our dogs love chasing nerf gun ammo, so it was a true test to keep their mouths away from the little balls. We lost 5 in the first day under furniture, so definitely get an extra set of ammo along with the blaster!

It does use 6 old school D batteries, which we just grabbed from Dollarama for under $4.

You can choose to fire either one at a time or have rapid fire where all balls in the magazine are fired consecutively while holding the trigger down. The magazine is pretty simple to load and unload with the quick release button on the blaster itself.

The downside is its weight – it is pretty heavy for me to hold and aim, and even Husband finds it heavy to play with for long periods of time (thank goodness!). Regardless, he loves it, and I now have his old Nerf Gun to defend myself with.

So it’s fun – just consider the weight and how often you will be using it in comparison with the cost.