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Also recently acquired the combination blaster known as the Nerf Super Soaker Dartfire by Hasbro Inc. Reminiscent of the old Nerf Switchshot series, the Dartfire can shoot both water and darts. Unlike the Switchshot blasters, the Dartfire can actually fire both at the same time, if desired. That said, I am not aware of any dart fights where water blasters were welcome, nor do I recall any water fights where anyone was worried about someone pulling out a dart blaster, either. The interesting thing is that the trigger serves a dual role; pulling it both launches the dart as well as rotates the barrel to bring the next dart into position (the added force needed for both actions explains by this trigger is larger and is meant to be pulled by two fingers as opposed to one).

More info to come…

Recently acquired one of the Nerf Super Soaker Zombie Strike Revenge Zombinator pump-action water blasters. New for 2017 by Hasbro Inc., so far with all the other 2017 Nerf Super Soakers seen, this one is also pump-to-blast, storing no pressurized water. However, though its front-panel graphic is somewhat misleading, the Zombinator fires three streams with every pump. More info to come…

At the same store I found the Floodinator, I also got my hands on a Nerf Super Soaker Hoverflood sprinkler device. I haven’t opened the box, yet, and won’t be able to meaningfully test this device until it gets significantly warmer outside since I’m sure the user will get wet trying to operate this thing. More info to come…

Also recently found a Nerf Super Soaker Floodinator water blaster at a local store the other day. Picked it up, but being a simple pump-action water blaster, not sure I will do a full review on this particular model, yet. Interestingly enough, the reservoir and pump are accessible, so I will be able to measure a variety of statistics without needing to remove it from the box!  More info to come…

Recently managed to get one of these 2017 Nerf Super Soaker Zombie Strike Revenge Infector water blasters. While being a simple pump-action water blaster, it is actually larger than I thought it would be!

More pics and stats to come once I finish up reviews on some other recent water blaster acquisitions.

Soak on!

Also found more info on the Nerf Super Soaker HoverFlood on Amazon. While we already knew it was a hovering sprinkler, these new images and video show how it hovers as well as the spraying pattern one expects from it. What was not as apparent until seeing the video was that its hose connector includes a controller to regulate water flow, thus allowing the user to semi-control how the HoverFlood flies. However, also based on the video, the length of the hose between the connector and the sprinkler-portion means that the user will get caught up in the spray as well. Well, I suppose that goes with the phrase “Leave NO one dry” – not even yourself!

Found a listing for the Nerf Super Soaker DartFire on Amazon. Looks like the orange area has a nozzle for water powered by pump-action blasting while the darts launch from their holders, though it is unclear what mechanism powers the darts to launch.  Part of me suspects that the large purple trigger does double-duty to prime and launch darts with each pull, but am not 100% sure.

Update: if I read part of the description sooner, I would have noticed “No priming; just pull the trigger to keep firing darts.” Well, that answers that – trigger does all the work for launching the darts, but that also suggests that these darts won’t fire with much force, either.