The user-friendly reservoir improvement was first seen with blasters like the XP250 and XXP275. These blasters had a simple screw-on cap to seal closed an otherwise fully weapon mounted reservoir. This meant that only the cap needed to be removed to fill the reservoir instead of having to remove the reservoir. However, this also made it impossible for small sinks to be used to fill the reservoir since the entire blaster would need to be positioned properly beneath the water source. Thankfully, most water wars occur where hoses or larger taps are available, making this not such a major issue. The capped-reservoir has become the most prevalent reservoir system currently used. However, unlike the original designs, the caps now include a tether-anchor system to prevent the cap from wandering far from the blaster. Water blasters released in 1996: Super Soaker XP 15, Super Soaker XP 65, Super Soaker XP 105, Super Soaker XXP 175, Super Soaker XXP 275, Super Soaker CPS 2000 1997 Water blasters released in 1997: Power Soaker Super Mini Blaster II, Power Soaker Super Pumper, Super Soaker XP 85 Triple Shot, Super Soaker XP Pool Pumper Cannon, Super Soaker XP Pool Pumper Blaster 1998 Water blasters released in 1998: Power Soaker Double Bottle Blaster, Super Soaker 50: 10th Year Anniversary Edition, Super Soaker XP 220, Super Soaker XP 240, Super Soaker XP 270, Super Soaker XP 310, Super Soaker Super Charger Big Trouble, Super Soaker Super Charger Triple Charge, Super Soaker CPS 1200, Super Soaker CPS 1700, Super Soaker CPS 2700, Super Soaker CPS 3200, Super Soaker Monster / Monster X, Super Soaker Monster XL 2001 Water blasters released in 2001: Super Soaker XP 215, By way of context, your average water pistol can shoot a distance of 5 to 40 feet. The vast majority tend to fall around the mid-30s, and the bare minimum range we'd recommend is 10 feet unless you're opting for power (as is the case with the Super Soaker Soakzooka) or sheer soaking capability. How much does the most powerful water gun cost? In 1992, Larami Ltd. marketed several varieties of water guns based on the pressurized reservoir and separate pressurized firing chamber models. Water blaster models released in 1992: Super Soaker 20, Super Soaker 25, Super Soaker 40, Super Soaker S.E., Super Soaker 200 1993 In 2002, the Super Soaker brand. introduced the Max-D series of water blasters. While air-pressure based, these blasters feature a modified trigger and pressure chamber system based on a low-pressure head loss approach suggested by Johnson to allow these water blasters to fire farther than their predecessors. However, 2002 also saw the disappearance of Larami Ltd. as its offices and such became merged/engulfed by Hasbro Inc. bringing into question what plans Hasbro Inc had for the Super Soaker line. Water blasters released in 2002: Super Soaker Splashfire, Super Soaker Max-D 2000, Super Soaker Max-D 3000, Super Soaker Max-D 4000, Super Soaker Max-D 5000, Super Soaker Max-D 6000, Super Soaker CPS 2100, Super Soaker CPS 4100 2003

The idea behind the Power Drencher was actually derived from some work Lonnie was doing on a heat pump that used water as opposed to freon. He hooked up the model of the pump to his bathroom sink at his home. Size: As previously mentioned, modern water guns come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, with the larger options on the market almost always boasting more power and range — albeit at the cost of portability and child-friendliness. Still, the CPS 3000 for the heavier blaster user who wants to cause mayhem is ideal and hits pretty much every essential thing right. It retains simplicity of being easy to use and providing conservation and heavy soakage options with great power and range. If you want to be big, fat and intimidating and look like a fireman this is a great soaker for it. They are however a lot of money, however if you find one for a good price buy it, since it is a worthy blaster to buy nowadays. Using the CPS 3000 All users whether using CPS or air pressure blasters take advantage of the 3000’s weight at the start and amount of time it takes to pump while you still can. We're looking especially to see if manufacturer claims prove accurate in the real world, so if a product is advertised on its ability to fire water jets far, but in reality they go just a few meters, we'll tell you.Although Temi boasts the smallest water capacity of all units tested, you can dump that capacity in under 2 seconds, resulting in a soak factor just shy of 300. The second place unit, a Super Soaker model, came in with a soak factor of 107. You'll need to park yourself in or near water to get much use out of these, but that makes them great for pools or a trip to the lake. If you're building your water gun battle arsenal, think of this as the closer range maximum carnage placeholder. marked a new beginning for the Super Soaker line. Instead of just making water blasters, Hasbro was now launching the SoakerTag (tm) concept with a matching line of SoakerTag Super Soakers alongside. SoakerTags, themselves, are small body target devices that, when hit with a direct stream of water, will be blasted off. This device allows one to objectively determine whether a player is to be eliminated from a game or not as opposed to just soaking until everyone is dripping. The SoakerTag line of blasters, themselves, employed air-pressure or piston-pressure to power their streams. These blasters were known as the Liquidator (air), the Hydroblade (air), the Vaporizer (piston), the Helix (piston), and the Triple Aggressor (air). For small kids, Super Soaker released the Aqua Squirts line featuring small boat-shaped soakers with detachable figures atop of them. The CPS4100 was also found still in select stores, but noticeably absent was CPS-based blasters. Water blasters released in 2004: Super Soaker Aqua Squirtz H2O Racer, Super Soaker Aqua Squirtz Manta Ray, Super Soaker Aqua Squirtz Surf Speedster, Super Soaker Helix, Super Soaker Hydro Blade, Super Soaker Liquidator, Super Soaker Triple Aggressor, Super Soaker Vaporizer 2005 Lonnie Johnson is also responsible for many other developments, both toy and non-toy related. He is pictured above with some of the items which would simply not exist were it not for his visions. Johnson provided the creative spark and has continued to actively provide improvements for Super Soaker®; however, the success of Super Soaker® has been a team effort. All-in-all, the entire Larami team played indispensable roles in the Super Soaker’s ® success. In terms of power, range and soakage with practicality you can take on pretty much anything. However watch out for lighter blaster users as they can take advantage of your weight when full. As you deplete water the 3000 becomes more deadly and into the groove. Against the CPS 3000

Johnson and D’Andrade worked together in continuing the Super Soaker® series. Whereas D’Andrade was committed essentially full time to Larami, Johnson had a wider range of inventive interest. He periodically planted seeds of invention for D’Andrade such as the pulsating mechanism that lead to Bruce’s development of the XP (Xtra Power) valve. 1994 During testing we rate Super Soakers and other water-spewing weaponry on build quality, water capacity, features and range, which we feel are the most important elements to a good water gun. Johnson and D’Andrade provided the stability needed for the continued development of the Super Soaker® series. Unfortunately, Bruce D'Andrade passed away in 1998, may he rest well. iSoaker.com owes a good part of its own existence to the success, reliability, and performance of the Super Soaker® series of water blasters. We would also like to thank Lonnie and Bruce for introducing the Super Soaker® to the world, and for continuously reinventing this now-classic toy through further enhancements and developments. Closing Thoughts T3 tests water guns by buying them from retailers, filling them with water, and then shooting our friends and family with jets of H2O. After a lot of research, we've discovered that the Stream Machine TL 750 might just have the longest range of all the water guns we've looked at - more specifically, it can fire "up to 70 feet", which is a whole lot more than the majority of the competition. Want a water gun that can shoot the farthest? Take a look at the Stream Machine.Johnson asked Larami to assume responsibility for filing patents to protect improvements to the water gun. D’Andrade took the initiative of filing patent #5,074,437, known as a Pinch Trigger Pump Water Gun. Of the eighteen (18) claims in the patent, twelve (12) of the claims, including the independent claim, are directed toward features invented by Johnson and six (6) claims are directed toward the pinch trigger mechanism incorporated by D’Andrade. With growing negative publicity associated with toy guns that looked like real guns (See: Larami Uzi review), both Entertech and Larami were facing tough times with their battery-powered water gun lines. Entertech was having severe financial problems and, in 1989, went out of business. Entertech never manufactured Johnson’s water gun. With the bankruptcy of Entertech in 1989, Johnson was without a manufacturer again and began to make more improvements to his gun. While Super Soaker made its debut in 1991, improvements to the design and other aspects of water blaster technology did not stop then. Since its first release, numerous new developments technologies have been added to the Super Soaker brand name. Water blaster models released in 1991: Super Soaker 30, Super Soaker 50, Super Soaker 100 1992 Note: for all the water blaster model lists, novelty and additionally-branded items are not included (e.g. StarWars, G.I. Joe, World Wrestling Federation, etc.) For water blaster models after 2009, see: History of the Nerf Super Soaker 1991