Hey Brad, thank you for an honest review of what's in your hand. These are available of UK shelves and it's the first time we've been able to walk into a store and get a pro level/half dart blaster off the shelf. For £35 (inc taxes) I think it's a great product.

@suicune4363

Жыл бұрын

yeah i’ve wanted Dart Zone’s stuff in the UK for ages!!! this one’s amazing though

I own this plaster and it is an amazing Blaster it does take a k-25 spring upgrade nicely and that'll get you 200 FPS we just a simple modification

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Nice. I will try that for sure.

@TepidLemonade

Жыл бұрын

Did you use a longer bit of k25, or keep it the same length as the stock spring?

@milosmods

Жыл бұрын

@@TepidLemonade I kept it the same length as a stock spring

@mattross9992

Жыл бұрын

@@AmericanFoamif you have a sf - 25 or the sfi springs you can hit 225 with the higher end ones

Thanks for the review. All the reviews seem to have different opinions on what the drawbacks are but all seem to agree that for $30 (£35 uk) its fantastic value. And for us in the UK it is a game changer. Being able to walk in to a shop and pick up a 130 fps short dart blaster is awsome!

Love the Longshot references at the beginning. Hell yeah this thing is AWESOME. Great video dude! 🔥💥🔫

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. It’s got potential to be a staple in a LOT of peoples loadouts with just a minor bit of tinkering.

@mattross9992

Жыл бұрын

@@AmericanFoamI am excited for 3D printed and metal options too

In my view the negatives are all cancelled out by the fact it's available off the shelf in the UK. There is massive premium to pay on any of the alternatives if you're lucky enough to find them on sale at all.

@rattlesnake551

2 ай бұрын

Btw you can get dart zone stuff relatively easily from the netherlands through blastertime, but I do understand that having to ship them in for a higher price is a big downside

Thanks for you unbiased review. I was getting similar numbers with my Longshot and was very happy as it will Nerf Night safe. I did pickup a second one to mod after watching WalcomS7's upgrade video. Getting a 200FPS+ blaster for under $50 is nothing to sneeze at.

the mod potential is crazy, im especially excited for integrations

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Me too dude. Me too!

@luigi7112

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry,but what are these integrations?

@richardmetellus2336

Жыл бұрын

@Luigi cutting or taking parts of multiple blasters and joining them together to make your own blaster design. Used to be way more common before 3d printing came around

@luigi7112

Жыл бұрын

@@richardmetellus2336 thanks

I'm VERY excited for the mod project pictures on their way to the discord servers because of this thing!! Incredible capability at an even better price, and fantastic ergo!

Really excited for this one, great review!

It's a great entry level pro blaster but the best bit is, it's a great, cheap blaster to get into modding. I mean it's a £30 blaster here in the UK, if you're not worried about increasing the FPS then just throwing a metal plunger tube/ barrel and a cheap worker scar in it solve 99% of the reliability issues. (The included scar is slightly too wide and barely makes any contact with the darts)

Great review as always! I've been looking for this one! Can't wait to get my hands on it!

I just went and picked one of these up today. Honestly I really like it so far. Great review and thank you !

American Foam. Thanks for the honest review. Hard to beat for the price. Keep up the great work.

As much as I like bullpups as a Stargate fan, I'm honestly torn about this. Had it come out before the Nexus, I probably would have been all over this, but I'm not sure there's a place in my arsenal for this alongside the Nexus, especially when most of my battles involve little kids and it's already very easy to put a 70fps spring in that blaster. I guess I'll wait and see what the community does with this blaster and let much more enthusiastic foam-flingers be early adopters of this blaster.

Definitely needs tuning there Brad. Mines hitting 140 reliably oob. I've seen a lot of variation on fps in review, so maybe x-shot need to up their qc a little bit.

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

I definitely plan on opening it up tonight and tinkering and doing an update video soon.

As always I appreciate your sincerity and detailed review, but since this blaster might be my first ever pro grade blaster (if Zuru decides to sell them here in Brazil), I'm still pretty excited about it!

I love the nostalgia of the old intro song.

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Hey someone noticed! 😂 I was cleaning up some files and figured I’d bring it back here and there.

Boy you can really hear the creakiness of the plastic here, good review brad!

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. It’s not quite as good as Nerf or DZ plastic, but it’s not too bad either. It does raise the question of durability under increased springloads over time though.

A guy I know just got 1 and the darts wouldn't leave the barrel or go 20 ft. After closer inspection it had a cracked plunger tube out of the box. Great video 👍

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Dang. That’s bad luck. I’m gonna open mine tonight and check it out.

@cr4shmycar118

Жыл бұрын

I've heard a few reports of cracked plunger tubes on Nerf discords, guess it's a small but not insignificant issue. Maybe it's because the plunger tube is exposed so it cracks during shipping or on shelves if people drop it?

@Stevenwave-

Жыл бұрын

@@cr4shmycar118 Yeah you're spot on I'd say. It's happening in shipping due to the open-faced box. You can actually rotate the PT in the blaster, in store, so people really need to be doing a check to see if they're picking up an undamaged one.

Mine was getting about 120-130 with Worker Gen 3+, but 150-160fps with Dart Zone bamboo darts. Also seems to like Adventure Force short darts and embers, both were 130-145 or so.

Eh, for 30 bucks, can't have Harrier expectations. Thank you for the video and your opinion!

Your videos are great even when you don’t like a feature or product etc you also tend to stay positive but realistic. I’ll send ya stuff lol

Thanks for the review. I watched other reviews and the weakness of this blaster is accuraccy. But difficult to beat price. Also WalcomS7 made some crazy mod and manage to work the accuracy issue. For $30, anyone that only played with Nerf/Hasbro will be surprise. Recommended as the 1rst pro weapon for anyone and the one you can share with anyone. People will ignore your Nexus or Trion vs this skin color. 😂

Cool

I think we've pretty much reached peak high-performance pump-action springer. It's $30, it performs great, it comes with basic rifling. With a better SCAR barrel built in it'll be pretty hard to beat. Hopefully everyone else gives up on the field and moves on to making high-performance store bought half dart flywheelers. The DZP MK3 was alright, but it needs a cheaper younger brother that's semi-auto only.

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Definitely waiting for a more compact DZ flywheeler.

@kingofgames234

Жыл бұрын

Well on the bright side it’s on sale for $60 or$40 if you buy 3

I'm glad you got a slug, that sound mean......I mean that it's good to see the $30 raise it's head and show it's self. Also nice to see someone not drooling over the dam thing singing songs is greatness. And tell your neighbor to mow his lawn.

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

I 100% get what you mean. I don’t think it’s the next big thing at all. Maybe outside of the Us market. But any money saved will probably need to be put into mods.

I like a more critical review. The blaster has some good new features but lacks in quality which leads to inconsistancies. If only they put in 10$ of extra material.

I hear the front grip can be corrected with a longer spring than it comes with, but I personally wondered if a little epoxy might stiffen the bottom rail a bit.

@Stevenwave-

Жыл бұрын

What spring? It's the priming arm that wraps around everything to prime, and sticks out the bottom that's the weak link here. Cause it's all hollowed out, like T bar or U channel, rather than solid.

@Essrayle

Жыл бұрын

@@Stevenwave- Unsure, just relating what I've read in other comments on other channels. One or two mentioned a similar spring with a coil or few more will help.

@Stevenwave-

Жыл бұрын

@@Essrayle Ah yeah like, a longer plunger spring? Thought maybe that's what ya meant. Guessing the theory is it'd add some tension to the priming handle, keep it from rattling at all. In the end that'd just solve an annoyance thing, it's how durable all that part is that probs limits these. Valtek spoke about it in his look at it. There's a screenshot he included that shows the internals. Priming arm's all hollowed out unfortunately.

@Essrayle

Жыл бұрын

@@Stevenwave- Yes, exactly, as it directly influences the draw. I also wondered if some epoxy putty on the sides of the bottom rail might do something.

Amazing, Good bullet gun and I love it. I become your subscriber now, have a good day 🤟

Just picked mine up this morning. I will look into a press fit pin to lock those sights down . I'm sure someone will have a printable design soon.

Glad you finally got your hands on one!

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Love the aesthetic and design. Can’t wait to pop it open tonight and get it up to speed.

@ValTek_Armory

Жыл бұрын

You might want to check the PT on your unit. Several have been cracked in shipping. you can temporarily fix the tube with packing tape around the outside until someone comes up with replacements

I'm glad to see this review actually. I bought this blaster after reading up on it and seeing walcoms review. I have had the same experience as you have with this blaster, picked it up yesterday and have put about 150 rounds through it testing it on long and short darts using dart zone darts, and am glad I'm not the only one having the experience I did. Been debating on returning for another as well but I'm leaning more to modifying it first to see what it'll do 🤔.

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think the quality control is a little bit over the place but it’s definitely not a lost cause either. Gonna try and mod it up and do an update video.

@claywoody6101

Жыл бұрын

​@@AmericanFoam right on looking forward to the mod video.

@FelixstoweFoamForge

Жыл бұрын

Teflon tape the o-rings is a good place to start. Onee wrap should be enough. (I got lucky, mines hitting up to 150 on Worker gen 3s). Hopefully x-shot will be watching the community and will see they need to up their QC!

@Stevenwave-

Жыл бұрын

Also make sure you use different mags. The stock mags are a poor design.

@claywoody6101

Жыл бұрын

@@Stevenwave- I noticed that. I've been using DZ pro mags. Oddly enough I have a stock modulus and the long dart mag that comes with the longshot feeds like a champ lol.

Very cool to basically see a budget Lynx, as this is exactly a copy of it down to the thumb mag release. I’m curious with what the performance with Dart Zone half darts is. I’m fairly certain, with this being cheaper, it has a heightened experience of the random drop off’s with FPS that the Lynx is also known for. Either way, it’s crazy to see it offered at this price point.

Can't wait to see Drac or Xavier modding it - and we would REALLY need a "budget mod" guide - with biggest impacts/most efficient mods listed.

@FelixstoweFoamForge

Жыл бұрын

I stuck a STOCK retaliator spring in mine, fitted inside the spring it came with easily. Pushed performance up to 190-200fps. Anyone who's modded a Hasbro springer, will have some of those springs, so it's essentially a free upgrade. And no way is an extra 2.5kg going to break this thing. Like most X-shot stuff, the catch mech is rather strong.

I think the exciting thing about this blaster is more-so from people outside of the US. We can't get Dart Zone blasters off the shelves (at decent prices anyway)

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I always forget about Zuru’s influence internationally. I’m always glad to see more competitive options available outside the US and at such a good price point.

Great real-world review. Yeah you're comparing it to things like the harrier, but in real world terms that's the point of comparison we all have because it's a pro-level blaster. I'd like to see serious comparisons to the Nexus family or Aeon as they're the closest things we've had to it before. Also these things have been modded, and with something as simple as a barrel and K25 spring they pick up big-time

Your jaded and spoilt 😆 We are all massive X Shot fans in UK now...The O rings look very dry on one here, may be part of inconsistencies, teflon tape, silicone grease? Missed out the jam door, and the 3 screw spring change😊 .

When this is in the us I’m gonna get it I love the bullpop style plus this would be my best dart blaster I don’t own by nerf!!!

@Stevenwave-

Жыл бұрын

They're already hitting US stores right now. Where do you think this guy lives?

If the plunger tube didn't crack, I would suggest not exchanging that one. Mine has similar performance. The highest fps seen during my tests where from the dartzone ruby darts.

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

I ended up modding it with a random spring from my parts bin and Teflon taping the orings and it went from 133 fps to 201 immediately.

@randomsteve8

Жыл бұрын

@@AmericanFoam I've got some K25 I'm going to put in mine eventually. Just waiting to see how they hold up with that spring load.

damn it, it's only on sale in the US for now >< I need it ! it looks so good!

i was able to get it on the target site. i just needed the dpci number and it came up.

@teepoc

Жыл бұрын

I think that just became available online yesterday or today lol, the first few days were a scavenger hunt

I’m glad there are options like this out there this is an amazing price point. But for me personally I would rather have something a bit more polished out of the box and also understand there is a price tag associated with it.

They sell em at a Canadian Tire in Canada if anyone is looking for them

I am getting one prob compare it to my game face prime just based off of advertised fps but prob mod the zuru out of the box also

Might not be the best out there (which would be hard with things like the sabre m20 and the harrier kicking around) but it's the first pro fps bullpup that's not 3d printed, it's more widely available than any of the others (Europe ,for instance, has no dart zone on toy shelves), there's paint on both sides (and what a paintjob it is, zuru is easily leading in blaster painting), and that price is insane. Also did you see the new dart zone outlaw coming soon?

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

A lot of great points. Especially the international availability. I forgot how big Zuru is sometimes. And yeah, I’m super excited for the Outlaw.

Can it use regular Nerf mags? Yeah, I get that short darts are way better, but it could be useful in situations like in HvZ where you ran out of darts and someone is willing to share. Also, X-Shot always had their own proprietary mags. I just want to know if they finally decided to make their mags cross-compatible with everything else.

@FelixstoweFoamForge

Жыл бұрын

Short answer is yes. Just tried it. takes worker 22's and hasbro mags just fine 😁

@captsomeguy1

Жыл бұрын

@@FelixstoweFoamForge Okay thanks for checking

@Stevenwave-

Жыл бұрын

@@captsomeguy1 They've ditched their old mag stuff with this at least. These seem to take N-Strike fulls, and just about any half mags.

@ExtraThiccc

Жыл бұрын

​@@FelixstoweFoamForgeYES THANK YOUUUUU! I still have a bunch of long darts and nerf mags so this is perfect!!!

What Red dot or scopes do you recommend for this gun? Do you have a link?

I keep seeing the Longshot and I keep thinking I want one but I am concerned about the plastic X-Shot uses. I had a Turbo Fire and the plastic seemed brittle (the rotation mech actually broke a tooth after just a few rounds fired) so I need to get instore and feel the plastic quality for myself before buying one. And how did you manage to hire Alvin Seville , the chipmunk, to call out your chrono readings? (Great review btw, thanks).

@teepoc

Жыл бұрын

It’s not horrible for $30, and it doesn’t take much to get it 250fps. I have used it in a couple games now with a K25 and it feels great still

@fortyeth

Жыл бұрын

@@teepoc Hello there, thanks for your info and thoughts. I just found another review and in it the guy actually tried to twist the shell and you could see him torque up on it. I think it should survive some indoor "plinking". Thanks again.

8:14 “one fowty”-American foam channel owner sped up(I’m sorry i forgot your name lol)

Wow, This blaster looks like AUG from Counter-Strike!

I’m still using the Nerf Longshot lol 😂

So should I add my cow bell to my loadout?

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Definitely

Is it also compatible with Nerf Elite darts?

@AmericanFoam

7 ай бұрын

Yea

Did you say busbys skins line? I thought it was Zuru xshot

@AmericanFoam

8 ай бұрын

Oops.

@wildmangeorgesrcchannel6916

8 ай бұрын

@@AmericanFoam oh ok I’m new I thought I was missing some nerf blaster history

How many darts does the short dart mag hold

@AmericanFoam

11 ай бұрын

15 comfortably, but you can squeeze 18 in there but they’ll deform before too long and I wouldn’t recommend it.

@ejsphone

11 ай бұрын

@@AmericanFoam ok thankyou

Ah yes, the Canadian Tire special

bro lives in ohio

@white_and_blue_ceramic_pot

Жыл бұрын

Wow so funny 😐

@logansarty2007

8 ай бұрын

Got the whole squad laughing 😑

I really don't think you need to disparage other content creators as if they're being dishonest. The data from every other KZreadr I've seen is pretty similar to yours, they just aren't humble bragging about their collections while talking about the blaster itself and are not talking about how it compares to things way above its price range. It's not worth telling you to shut up over, but you can stand to be a little humble and realistic about it. It's a $30 blaster, You get what you pay for. In this instance you're trading a little bit of build quality and consistency for maximum performance you wouldn't normally get at that price range.

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

At no point did I disparage anyone. I only pointed out the fact that I needed to reset my expectations cuz I have experience with premium blasters as well.

@azerik92

Жыл бұрын

​​@@AmericanFoam say what you want, but comparing your review to others as being "not as positive as other KZreadrs" is disparaging. Whether you intend it that way or not, this kind of comparison implies the positivity of other reviews is somehow disingenuous. Your note about not receiving free products anymore at the start of the video also implies some level of spite about it. If you bought a blaster yourself that's all we need to do; viewers knowing you are (allegedly) blacklisted from review samples does nothing for us but cast unnecessary doubt on anyone who does receive review samples. It's a case of saying too much being misleading, kind of like labeling a juice as having "no added sugar”. That doesn't mean it's actually a healthy option, but it does imply that it might be, which is why companies do it, but it's just a little deceptive. Your way of communicating has the same effect whether or not that was the intention.

@AmericanFoam

Жыл бұрын

Man you’re reading a lot into nothing. I’m not gonna argue with you. You ok at home?

@azerik92

Жыл бұрын

@@AmericanFoam Brad it's not about reading into what you said, I'm giving you criticism on how you communicate. You're not talking to your friends you're talking to an audience, what you don't say, and how you say things often matter more than what you actually say. If all you got out of my comment is that I'm trying to pick a fight that just makes you seem a wee bit defensive for no apparent reason. Deflecting to an unrelated topic also doesn't look good. People criticizing you isn't a sign of hard times, it's just criticism man.

@thelizardking3807

Жыл бұрын

What’s your deal? You’re looking too deep into nothing lol