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Post by SSCBen » Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:08 pm

Found it in a Google search, looks weird, has a built in shield! It's a crank type, kind odd.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/8167315.htm

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Post by Neuro » Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:12 pm

its similar to something on ebay right now, the crank idea. on ebay, though, it's deck mounted and huge. but still, it's not a bad concept. I'd assume the internals basically work the same way as a small DC pump would, so it should be cool.
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Post by shadowstalker » Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:22 pm

I wonder how far it shoots?
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Post by Neuro » Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:39 pm

"I used to care, but now I take a pill for that."

You can pretty much ignore the times on that, I rarely ever have Xfire on when I play. I should, though.
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Post by SSCBen » Sat Mar 13, 2004 9:04 pm

I've seen the deck mounted thing. I think they pretty much are the same thing, just different companies.

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Post by Freakymist » Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:01 pm

I was going to post this, I see the commercial for this thing frequently :P

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Post by The dark ANNIHILATOR » Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:49 am

The bicycle whind mechanism was there last year on cheaper soakers. But regardless of that, I find it better than the countless back and forward pumping. Pressurizing through winding will be faster.

Personaly, I could not care less about the shield, so at the end its the nozzle size that interests me. It has 4 nozzles. So this will be interesting.
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Post by Neuro » Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:53 am

you Don't pressurize through winding, you shoot through winding. so, like power-soakers, power depends on arm strength.
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Post by The dark ANNIHILATOR » Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:59 am

So its exacty like that ebay boat cannon. This would save time. I wonder if the image which is shown on the description is the 3000 or one of the smaller series.
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Post by shadowstalker » Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:35 am

umm here I go agen.....someone buy it and try it
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Post by Neuro » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:49 am

hyper, I deleted your post. watch caps.
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Post by RacerSoaker445 » Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:47 pm

odd... VERY odd....
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Post by Neuro » Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:28 pm

yeah. the shield is kind of an odd addition, since it's so small I think it would be very hard to use. I like our homemade shields better.

http://www.sscentral.net/tech/devices/shield.php
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Post by RacerSoaker445 » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:13 pm

Plus, you can make about 5 of the SScentral ones for the price of one Mattel.
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Post by Hyper_9 » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:32 pm

Ok, I won't caps out. The thing is XPBackfire-esque. This was what I was talking about over at WWN in "Bicycle style pumping"
Let me describe to you the shape the Soaker I tried took. Ya know the Needler in Halo? Do a melee attack with it and observe what he must do to get his hand in position. Now elimanate the needles and make the very first layer on top clear and on a hinge and twistable on the front end. Now put the nozzle setup of the 310 on it and a crank on the left side. Presto.
The force of rotating the thing when handheld does screwey things with your arm. Its not comfortable and I wouldnt buy another WG with a crank that wasn't mounted
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