ebay confusion
- C-A_99
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Wait for the CPS 2500 as it's still got 6 days left. For the mk I, it usually goes up to $200 to $300, but what it's currently at is still some money, but a good deal compared to how high it usually goes up. If you think it's worth it, go for it. Personally, I would look for other guns and/or look into homemades.
- Silence
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Homemades are the most rock-solid types of water guns around. Reliability and durability are one of the reasons people build homemade water guns. The only real trouble I can think of is that it's sometimes a struggle to make a pump that seals well at higher pressures. But those pressures are above those of regular water guns anyway, and the flow is greater, so performance is incredible.
There's still something to be said for the convenience and ergonomics of commercial water guns, though.
There's still something to be said for the convenience and ergonomics of commercial water guns, though.
- SSCBen
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A major misconception made by some is that homemade water guns are more fragile than manufactured ones. The truth is the other way around. If you make your water gun from PVC and care about the outcome, I have no doubt that your homemade version will last longer than any manufactured one. Homemade water guns are made from pressure rated materials rated at much higher pressures than what the manufactured water guns are rated at, so they are much more durable.
Whenever I buy a manufactured water gun, I always worry about not being too hard with it as to not break it. I've found that most of the special care I took for manufactured water guns was unnecessary in the ones I built. You have to realize they make their products with a specific lifetime that usually isn't very long, so you have to go out and buy another product eventually.
Whenever I buy a manufactured water gun, I always worry about not being too hard with it as to not break it. I've found that most of the special care I took for manufactured water guns was unnecessary in the ones I built. You have to realize they make their products with a specific lifetime that usually isn't very long, so you have to go out and buy another product eventually.
- Silence
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If you're referring to the PCs hanging over the pump, then that's why Ben used a piece of Styrofoam to hold them apart (you can see it in the pictures). You could use anything you wanted to. The design is actually fairly strong on its own, but some parts might snap off if you dropped it. But not because the water gun is weak - but because there's so much water inside the PCs. A stock water gun would also snap if it could carry that much water (which it can't).
Still, with homemades, it's generally a good idea to support the parts. Different elements that are flush against each other (like the two PCs) can be duct taped, and other parts can be duct taped to wood, Styrofoam, or tubing.
Still, with homemades, it's generally a good idea to support the parts. Different elements that are flush against each other (like the two PCs) can be duct taped, and other parts can be duct taped to wood, Styrofoam, or tubing.
- SSCBen
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The only part that's under stress is the handle area if you don't put a support in. And I've made the nozzle area and the end of the pump touch before without any problems. I wouldn't worry about something buckling under it's own weight. The PVC is very strong for this purpose.
The only time I have ever had any PVC piece break, it was a male threaded adaptor and it broke because it was dropped directly on that part.
The only time I have ever had any PVC piece break, it was a male threaded adaptor and it broke because it was dropped directly on that part.
- JLspacemarine
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Am I the only one who noticed that the picture of the cps 2000 mk1 was took from SSC's review section of the cps 2000? Maybe the actual item sold isn't really a mk1...... or not a 2000 at all.
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Ah, Ok. Thanks, guys. So I'll duct tape a piece of 2" pipe in the gap.
EDIT: Yeah, the 2000 is over, I didn't bid on it. The one I use now, my neighbors, I might be able to buy it soon enough. For $75, nonetheless.
Not advertised as it, but it's a fake CPS 1000
EDIT: Yeah, the 2000 is over, I didn't bid on it. The one I use now, my neighbors, I might be able to buy it soon enough. For $75, nonetheless.
Not advertised as it, but it's a fake CPS 1000
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