Arctic Blast modifications

[Silence]

I'm also curious, although it's not too big a deal. I'm mainly wondering whether the hesitation was due to technical difficulties or for other reasons.

[Aqua_Flash]

After some more thought I didn't go through with it as the end result for my style wouldn't be worth it. Getting the parts for this for me wouldn't be too cheap and not a fully smooth process either for what the end result would be, I could spend that money and time on something elsewhere that I would be fully committed to doing (modding older CPS's like the 1000) as well as being able to do a fair job quite simply.

I was loosing interest in it because of this, I felt there was no point in spending time and money making something that at the end of the day wouldn't really make me consider it more than my light and medium CPS's, which I just prefer far much more for how I play. They give better power, the smaller CPS's like the 1000 are easier to modify and give a better result when only being lightly modded because of them being simple to the point with no gimmicks.

The user unfriendliness compared to the older soakers when opening and modifying the newer soakers (Flash Flood in this case) also annoyed me as well, I really hate it how the internals are screwed in to the casing, I preferred it when you could just easily take out internals on the older soakers, I've just gotten more used to that.

That most likely makes me look a bit lazy now, but I don't do things when my heart isn't in it, like it turned out to be here. I gave the new Hasbro stuff a try, and until they improve (could be a while) I'm leaving them alone.

Like I said, the modifications I'm sure will benefit the gun, it just needs somebody who likes the newer soakers and is more willing to do this than me. My focus is working on the older Larami soakers, and not the newer Hasbro soakers.

[Silence]

Hey, those are valid complaints. Modifications really can only do so much. It's hard to juggle size, reliability, and strength when water guns are designed with much lower goals in mind.

I believe part of Ben's motivation for modding an Arctic Blast was that many readers of the site may only have access to 2007 and 2008 water guns. For them, modifications such as bladder case expansion are useful, so the article itself could prove useful. Admittedly there's not much other reason to get a modern water gun.

[mr. dude]

I can see where you're coming from with that, but you already have the guns, so you might as well improve them. And you don't have to spend any money. I've heavily modded a Flash Flood before, if you remove the PC case (not even expand it, just chop the entire thing off, be sure to duct tape the sharp edges you leave behind though), colossus it (I did 5 layers, and a PRVD) and a nozzle mod (haven't gotten around to that yet), it will be so much better.
I haven't measured range yet, but it's definately 40'+.

[sbell25]

I can see where you're both coming from. However, as Aqua_Flash said even after he mods it won't compare to his light CPS cannons. So what's the point of going to that effort if you're not going to bother using it?

SilentGuy is right, the modifications are really for new members who simply don't have access to older guns. If you already have better guns and don't want to use anything smaller, I don't see much point.

[Ben]

There's few reasons to do any modification unless you're going to use the water gun, so it makes perfect sense to not modify. As SilentGuy and sbell have said, my reason for doing these modifications was to help people out, especially those who only have access to today's water guns. I don't intend to use my Arctic Blast.

[Drenchenator]

I've always thought that whether or not you modify a gun was just one choice of many--and a balancing act at best. To tell the truth, I've never modified any of my guns (I've repaired one), but then again I feel that I already have two great guns (CPS 1200 and 2100); if I needed a better one, I'll build it. But many people don't want to build a gun, so improving one of the newer guns is a better option for some because they don't have anything better yet want something better. But there are limits still: to quote Ben, "You can't turn a tricycle into a monster truck." Or something like that.

[mettaurlover]

in response to post # 17, the flash flood is HELL to get apart, especially the gate trigger and the pump opening.