Water Warriors Lightning
By: mr. dude
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Number of Pumps | 16-17 |
| Reservoir Capacity | 1230mL | |
| PC capacity | 441mL |
| Nozzle | Range (Level) | Range (Angled) | Max. Output | Shot Time |
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| 1 | 9m | 10m | 20mL/sec | 16 sec before drop-off |
| 2 | 9.5m | 11m | 33mL/sec | 11 sec before drop off |
| 3 | 9m | 12m | 158mL/sec | 2.5 sec until drop-off |
| Nozzle Review | ||
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| Nozzle | Use(s) | Reason(s) |
| 1 | Showing off | high shot time, very low output |
| 2 | Conserving | Good shot time, low output |
| 3 | Main combat | Good range, good output |
| None | No point | Same as biggest, but less laminated, must open gun to take off nozzle selector |
This is a very good gun in my opinion. It has the 5x nozzle to match guns like the CPS 1000 and 1200. The PC is fairly big, being larger than many of today’s Super Soakers and even some Water Warriors guns. It doesn’t take too many pumps to pump up the PC either (16 until the pressure gauge glows green, 17 until the pressure relief valve kicks in). It has good range, and the streams are fairly laminated. And the strap is a big plus. The pressure gauge is also a plus if you don’t mind the placement of the trigger.
Like every gun, this gun has it’s disadvantages as well. The most annoying would be the reservoir. On a fully loaded reservoir you’ll only get about 2.5 full PC shots. Now that’s on a fully loaded reservoir, which just doesn’t happen since the reservoir’s shape will only allow about 7/8 of the capacity to be used, and you still won’t get to that because the reservoir is opaque, so filling it without getting soaked is hard. Also, the pressure gauge’s colour can’t even be seen well in sunlight.
On the lowest nozzle you’ll still get severe dropoff, 7 seconds of it to be exact. And on the highest nozzle the shot time is terrible. The medium nozzle serves no big purpose except maybe ranged attack while still conserving, but 11m isn’t amazing. It doesn’t have a spray nozzle either so that reduces the “just for fun” part of it.
All in all this is a great gun. Easy to run with thanks to the size and the strap, yet big enough to scare people away thanks to the nozzle selection. While the Blazer may indeed be better in many ways, the Lightning gets better range on its big nozzle. It does however use water at a considerable rate if you’re not careful with it. I would recommend this gun to anyone who wants a great mid-sized soaker.
Pros:Nice size, good power, good shot times on the lower nozzles, good range, strap, pressure gauge, reasonable number ofpumps, cheap, 5x stream
Cons:Small oddly shaped opaque reservoir, external tethered cap prone to damage, pressure gauge hard to see in sunlight, electronic pressure gauge wastes batteruies, PC smells like fish, small nozzles too similar
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