Decent, inexpensive blaster
595501
It shoots 3 darts sequentially.  You have to cock the gun each time you want to fire, but not having to load until you've shot 3 times is nice.  The accuracy is quite good, and the sights are accurate to about 15 feet, at least from informal tests in my living room with my son.
388621
Overall, I'm pleased but trigger is cheap I'll have to be careful with it. Not too loud , adequate scope it'll get the job done.
4118955
<div id="video-block-RFOSWCBZM2UEI" class="a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block"></div><input type="hidden" name="" value="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/C1bvJKIuO5S.mp4" class="video-url"><input type="hidden" name="" value="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1zERqlV35S.png" class="video-slate-img-url">It had to happen - the fully-automatic Nerf Rival Blaster. Having bought and enjoyed (and reviewed) the Apollo and Zeus last year I've been waiting for the next generation of Rival blasters, and this doesn't disappoint.

The Khaos holds 40 rounds, so the magazine is BIG, as is the whole blaster. 40 rounds also takes a little practise to load, but the system works well. There are 4 10-round tubes with a lock-down spring and a flip top lid. Flip the top, lock down the springs, and you can drop rounds in quickly, as quick as reloading the 12 round magazine for the other blasters. It's easier to insert and drop the magazine than with the Zeus, more like a real magazine-fed rifle.

Once the magazine is in and you pull the power trigger (with your middle finger) the motor goes into action, and by pulling the main trigger (index finger) you can unleash a steady spray of balls until the magazine is empty - i.e. fully-automatic. You can release single shots or bursts too, and that's really how you'll want to use it unless you want to spend more time reloading than shooting. The magazine feeds to a pair of flywheels with a conveyor belt, pulling rounds from the rearmost tube first. There is a jam release door on the right side of the body in case you manage to jam it.

The battery compartment works well, is easy to load and secure (you need a cross-point screwdriver), and the blaster is well balanced. It is noisy though, as with all battery & flywheel blasters. It's big too, I'm 5'10" and this blaster fits me very comfortably. I wouldn't recommend it for a child younger than 14. That said there are similar larger blasters for normal and Mega Nerf darts, so this is not breaking new ground.

The flip up sights are nice, but as always for me they're more for show than serious use, you're better off aiming from fall of shot, especially if you're going full-auto.

I hope Nerf release a spare magazine pack soon, I'd want a couple of pre-loaded magazine with me in any serious Nerf battle, and I'd b\fell better letting this baby rip if I can reload in seconds.

Addendum:  I've had this a couple of weeks now, and also got the red version. Both seem to drag the balls left, not a huge problem if you're aiming by fall of shot, but it does make the sights useless. The blue one now shows a very noticeable drop off in power after the first shot; the batteries may not have been brand new when I started, but I haven't fired a full magazine more than ten times. Battery life is certainly something to be aware of, especially if you're going to go full-auto a lot.

I also realized that there are no attachment points for a sling, which is a serious oversight. It's a heavy gun, and anything to relieve the weight or allow you to use a secondary weapon would be helpful.
776094
Pretty good little  gun for the money. Negatives would be lack of accuracy and it is quite loud.
2203397
As others have said, the gun you get is the white/orange version listed elsehwere on the site. It's not quite as cool as the gun pictured on this listing. It has a scope and is a bit shorter in length. It may not be terribly authentic, but it looks Star Wars-y enough to me, and my daughter gets a kick out of it. The sound effect is annoying, of course, but not deafeningly loud. It requires 2 AAA batteries (not included) to make the blaster sound.
1782447
PROS: Good price of about $19
  Shoots missiles and come with 6.  (shoots 2 at a time so you have 4 spares)
  Charges in about 40 minutes vs. an hour.
  About 8 to 10 minutes of flight time. About average compared to my Symas.
  Comes with spare blades.
  Has a small cardboard tank in the box to set up and shoot at. Not a great thing but worth mentioning.
  Seems well built for the price and reasonably realistic in it's appearance.

CONS:  Not a spring loaded throttle on the left side of controller. That could be a good thing or bad
  depending upon your flying skill. I was used to the spring loaded throttle so I'm getting used to
  it.

SUMMARY:  All in all I like it. It shoots missiles but takes practice. Learn the controls first.
  Not bad for the price and I would purchase this again knowing what I know now from
  actually seeing it and using it.  Good luck with your purchase. I think best suited
  for kids 14 to adult.  Enjoy!
877736
I recently purchased a tin of these and tested them, as well as a tin of Crossman Destroyer EX pellets that I got at Wally World. The air rifle was an inexpensive Remington Pumpmaster 77 sporting an also-inexpensive Tasco 3-9x scope.

These pellets really allowed me to see how accurate that cheap (less than $80) air rifle / scope combo really is.  Shooting from a sand bag rest across a large garage, the shooting distance was 10 yards.  I was consistently able to put five shot groups all into the target's center 1/4" bullseye. Because the mushy trigger on the rifle left a lot to be desired, most of the spread within that 1/4" circle was my fault. On the couple occasions that I was truly happy with my shots, the targets confirmed the accuracy of the pellets; all the pellets truly pierced through one, ragged hole. I did occasionally have a "flyer" that was off by as much as 1/2", but that was pretty rare -- probably one in twenty shots.

By comparison, the Destroyer EX pellets averaged a bigger group of about 1/2". They also seemed to be much softer, and you can crush and deform the pellet's base just by handling them roughly. I don't care for that.  By comparison, these Premier hollow points feel heavier and definitely take quite a bit more effort to flatten between your fingers, and I like that for a pellet that might be used for animals. Whereas a soft, light pellet might be OK for a sparrow or something, I would like a projectile with a bit more penetration to punch through the skull or rib of a nuisance rabbit or feral cat in the garden.

Finally, I confirmed my penetration hypothesis on some tin cans, also shot at ten yards. At five "pumps" of pressure these Premier pellets punched through both sides of the can, whereas the Destroyer EX simply dented the can and bounced off.
1561112
Ok so yeah this gun is good for the price and it broke on the muzzle,because my dad's drunk friend sat on it by accident. So never drop this gun or hit or sit on the barrel leave this on a place where it's safe or it will break. So I 're glued it. I glued it slightly wrong and the muzzle exploded and bbs were flying side ways like an uzi. It shoots straight now. If your gun shoots a curve then change the hop up on it. Four stars since it isn't that durable,but good enough for me and my 14 year old friends to start off a party with some real fun. Yeah if your a sissy or anything like that just play nerf or get a spring gun. This gun is for beginners like me. CYMA you are good,but try to make better durability with that 200fps and I would by enough to  supply a small army.
4198264
I bought this because my wife wasn't thrilled with my dinging up the fence while plinking in the backyard.

Inside is 3 different layers of curtains and it seems to handle a 300 fps rifle and a 345 fps handgun just fine even from just 10 feet away. Depending on what your target is, some will bounce out. I haven't had any bounce out that were misses however.

I think the handgun did cause a very small tear in one of the curtain stitchings from a test shot at point blank range though. If you want this thing to last, be smart and give some distance. It's not invincible.

There are 4 loops on the top where you hook things through to hang it which is great. The actual opening on the front is 13" W x  16" H. When I first opened it I thought it would be a little bigger and I was afraid of missing altogether at longer shots. However I'm shooting inside it effortlessly at 55-60 feet.

To summarize:

PROS
- cheap'ish
- less hassle to maintain than DIY cardboard box traps
- has loops for hanging
- foldable

CONS
- a powerful gun shot at close range can probably wear this out quickly
- outside material is thin and can wear when if it rubs against concrete
3062637
When I bought this I was not expecting anything more than Nerf Jolt level performance, which would be an average of around 50-55 feet per second (FPS) on my ProChrono Digital chronograph.  As it turns out, the average velocity rating of the BowStrike is actually a bit stronger at around 58 FPS.  Okay, so it is not much different than the Jolt, and it has essentially the exact same internals as the other micro front-loader like the Snapfire, giving it the classification of "last ditch effort" blaster because it is well below the average Elite blaster's average of 70 FPS and it obviously has a very slow rate of fire (ROF).  What I like about the BowStrike is it's cool gimmick of flaring out bow arms and a targeting reticle every time the blaster is primed, and then collapsing flat against the shell as the blaster is fired.  Ironically, what I don't like about it is that it is difficult to carry around if the blaster is primed.  So therefore I like that it is a cool feature but don't like that same feature because of its impracticality.  One would expect the performance to be hampered by the extra pressure due to the bow arms moving with the internals, but luckily this is not the case.  The handle is not thin and uncomfortable like the Jolt or Snapfire's handles, and I can fit my fingers around the thick grip without the pinky falling off.  This gives it a hearty feel; even the barrel tip is on the thick side and stubby looking.  If I had no other choice, I definitely would choose this over the Jolt, but I think it has another purpose beyond my review thus far:  I think Hasbro released this blaster as an entry blaster for young children, perhaps even for those children under the suggested 8 years of age.  It has a simple pull-back priming handle, is simplistic front-load and fire, and has an entertaining feel of operation.  These are all "gateway" features in a blaster to appeal to younger kids.  I can see that the importance of Nerf's looking to appeal to their future customers.  You always have at least one kid running around at every war, and since this is easier to prime than the elite line blasters...  I say go on ahead and get one, just because.
4625426
Cheap and functional.
I'll agree with other reviewers that the darts are a little on the inconsistent side regarding length and width. They seem to jam the Mega Mastadon a little more frequently than Nerf branded darts (the foam color is identical, but the tips are lighter in color on our batch of Yoosoo darts). The foam also seems a little softer.

I'll also agree that the glue used may be a little less effective than on the Nerf darts.

The bottom line, though, is that they're CHEAP and about 90% as effective as the Nerf darts. A few losses due to quality control are totally acceptable at this price point. I also have a gun that shoots hot glue, so I'm not afraid of a few darts coming apart!
545161
Having a pistol-style blaster can be useful.  The Sharp Shot makes some nice improvements to the single fire blaster.
The good:
-The conical design of the barrel front makes reloading easier with out having to look.  Such a simple thing but it improved my RoF at least.
-Durable.  Like all the new Dart Tag blasters this one feels very sturdy and up to some abuse.
-Easy to modify.  I looked up some modifications for this blaster and it is really easy to get more performance with little effort.  Of course you shouldn't modify your blaster though...
-Inexpensive.  I bought mine from a local store and it was much more reasonably priced than this vendor.
The bad:
- It is a single shot blaster so if you are having a serious tag game I would spend the extra money for something that can fire a succession of darts.
-Internal mechanism. Similar blasters like the Nightfinder can fire Taggers darts and get a better range out of the box.

I like this blaster for it's feel and looks.  I think it's weaker than Ex model blasters, but it is fun for target shooting.
249590
The Nerf N-Strike Elite Nerf Cam ECS-12 Blaster is a pretty fun toy. My best friend's kids had a lot of fun with it. The toy is fairly sturdy and the darts definitely fly much further than any other nerf-type toy I have seen to date. The biggest downside seems to be how quickly the darts get lost, but I can't honestly blame that on the manufacturer.

That being said, there are a few "downsides" to the toy. First, I find it's claim to shoot darts up to 75' over-inflated. I do not believe that it ever shot the darts more than 50' during the time I used it. Also, this toy eats through batteries like mad. Count on buying a few dozen AA's if you don't like running to the store 2-3 times a week.

Another small pet peeve. You can only shoot the darts long distances if you shoot them once every few seconds. It takes that long for the electric pump to build up significant air pressure. If you try firing the entire clip on full-auto, each one will travel less and less distance, especially when the batteries run low.

All in all, I think that the toy is a neat concept and the kids seemed to enjoy making short videos with the camera. It definitely could use some design improvements to extend battery life and make the darts fly anywhere close to as far as advertised though.
3043373
I bought this spool gun because I already had a POWER MIG 180C and this gun is much cheaper than the gun for my 300 AMP mig welder. I figured I would use it to work on small projects. The gun is good for a weekend warrior or the occasional small project. Took a little while to get it dialed in and to get the 100% Argon I used flowing just right. I laid down some beads on 20 gauge, 16 gauge, 14 gauge and 12 gauge aluminum. I had picked up an old football stadium bench seat remnant that was around 1/8" thick from the local scrap yard and I also welded multiple beads on different thickness aluminum diamond plate. I used it for around 3 hours and after working up some sweat in my shop the following is a summary of my humble impression...

Pros:

Inexpensive - At $200 to $250 it's a cost effective option for a beginner

Compatibility - uses the same o-rings, tips and nozzles as the regular MIG gun for my POWER MIG 180C

I really cannot think of many other pros for this gun..

Cons:

Drive Roll - Lacks any sort of usable drive roll tension adjustment

Max Amperage Rating - The Lincoln Electric website rates this gun at 130 Amps
I didn't get close to 130 amps and the gun and cable got too hot too quick. However, it is probably a good match for the smaller portable mig welders such as the 140, 180 etc.

Contact Tips - I couldn't find any contact tips in .045 for this gun. Not sure if they are even available as this class of machine is not built for use with thicker wire. The contact tips are very tight with the aluminum wire (the tolerance/gap between the orifice of the contact tip and the outside diameter of the wire). It is so small that it causes a lot of friction when the wire/tip/nozzle start heating up. A .045 contact tip option for this gun would be nice. I did use some nozzle gel and cooking spray and it helped but the gun has feeding problems without the nozzle gel so be sure to use some or find some .045 tips so the wire feed is nice and smooth.

Spool Brake - No spool brake to speak of....had to buy a nylon bushing to fabricate my own spool brake to keep the wire from unwinding in the gun and keep it from creating the beginnings of a birds nest which it did at least 3 times before I fixed it.

Limited Gun length - too short

Build quality - almost entirely made of a cheap plastic -

In summary, if you need a spool gun to do some minor repairs on thin gauge aluminum I would say go for it. If however, you are going to be using this for welding in a money making shop or business to fabricate products and have customers waiting on you and wanting good quality welds "fuggetaboutit!" and go with a better gun/setup. When welding on 14 gauge aluminum this gun started getting too hot too soon. Wire feed speed was inconsistent and the drive roll system in the gun was cheap and under powered. Not enough power to push the wire through the short distance (a few inches)of friction normally encountered while using the gun.
251306
It's a great blaster, the stock is a bit short for teens or adults. This blaster full retail  is $25, any more and your over paying.
4576681
It arrived quickly and nicely packaged. It's no Eotech, but it is also a small fraction of the cost. If you are just looking for something to put on your first AR flat top or plinking gun, this is a good buy. I wouldn't use it in a life/death situation long term, but it can put a hole where you point it just fine in a pinch. Holds zero as well as expected for a $50 red dot. I give 4/5 because the battery cover threads could be a little tighter to where you don't accidently loosen when trying to adjust brightness. Teflon will take care of that.

Side note,turning the knob to 0 is what turns it off.
931744
Ok, this has a few shortcomings.  The first of which being a single-shot Jolt blaster incorporated into a blaster stock.  Gimmicky, I know, but I still think this was cool.  I painted mines (I Hydro-dipped it with flames and carbon-fiber print and hand-painted trim) to match my Modulus.  While painting it, I noticed that I had a longer spring lying around that fit inside it.  When I reassembled the blaster I sent it through my Prochrono Digital chronograph and was shocked to find that the strength of the shot went from 54 to 71 feet per second (FPS).  It may have been a retaliator spring, but I am not quite sure.  Anyway, the big issue with the design is really the fact that you need to have the time to detach the stock from the blaster to shoot the dart (provided it was also already primed), and if you are being over-run, switching to a side-arm is faster and more practical.  Had the Nerf engineers designed it to shoot while it was attached to the blaster, like the Longshot's front barrel, I could see it's application being more useful.  As it stands, the Blaster-stock is aiming at the blaster that it is attached to until a lever is pushed to pull it off of the blaster (exception with the Rampage:  it can shoot over it's straight profile).  Still, I am pleased that Nerf is trying to keep things innovative and fresh; May they keep those ideas rolling and learn from their shortcomings.  Also, if anyone cared to notice, there is a tactical rail on the top of the Blasterstock.  This is another first for a Nerf stock and despite the strangeness of it, I like the fact that I have the freedom of choice to put a dart rack or something on it if I want to.  For those who do not know much about a Nerf blaster, this uses any Elite dart (white, blue, green, decorated Rebelle, and now orange darts).  Check out my blaster below, it was paint-friendly like it's "host," the Modulus.  Keep in mind that the stock FPS was in the 50's, my spring upgrade made that 71 FPS reading.