Tremendous Soaker religious successor Spira lately miniaturized its USB-C Water Blaster

Would you pay $180 for a USB-C water blaster that blasts a complete shot glass stuffed with liquid each time you press the set off? That's been Spira's pitch for the previous six years, however at present it's introducing a brand new toy that prices (and weighs) lower than a 3rd of its earlier merchandise.

The brand new Spirago will price simply $54 when it arrives on March 26, a value low sufficient to lastly tempt me! It's 5 inches shorter, between one and two inches thinner, and importantly, it weighs solely three kilos altogether. (The burden of Spirathri is approx. 9 kilos At full capability.)

Sadly, the issue can be away Much less Highly effective: As an alternative of firing shot-glass-sized 30ml water “capsules”, the brand new Spirago will solely blast 6ml every time you pull the set off. You solely get about half the utmost vary, and there's no 'cost to make an even bigger explosion' function. It's aimed toward younger folks, so I feel the whole lot is smart.

On the plus facet, now you can fill it with a water bottle (no extra pool or bucket required!) and get 75 photographs earlier than reloading, which is 3 times greater than earlier blasters. It could actually fireplace one shot twice as quick. And whereas there's no display screen, you do get a brand new window to test your water tank.

Spira was type sufficient to supply us with a full checklist of comparability specs, which I've distilled to create this chart:

As I mentioned when testing the SpiraTu and guide SpiraLX a number of years in the past, Water Blasters have languished for many years, as Hasbro has largely uncared for the once-dominant Tremendous Soaker model. And whereas a number of Chinese language corporations have emerged with clones, none of them (not even Xiaomi with its Spyra-like pulse water gun) has managed to match the Spyra.

I don't know if Spyera will ever deliver again the highly effective water blaster pleasure of the Tremendous Soaker CPS and XPS days, however right here's hoping.