Speed Loader 1500 - Review of an interesting gun!
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:45 pm
O.K...while this may not interest many people as Speed Loaders are not very common, I thought it would be interesting to share info about this older CPS-based, non-supersoaker gun. I'm not sure about how accurate some of my info is (e.g about the company that made these) so feel free to point out any errors. Thanks! (I will try to get pics soon).
Speed Loader 1500 Review
The Speedloader 1500 is a medium sized pumpless water gun from 'Wild Water Weapons' a company that produced water guns from around 1999-2001, but eventually went out of business. Of course, as the name suggests this gun uses a QFD to fill it's pressure chamber. Like the CPS Splashzooka it has no reservoir (and of course no pump mechanism), and therefore to fill the gun you must have a QFD available. Filling this gun is easy and reasonably fast, and once filled it's nice to know that you don't have to worry about pumping.
An interesting and very useful feature on this gun is it's dual nozzles: one or two nozzles can be fired simultaneously depending on how hard the trigger is pulled. Each of the nozzles are around 2.5x, and the CPS chamber gives this gun good soaking power and range. The nozzles are angled just right so that when firing both at the same time, the streams land right beside each other. It would be neat to see this on other guns as it is a lot easier and faster than switching nozzle settings, and it looks cool too! Unfortunately, the capacity on this gun is a bit disappointing, especially considering it's size. The 850ml pressure chamber only allows an 11 second shot time on the single nozzle, and a 5 seconds on dual nozzles. You'll have to make sure that you don't venture too far from the hose, as once the PC is empty (which doesn't take long) you're left defenseless.
This gun also has an orange pressure indicator on the side of the blaster, which is helpful in letting you know when to refill, and also when to stop refilling. Another semi-useful feature is the flip up 'crosshair' which can be used to help aiming. Once you learn to get it lined up right, you can hit targets quite accurately with it.
All in all, this is a good water gun. While the relatively small capacity and QFD dependancy may be a problem for some, I like the dual nozzles, CPS pressure chamber and general feel of this gun. Unfortunately this gun is rare, but if you see one, I would recommend buying it.
Speed Loader 1500 Review
The Speedloader 1500 is a medium sized pumpless water gun from 'Wild Water Weapons' a company that produced water guns from around 1999-2001, but eventually went out of business. Of course, as the name suggests this gun uses a QFD to fill it's pressure chamber. Like the CPS Splashzooka it has no reservoir (and of course no pump mechanism), and therefore to fill the gun you must have a QFD available. Filling this gun is easy and reasonably fast, and once filled it's nice to know that you don't have to worry about pumping.
An interesting and very useful feature on this gun is it's dual nozzles: one or two nozzles can be fired simultaneously depending on how hard the trigger is pulled. Each of the nozzles are around 2.5x, and the CPS chamber gives this gun good soaking power and range. The nozzles are angled just right so that when firing both at the same time, the streams land right beside each other. It would be neat to see this on other guns as it is a lot easier and faster than switching nozzle settings, and it looks cool too! Unfortunately, the capacity on this gun is a bit disappointing, especially considering it's size. The 850ml pressure chamber only allows an 11 second shot time on the single nozzle, and a 5 seconds on dual nozzles. You'll have to make sure that you don't venture too far from the hose, as once the PC is empty (which doesn't take long) you're left defenseless.
This gun also has an orange pressure indicator on the side of the blaster, which is helpful in letting you know when to refill, and also when to stop refilling. Another semi-useful feature is the flip up 'crosshair' which can be used to help aiming. Once you learn to get it lined up right, you can hit targets quite accurately with it.
All in all, this is a good water gun. While the relatively small capacity and QFD dependancy may be a problem for some, I like the dual nozzles, CPS pressure chamber and general feel of this gun. Unfortunately this gun is rare, but if you see one, I would recommend buying it.
