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Hands On: Oozinator - ^

by isoaker on Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:17 pm

Well, not much to say yet. Just finished taking it out of the box (which does take some time, actually) and played around a little with it empty.

The Oozinator does NOT have a separate pressure chamber. I suppose that is why it has a normal fill cap as opposed to one of the Max Infusion or Fast-Fill caps. The Bio-Ooze part requires the canister that holds the Ooze to be used. I can imagine that once the Ooze is used up, the canister can be rinsed and filled with water, instead. However, the bottom assembly cannot be filled on its own; it'd leak if one tried. Pumping the lower pump, air can be felt being pushed out of the nozzle.

That's it for now. I'm going to go take some pics and do some limited testing (even more limited than I thought at first). Currently, I won't be able to do any measurements on the 2nd nozzle since I'm not ready to open up the Ooze canister.

by Wild Boys on Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:24 pm

Interesting, a bit disappointed about how its PR, but you can't have everything I guess. I still like how you can shoot both nozzles at the same time and you can just replace the ooze can with water when its used up the ooze. I'm looking forward to more information. I'm starting to think that the performance on the main water nozzle might be along the lines of the Liquidator . That's my guess.





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by Hannibal on Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:12 pm

by isoaker on Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:41 pm

Canister is not pressurized. Needs to be pumped. Piston-based; not pressurized. Refill packages sold separately.

by Hannibal on Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:47 pm

by isoaker on Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:51 pm

You haven't seen the refill package? It's bottom-center of the picture I took of the 2006 Super Soakers posted in the "Hands-On 2006 Super Soakers" thread.

Granted, I'll have clearer pictures posted in due time.

by cooldood31 on Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:53 pm

by Hannibal on Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:58 pm

Whoops, iSoaker I didn't see that. :p

This soaker is its own backup, and I dare say not a great one, but I can't verify that until the review.

by isoaker on Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:05 pm

Just did some test shots, but feel I'm too tired to measure things properly, so that'll have to wait 'til tomorrow. Stream reminds me of the Liquidator. Nozzle intake is positioned near the back of the reservoir meaning that one really needs to tilt the blaster upwards to make the most of the reservoir contents. Otherwise, level shots end up giving out mist shots while a good amount of water actually remains within.

I'm trying to think if there's a way for me to test the 2nd nozzle without either having to open the 'Ooze' container or submerging the lower half underwater (not a good idea due to the placement of some internal screws that may rust if exposed to lots of water).

Sidenote: the Oozinator's lower pump appears to actually be a double-pump, each half drawing Ooze (or water) from the exchangeable canister halves. Pumping combines the two pumps, pushing out both pump volumes out of the same nozzle. Why they opted for dual pumps as opposed to a single pump is not clear.

by Wild Boys on Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:12 am

isoaker_com wrote:Stream reminds me of the Liquidator.

Looks like my guess was right!

I might just be tempted to buy one of these, and what's weird, is that my mum and dad seem to want me to get it, as they thought it would be quite funny from their point of view. I wonder if they are out my local Toys'R'Us, I doubt it, but its been a while since I've been, and its about this time we see some new blasters come out in stores. I hope so, although I'm not building my hopes up.

In terms of price, on Amazon its $25, so I should expect it to be around $20-25 in the US. If you in the US thought that that's a lot then they will be double that in the UK. I'm expecting it to be £20-25 over in the UK, which is like $50-60 in the US. UK prices suck, but I can't do anything about it, and if the gun is good I don't care how much it is.

by isoaker on Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:24 pm

Any request for what angle images you guys would like to see uploaded soon or would people just prefer to wait for the review to be written and completed first?

by Soaker Master on Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:46 pm

I would like the review to be written and completed first. But,thats just what I want I do not know what the other members want to happen.



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by Wild Boys on Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:03 pm

by isoaker on Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:25 pm

Three pics posted:
Pic2
Pic3

Intake for the Ooze:
Pic16

Enjoy for now until the review is complete (no exact date for upload, yet, though review will feel incomplete until the Bio-Ooze is actually tested later when the weather is warmer).

Sidenote: for those who think about trying, no other pictures have been uploaded, thus changing the number right now won't pull up anything. :goofy:

by isoaker on Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:46 pm

And now for a couple of stats:
Output was measured to be ~46mL/sec (~1.5 oz./sec)
Main reservoir holds 900mL (30 oz) full (that means it should be filled to ~700mL for best performance)
Won't be able to confirm Ooze nozzle or capacity until I open that thing a little later (I couldn't even do approximate range testing right now since there is a lot of freezing rain in my area).

by isoaker on Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:37 pm

After some thought on this, I plan to upload the rest of the images, Blaster Inspector, and an incomplete review hopefully by tomorrow. Fact is, without testing the 'Bio-Ooze' component of the blaster, any review on the Oozinator would really only be testing less than half of the soaker's capabilities (I say 'less than half' since, in theory, one could be firing the main, the bio-ooze, both, or alternating nozzle firing patterns. Depending on how well the 2nd nozzle works, it can really affect the rating this blaster receives).

Soak on!

by isoaker on Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:24 pm

Oozinator partial-review posted.

Enjoy!

by Hannibal on Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:40 pm

by LIGHT ANNIHILATOR on Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:46 pm

Nice review (atleast so far) I never knew it looked that strange.

by Dr. D on Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:07 pm