Doom:
"am not going to be be "humble" either way; I don't believe in lies and won't inflate my statistics. Please remember that I am not trying to sell a product (yet at least!). I won't go measure ranges and take the best because I simply could get better ranges every single time. (That is the method Big Bee said he used by the way.)
I actually could definetly get better ranges, but I don't particularly care because good ranges are so accesible with homemades and the numbers already speak for themselves. However, I do believe I should try to pull out the best possible ranges soon because someone's going to soon think they do something real special by getting a water gun to shoot a certain distance. Pure range can be good, but there's other factors in water gun usability.
In the past I considered writing an article such as that, but I don't believe it would really do any good. There are those who are anti-homemade for whatever reason, and they can stay that way all they like. Safety concerns are non-existant unless you make a fire truck or shoot in the eyes. Cost is cheaper for the power
I also don't want to make unfair comparisons. Homemades are a completely different field of water guns, one that can be made into essentially anything. Power, usability, homemades win at all angles.
You can make a water gun as usable as you want with good strong range and a low amount of pumps. That's unfair for those who are just looking for money and selling kids toys. Remember, any and all manufacturers could make the greatest water guns there could be, but they choose not to.
If you want to continue this discussion, please make another topic for it. I love to talk about homemades, but not in an XP 150 review thread. "
Such an article would at least fuel discussions, wich afterall would be productive for Online Water Warfare. It doesn't have to be comercial, but more as creating a certain larger known image of homemades or homemade types. Promotion, or even over-promotion does not mean it would not be justified. For example there is this Dude with his Homemade: Ultimate Watergun
Its basicaly a fire exstiguisher and a yellow helmet, but he over-promotes it as the watergun of the millenium. And there is nothing wrong with that. Of course he just invited people to prove him wrong by surpassing him. And that kind of battle of showmenships would be fun online. Afterall, there is only so many "what retail soaker should I get?" threads that one can take after loosing interest in water warfare. At least for some of us.
Personaly, I used to be Anti-homemade(some probably still remember last year) and simply considered them cheap looking squirt scraps. But then I changed my mind after realising that Homamedes can be seen as self-sufficient Watergun internals that don't need a frame to function. If one choses to give it an external look, that is certainly possible, but not a must. So now, I like them.
As for uneven comparisons, it might just be my twisted sense of humor. CPS 1000 v.s Tripple Agressor. SS300 v.s Wooky Blaster. But on the other hand one will apreciate the superior performing model more since it does give the reader more of a lasting image. For example horses are still compared to cars as is in horsepower. Its not fair to the horse, but it sure helps the car description.
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