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The Top 6 Water Guns of All Time

popularmechanics.com — Today, the water gun is a weapon that is almost always employed solely in the pursuit of fun. But it wasn't always that way. Some early squirt guns were intended to be actual weapons—they were used to give targets an eyeful of harmful chemicals. The water-guns-for-fun era peaked in the early 2000s...

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  • Winkleman, on 06/19/2009, -0/+80When you're 12, there's nothing better than a super-soaker
  • WaCkYmAk, on 06/19/2009, -1/+54Super Soaker 50: never actually shot 50 feet no matter how many times you jerked the damn thing off.
  • diggyduggle, on 06/19/2009, -1/+51Dugg for the obvious inclusion of the Super Soaker.

  • cygnus2112, on 06/19/2009, -0/+42Maybe you were jerking the wrong thing.
  • awtripp, on 06/19/2009, -1/+33I don't understand how that's a "top" list. It's just a brief look in to the history of squirt guns.
  • TheBifman, on 06/19/2009, -1/+33F Hasbro for completely ruining the super soaker name with the crap they produce now. Bring the original back damnit!
  • KenSPT, on 06/19/2009, -3/+30I remember when I was a kid and got my first Super Soaker. I was as happy as a pig in *****.

    I'm told that analogy makes sense, because apparently feces makes pigs rather jubilant.
  • ausfahrt, on 06/19/2009, -1/+24Is it just me or does that not look like the actual first super soaker 50? I remember you had to take the resevoir off to fill it and there was no fill cap. Also thought the reservoir was translucenty green. Like this:

    http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/waterguns/0 ...
  • RainyDayNinja, on 06/19/2009, -2/+24That's funny, I never earned money when I was in the choir.
  • Oinkie, on 06/19/2009, -2/+23When you're 13, there's nothing better than a boobs
  • joemofo214, on 06/19/2009, -0/+18Omg, the super soaker 50 was my favorite toy ever
  • shadebane, on 06/19/2009, -0/+12I remember when i was a little kid doing all sorts of choirs around the house to save money for a super soaker and the Nerf bow & arrow.
  • manjas8, on 06/19/2009, -0/+12weenie
  • hydroplane, on 06/19/2009, -0/+12There was a toy company in the late 80's that put out a line of battery powered waterguns that looked like m16s, ak47's, berrettas and uzis. They were absolutely awesome and looked like the real deal, not some rainbow colored penis like supersoakers.
  • 300c, on 06/19/2009, -1/+12http://images.sscentral.org/reviews/monster_xl_00. ...

    Now THIS is the ultimate super soaker
  • ontain, on 06/19/2009, -0/+9you mean this
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99UPQEFSGVQ
  • CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -3/+11History of the Super Soaker: http://www.isoaker.com/Info/history_supersoaker.ht ...

    Super Soaker Evolution Tree: http://www.isoaker.com/Armoury/Analysis/SuperSoake ...

  • Masterful1, on 06/19/2009, -0/+812 + super soaker + hot neighbor chick = better
  • venomoushealer, on 06/19/2009, -0/+8Are you suggesting that boobs aren't that great anymore?
  • wipis, on 06/19/2009, -1/+8What does being 12 have to do with it?

    There are a hand full of super soaker models and knock-offs that can be hooked directly to a hose. Hello power washer! I think that may include the 50 that was on the list. My first super soaker and to this day one of my favorite toys of all time. Sadly it's probably in 1000 pieces somewhere that I will never find.
  • cawpin, on 06/19/2009, -0/+7You are correct. I had 3 of those things and the one in the article isn't it.

    The best thing about it was the threads for the reservoir were the same as for a regular water hose. We had more than one water fight where at least one person was stationed at the hose with it hooked directly into the gun. You never had to pump and never ran out of water.
  • pianonotes1234, on 06/19/2009, -1/+8http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11528805/High_Pressur ...

    Game over
  • yacks, on 06/19/2009, -0/+6hot neighbor chick wouldn't go for a 12 year old.. unless she's a teacher in Florida..
  • Coffeedemon, on 06/19/2009, -0/+6This looks more like a history of the water squirter rather than a 'best of'. Not that I recall too many variations (except 500 kinds of super soaker).

    Note: don't google squirter for spelling accuracy while at work... better to trust your instincts.
  • Samurai77, on 06/19/2009, -0/+6I remember, I had one.
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  • mlvassallo, on 06/19/2009, -1/+6I hate that I just can't find the classic style super soakers anymore. I want something that holds a gallon of water and knocks small children over with one blast.
    I hate these Halo look alike guns that barely shoot 15 feet. My Super Soaker 200? It shot 20 FEET Mother *****! Now those were the days.
  • zomgwaffles, on 06/19/2009, -1/+6you can still buy all the originals at toys r us in the summer
  • Hoogs, on 06/19/2009, -0/+4That is beyond awesome.
  • ikickass, on 06/19/2009, -1/+5This isn't a list of the top water-guns of all time. It's more of a history lesson.
    Inaccurate.
  • jc7012, on 06/19/2009, -0/+4Shooting boobs with squirt guns?
  • YouAreDead, on 06/19/2009, -0/+4dugg for title
  • Brassbud, on 06/19/2009, -0/+4I have a CPS 2000 (v2). My favorite thing to do (other than artillery shots over my house) was to let someone else hold it who had never seen the power and tell them to fire it into the dirt. The ensuing explosion of mud all over their clothes never ceased to be hilarious.

    After a while I built a rifled barrel for it and used it to fire .308 sized bullets (made out of dried toliet paper and a small screw).
  • JCEEZ, on 06/19/2009, -1/+5*chores

    fixed if for you
  • JCEEZ, on 06/19/2009, -1/+5the best was pumping it up for like a minute straight, then unscrewing the water-holder thing and watching it fly!
  • JaredMonkey, on 06/19/2009, -0/+4Super Soaker inventor Lonnie Johnson is one of my heroes. He has several technologies in the works that could provide some really cool changes in the way we live our lives. From thermo-electric power conversion technology, and battery systems, Lonnie Johnson will probably not just be remembered for his water-gun invention alone.

    Although the Super Soaker 50 rates as one of my favorite toys I ever owned as a kid. Its just too bad they didn't include some type of UV protection in the plastic. I always ended up leaving mine outside, and after a few years it eventually broke after being damaged by the sun.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson_(inven ...
  • DreKor, on 06/19/2009, -0/+4That's not the original Super Soaker 50. The original had a removable screw-in tank.
  • acid_jazz, on 06/19/2009, -1/+4you.
  • palehorse864, on 06/19/2009, -0/+3I wish I could find my old Uzi shaped water pistol. It was battery powered and had a spray so powerful that it stung your skinif you fired it too close. If you were playing with it in a pool, you could remove the clip and put the feed tube in the pool. As long as you were in the pool, you had an infinite ammo supply.
  • Rodik, on 06/19/2009, -0/+3ahhh youngsters.... the kids nowadays don't even understand our language...
    http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/weeee
  • goomba323, on 06/19/2009, -1/+4I remember the super soaker 2000 would actually HURT to get squirted by it.
  • boshuda, on 06/19/2009, -0/+3THE LOOK
    THE FEEL
    THE SOUND
    SO REAL
    E N T E R T E C H !!!!
  • manbeef, on 06/19/2009, -1/+4I used to have a CPS. I was the badass of the neighbourhood.
  • Arlo003, on 06/20/2009, -0/+3Yeah, it's called the Oozinator!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc
  • nik15, on 06/19/2009, -1/+4What about the Monster XL?
  • Hellahulla, on 06/19/2009, -0/+3I think I had one of them. It lasted me longer than most before I got bored, that much I remember.
  • Hoogs, on 06/19/2009, -0/+3We've got a "syringe" style gun called the "stream machine" at my house. Simply one of the greatest inventions ever.

    http://shop.instantfun.ws/images/1176322483301-415 ...
  • shadebane, on 06/19/2009, -0/+3ha, nerb thanks.
  • drguerra, on 06/19/2009, -2/+5I remember I felt so badass with my SuperSoker until my friend hit me with a car washer at full power. Man that hurt.
  • Jade10145, on 06/19/2009, -0/+3I don't believe you...
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