Anyone messed with gel blasters?

[Trbo323]

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Anyone messed with gel blasters at all? My daughter is almost 5 and has shown a lot of interest in paintball but I'm not convinced she is ready for even 50 cal yet. So I thought about gel blasters, anyone messed with any particular brands or models? I know almost nothing about any of them

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[Brandon]

I own several gel blaster branded blasters the Pistol sized ones and a couple of the Surge rifle, I also have a Nerf brand gel blaster. Their in inexpensive to buy, and you can get like 34billion gel beads for next to nothing. We had a bunch of kids up for my sons birthday a couple summers ago and they just went to town blasting each other for hours.

I did have the kids wear mask though (eye pro is needed or adults also) because they can smart a bit if hit in the face.

[Ecapnation]

I bought an $8 nerf one.... Shoots far and kills spotted lanternflys at a decent distance. So I guess it's accurate too.

[Chappy]

Hmmm nice I might have to try this out

[Cdn_Cuda]

https://www.mcarterbrown.com/forum/p...el-fire-mythic

I bought one for my nephew, but my sister was a lame, so gave it to my youngest daughter who is now 7 and she loves it. Ammo is cheap, store it in a water bottle with some water and lasts a while. Easy to shoot and fun. Do it!

[Brandon]

That's the Nerf one we have also. It's a solid performer.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Hell yeah they are awesome. I got like 10 of them now they are cheap as dirt to shoot. Practicing our drive bys with the kids. One Easter my Grandmother was even out playing with the kids I filled up two 5 gal buckets full of the jellies and they played for like 3.5hrs. Had like 12 kids running around the yard just letting them loose. I do recommend the green ones if you shoot buckets full of them, they are bio degradable and break down eventually.

[Cdn_Cuda]

I was just thinking someone ran around with Quads and gel blasters!

[Chuck E Ducky]

Oh yeah good old redneck fun right there. The original brand I have, have ported barrels so you could lower the velocity if the kids can’t take the sting. I didn’t tell them just full sent it and they did not like getting shot in the face. But they got over it quickly. I use them to teach both my boys proper snap shooting teneque. They are actually getting pretty good I put the paintball masks on when we practice with them at close range. But all you really need is some good fitting sunglasses or safety shades.

[Grendel]

I have no experience with them myself but I have a couple of friends that run a mobile Gel-Blaster business and they are doing pretty good with the private party crowd so I guess the kids like it fine.

[DarkApollo]

Yup. That got my oldest (13) interested in paintball. My youngest (5) was involved in the last gel blasters game at my neighbors and wants his own now. Except for the ‘planning ahead’ with 4-6hrs of soak time, they are awesome. Just enough ‘sting’ to know you were hit but no actual pain.

[Chuck E Ducky]

If you use warm water they swell up in like 2hrs hot tap water in like 1hr drain it and fill it back up with warm water they are ready to go in just about 2hrs.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Oh if you buy them get the jell blaster brand. They are the creators of it. Nurf offered to buy them got there intellectual property then sent it to China to replicate and produce cheaper. Nurfs lawyers will just tie it up in court till the patent runs out knowing they don’t have the money to play the long game. China has already knocked them off with Amazon and Temoo specials.

The jell blaster brand are better quality they even have a long gun that does higher velocity. The battery life is awesome on them to they charge off any USB like a phone charger and they last longe enough to shoot a 5gal bucket of the ammo. For $20 you can make more than you can shoot for the day. Like I said get the green ones so they blend in with your grass.

[flyweightnate]

I have mutual friends with a guy at Gel Blaster (legal, no less). Was shocked to see his Linkedin blow up over the Nerf thing. He's a good dude.

So i appreciate the push to support the AGD and not the Smart Parts, so to speak.

[Tarsun2]

if they use the Orbeez and you want to make the beads small again, you can put them in a container with 70% iso alcohol. They will shrink back down.
im not sure of the chemistry behind it but i found out by random happenstance. i think i had some alcohol of my own that day.

[William the Third]

Alcohol is hygroscopic.

[vijil]

Um, bump...

Paintball is so dead around here that due to the incredibly low cost of entry, I'm thinking of getting some guys together and getting into gelball.

The guns start at about $35 for an electric full auto, and go all the way up to ridiculous paintball looking HPA monsters:



Yep, that's an ASA on the bottom. Magfed too. WTAF. (That translates to about $2000usd, includes tank)

Seems like this style of speedball (they literally call it speedball) is biggest in Australia, with the most organised league scene. https://www.gelballundercover.co.nz/...-blaster-metal

Gel balls don't leave the same kind of mark as a PB, obviously, but it's better than airsoft at least.

[Chuck E Ducky]

They don’t leave a mark at speed they break up like a paintball.

[Magmoormaster]

I’m a bit behind so you probably won’t ever see this, but that’s an airsoft gun, only difference is probably a different size barrel. This is identical to (and uses exact parts from) speedsoft guns.

[vijil]

I figured.

Costs more than a paintball gun, and it's less advanced in terms of maintenance, pops, etc.

[Trbo323]

Yeah doesn't Australia have some ban on paintball equipment?

Or am I thinking of somewhere else?

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[vijil]

Depends which part of Aus. QLD are relaxed.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Paintball laws in Australia vary by state and territory, as there is no uniform national regulation.

You just need a permit to buy most places. I think it’s fairly easy to get what you need from my understanding. But they can only be used in commercial fields. So no outlaw ball. There are also strict age restrictions. It’s almost impossible to import a Paintball marker they all have to go through a special process.

It puts the “Outlaw” in Outlaw.

[vijil]

Yeah, much less restricted here in NZ. But we do require a firearms license to but anything considered milsim. The definition is foggy.

[vijil]

Mine showed up

Impressive. Shoots about 140fps, 7-8bps

Works bolt action with the battery out.

Stings but doesn't leave a mark.

Came with a sachet of 4000 balls.... also impressive

[vijil]

Yeah, I've got 100,000 balls in the mail. $5

$5 for the equivalent of 50 cases of paint. That's 10c a "case"... makes airsoft look like a ripoff.

[Chuck E Ducky]

If you use warm water they will swell up quicker. Cuts the time in almost half.

[vijil]

Apparently they aren't as good?

3 hours did the trick for me anyway, with cold

[Eggy Weggs]

They're fun for sure. Gets my 6 year old out playing with myself and the 10 year old in the backyard. Definitely a step up from nerf and a nice progression to paintball. Full autos are fun and the spring feds are fun.

[ChillswitchEngage]

They are a lot of fun to casually mess around with. I got some for me and my partner to use indoors with the glow UV gel balls. Highly recommend! Just wait for the balls to all dry up overnight and let one of those robo vacuums take care of it the next day.

[Trbo323]

What brand/models do you guys have? Up sides/down sides to what you have?

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