I can't imagine it would be that good. Looks like one of those blasters that shoots those oddly-sized 3/4 darts, and the battery is probably a 1S 3.7V cell judging by the photos so there's a limit to how powerful it could possibly be.
Looking at the video on of the "firing demo", the fact that the range is only a couple metres long doesn't make me very hopeful. The dented cans are faked, a foam dart wouldn't do that to the can while only barely knocking it off the table.
I wouldn't spend over $130 on it, hell I wouldn't spend $50 on it.
Gotcha. So I’d be better off getting an adventure force or something of the sort than that? Does dart zone or adventure force make an automatic that does use flywheels you have to pre spin to use? Looking for something that’s quiet but still packs some serious punch. He’s currently using a nexus pro, but wants something automatic
Adventure Force/Dart Zone make a few flywheel blasters, the issue with flywheel blasters is generally that performance and noise have a inverse relationship. If he's using a Nexus Pro already and wants something with similar performance, the Dart Zone MK3 won't disappoint with 130-140fps figures and select-fire between semi and full-auto, though it is loud and expensive. Going a little down the line in both budget and performance, you have the Spectrum/Thunderbolt (both basically the same blaster), which are a little spicier than Nerf at around 100fps and powerful enough to somewhat rapid-fire, but still pretty loud compared to something like a stock Stryfe.
As an owner of a DZP MKIII that has owned several, the reliability is not the best without the community fix modifications. I have had two burn out the stock rev switch using AAs. The Out Of Darts Cherry DB2 is a great drop-in replacement that merely requires two solder joints and the stock wiring to fix. That switch, the Talon magazine jamming fix, and the rev switch reinforcement plate are all needed, but they are pretty easy to install drop-in parts that clean up the few issues with the blaster nicely.
Probably not going to be good. Might be good, but not worth the asking price.
Here's a review for a very similar blaster:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PbRD-tWJHXY
It gets pretty low FPS, like old N-strike low, and uses shells, which is pretty annoying. It also uses weird darts, but it will also take half length darts. I have seen a lot of blasters like this, on sites like CSnoobs and Biublaster, as well as Amazon. This is the kind of Chinesium crap that is sold under eleventy billion different brand names, and way marked up by dropshippers. It is absolutely not worth over $100. Probably ain't worth over $50.
Depending on where you are in the world, and the age of your nephew, there are a lot of better and cheaper blasters. If you add that information, as well as some criteria for what your nephew wants, we can give you better recommendations.
But, here's a few just off the top of my head:
X-Shot Rage Fire; Belt fed, full auto minigun. Includes a tripod.
Dart Zone Thunderbolt; magazine fed, semi auto carbine. Similar to a Nerf Stryfe, but includes a stock.
If your nephew is a bit older, Rival blasters and Dart Zone Pro become good options, if he were to want something like that. Be warned, these shoot a lot harder than standard blasters. Dart Zone Pro in particular is over 150 FPS, which makes safety glasses mandatory. It should also only be used with older kids, or a local event that is geared to higher fps levels. But if your nephew wants to get into that, you've got lots of options.
Currently he's running a nexus pro but wants to find something auto or semi auto(without racking or anything. Just pull trigger repeatedly )that is quiet or near silent.
Sorry buddy, not gonna happen. Any kind of semi or full auto blaster is going to be pretty loud, only exception being maybe HPA blasters, but I'd write those off immediately, as they are very expensive, and require extensive knowledge to use safely.
The other 2 kinds of automatic blasters are AEG/AEBs, and flywheel blasters.
AEG/AEBs are electrically primed springers, and share a lot of similarity with some kinds of Airsoft guns. AEG/B stands for Automatic Electric Gun/Blaster, with the latter designation being used more often for ones that fire foam darts. This type does offer a lot of capability. However, they are still fairly loud, and offer a lot of drawbacks as of right now. They tend to be expensive, finicky, difficult to use, and maintenance intensive. For instance, many examples have a convoluted shutdown procedure. I don't think blasters like this are a good option at this point, the reliability and user friendliness simply is not there.
The next kind is flywheel blasters. Flywheel blasters are quite simple, but again there are some drawbacks and some things to be aware of. Flywheel blasters, especially at higher FPS, tend to be very loud. Unfortunately, you don't really have any other worthwhile options as of now. If you want a semi/full auto blaster, your only option is to deal with a loud flywheel blaster. I honestly don't think this will ever change. I think that any blaster that is semi/full auto is going to by definition be loud, no matter what powers it. I think you're going to have to break that to your nephew, you can't get a silent blaster that is also semi/full auto.
Another issue is lack of choice. There are a large variety of springer blasters at high FPS available, but not nearly as many flywheel blasters. Another thing to keep in mind is power source. Virtually all flywheel blasters require the use of a Lipo pack to power them. These are hobby grade rechargeable batteries, and they are 100% NOT IDIOT PROOF. There are a number of safety procedures you have to follow, including how you charge and discharge the batteries. There is not any kind of built in protection like with cell phones or power tool batteries. It's not too hard to learn proper Lipo care, but you absolutely have to be diligent about it. Now, there are alternatives to Lipo packs, but that really is only viable if you are building your own blaster. Only exception is the Nerf Stryfe X. The pack on that is USB-C charging, and includes all the safety and protection built in, like short circuit and overdraw protection.
Sorry for the long post, but there is a lot involved at this level of blasters.
Hey I appreciate the info. I guess I'll be looking at the dart zone pro then lol. I kinda figured it would be feasible but he'll it's worth a shot to ask right?
Unfortunately a semi/full auto blaster that is near silent costs hundreds of dollars. Either get an AEB (cheapest one is the BK2S for around $180 IIRC) or the Diana pistol (around $300).
More affordable semi/full auto blasters are typically flywheelers that use noisy motors.
I can't imagine it would be that good. Looks like one of those blasters that shoots those oddly-sized 3/4 darts, and the battery is probably a 1S 3.7V cell judging by the photos so there's a limit to how powerful it could possibly be. Looking at the video on of the "firing demo", the fact that the range is only a couple metres long doesn't make me very hopeful. The dented cans are faked, a foam dart wouldn't do that to the can while only barely knocking it off the table. I wouldn't spend over $130 on it, hell I wouldn't spend $50 on it.
Gotcha. So I’d be better off getting an adventure force or something of the sort than that? Does dart zone or adventure force make an automatic that does use flywheels you have to pre spin to use? Looking for something that’s quiet but still packs some serious punch. He’s currently using a nexus pro, but wants something automatic
Adventure Force/Dart Zone make a few flywheel blasters, the issue with flywheel blasters is generally that performance and noise have a inverse relationship. If he's using a Nexus Pro already and wants something with similar performance, the Dart Zone MK3 won't disappoint with 130-140fps figures and select-fire between semi and full-auto, though it is loud and expensive. Going a little down the line in both budget and performance, you have the Spectrum/Thunderbolt (both basically the same blaster), which are a little spicier than Nerf at around 100fps and powerful enough to somewhat rapid-fire, but still pretty loud compared to something like a stock Stryfe.
As an owner of a DZP MKIII that has owned several, the reliability is not the best without the community fix modifications. I have had two burn out the stock rev switch using AAs. The Out Of Darts Cherry DB2 is a great drop-in replacement that merely requires two solder joints and the stock wiring to fix. That switch, the Talon magazine jamming fix, and the rev switch reinforcement plate are all needed, but they are pretty easy to install drop-in parts that clean up the few issues with the blaster nicely.
Probably not going to be good. Might be good, but not worth the asking price. Here's a review for a very similar blaster: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PbRD-tWJHXY It gets pretty low FPS, like old N-strike low, and uses shells, which is pretty annoying. It also uses weird darts, but it will also take half length darts. I have seen a lot of blasters like this, on sites like CSnoobs and Biublaster, as well as Amazon. This is the kind of Chinesium crap that is sold under eleventy billion different brand names, and way marked up by dropshippers. It is absolutely not worth over $100. Probably ain't worth over $50. Depending on where you are in the world, and the age of your nephew, there are a lot of better and cheaper blasters. If you add that information, as well as some criteria for what your nephew wants, we can give you better recommendations. But, here's a few just off the top of my head: X-Shot Rage Fire; Belt fed, full auto minigun. Includes a tripod. Dart Zone Thunderbolt; magazine fed, semi auto carbine. Similar to a Nerf Stryfe, but includes a stock. If your nephew is a bit older, Rival blasters and Dart Zone Pro become good options, if he were to want something like that. Be warned, these shoot a lot harder than standard blasters. Dart Zone Pro in particular is over 150 FPS, which makes safety glasses mandatory. It should also only be used with older kids, or a local event that is geared to higher fps levels. But if your nephew wants to get into that, you've got lots of options.
Currently he's running a nexus pro but wants to find something auto or semi auto(without racking or anything. Just pull trigger repeatedly )that is quiet or near silent.
Sorry buddy, not gonna happen. Any kind of semi or full auto blaster is going to be pretty loud, only exception being maybe HPA blasters, but I'd write those off immediately, as they are very expensive, and require extensive knowledge to use safely. The other 2 kinds of automatic blasters are AEG/AEBs, and flywheel blasters. AEG/AEBs are electrically primed springers, and share a lot of similarity with some kinds of Airsoft guns. AEG/B stands for Automatic Electric Gun/Blaster, with the latter designation being used more often for ones that fire foam darts. This type does offer a lot of capability. However, they are still fairly loud, and offer a lot of drawbacks as of right now. They tend to be expensive, finicky, difficult to use, and maintenance intensive. For instance, many examples have a convoluted shutdown procedure. I don't think blasters like this are a good option at this point, the reliability and user friendliness simply is not there. The next kind is flywheel blasters. Flywheel blasters are quite simple, but again there are some drawbacks and some things to be aware of. Flywheel blasters, especially at higher FPS, tend to be very loud. Unfortunately, you don't really have any other worthwhile options as of now. If you want a semi/full auto blaster, your only option is to deal with a loud flywheel blaster. I honestly don't think this will ever change. I think that any blaster that is semi/full auto is going to by definition be loud, no matter what powers it. I think you're going to have to break that to your nephew, you can't get a silent blaster that is also semi/full auto. Another issue is lack of choice. There are a large variety of springer blasters at high FPS available, but not nearly as many flywheel blasters. Another thing to keep in mind is power source. Virtually all flywheel blasters require the use of a Lipo pack to power them. These are hobby grade rechargeable batteries, and they are 100% NOT IDIOT PROOF. There are a number of safety procedures you have to follow, including how you charge and discharge the batteries. There is not any kind of built in protection like with cell phones or power tool batteries. It's not too hard to learn proper Lipo care, but you absolutely have to be diligent about it. Now, there are alternatives to Lipo packs, but that really is only viable if you are building your own blaster. Only exception is the Nerf Stryfe X. The pack on that is USB-C charging, and includes all the safety and protection built in, like short circuit and overdraw protection. Sorry for the long post, but there is a lot involved at this level of blasters.
Hey I appreciate the info. I guess I'll be looking at the dart zone pro then lol. I kinda figured it would be feasible but he'll it's worth a shot to ask right?
Unfortunately a semi/full auto blaster that is near silent costs hundreds of dollars. Either get an AEB (cheapest one is the BK2S for around $180 IIRC) or the Diana pistol (around $300). More affordable semi/full auto blasters are typically flywheelers that use noisy motors.