# Better big squirt gun than "Water Blaster?" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 5, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-big-squirt-gun-than-water-blaster/627266 "2012-07-05T03:40:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-big-squirt-gun-than-water-blaster/627266/1 "2012-07-05T03:40:23Z")
We’ll be going on a canoe trip where the outfitter encourages using this [Water Blaster®](http://www.waterblaster.com/Waterblaster_Models/Water_Blaster_XLR.asp) squirt gun. The outfitter says it will shoot a quart of water about 60 ft., is superior to other guns, and can be dismantled and cleaned. It seems like a simple sturdy gun at a reasonable price. However… If anyone can recommend a better weapon for the inevitable water fights, I’m all ears…er, all eyes, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-big-squirt-gun-than-water-blaster/627266/2 "2012-07-05T05:46:23Z")
Those are the shit. They fill very quickly, very easily and spray a lot of water a long way. You can kick serious ass in a water fight with one of those. They are the champ when you have a standing body of water to refill from. On every rafting trip I have been on, those things rain supreme. ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-big-squirt-gun-than-water-blaster/627266/3 "2012-07-05T06:18:45Z")
If you really want to be the wet blanket of the party, find a used pressurized water fire extinguisher. Reloading isn’t fast obviously, but they hold 2.5 gallons of water so who needs to reload?