Squirrel Products Airzooka Air Blaster- Blows 'Em Away - Air Toy for Adults and Children Ages 6 and Older - Black

this is a very good, very fun toy. for those of you who do not know how it shoots a ball of air 40 feet,(yes, 40 feet!!!) it fires a fairly large toroidal vortex, a doughnut of spinning air that has very low air resistance. it is a little tricky to assemble, but i got it together in a few minutes. try putting the top plate on first. once you get the screws in place, it is very sturdy.this is very fun. it can blast hair, curtains, christmas trees, important paper documents, pets, dust, siblings, etc. very effectively. the flip-up sights are really accurate. it has quite a kick to it when you fire, and requires moderate strength to pull back into firing position. the plastic membrane that pushes the air gets wrinkled quite a bit, but it has held up so far. if you stick some incense into it for a good 15 seconds, you can see the vortex, or smoke ring, travel through the air (make sure you ease the membrane forward, not release it!). i calculated the speed of the vortex at 20 mph. it is actually so powerful that my mom banned me from shooting it at people, because it feels like someone hit you with a pillow. overall, i recommend this to anyone 10 and up with a lot of stuff around the house to shoot. most fun toy i've ever had!P.S. if you shoot it at a wall, you can hear a 'pfft' from it hitting the wall, and it whistling through the air directly before.

This toy... how to describe it...Well, its unlike a lot of other toys. So that makes it a pretty big hit with everyone I have shown it to. I think its a surprise that it can do what it can do. Hit people with balls of air from across the room and they have this shocked/surprised look on their face and they immediate want to have a try!Quality: The construction of the toy is decent. Putting it together can actually be a bit of a challenge. You REALLY have to pull with some strength to get each of the rings to fully extend and lock into place. I couldn't figure out why the handle was not locking into place as expected and realized they rings were not fully extended. That being said, after its done, its pretty solid. The sight leaves a little to be desired, but then again, what were you really expecting when trying to shoot air?Usability: I will say the biggest drawback for this toy I have found is that it is advertised for ages 6 and up. Being able to lock your arm holding the cannon and then pull back the cord inside used to launch the air without making the gun tilt to the side can be difficult. When pulling back the cord you tend to sway your arm trying to hold the gun which then makes hitting your target quite difficult. Especially since you are shooting air! You can't see it, but maybe what it eventually hits! I had my niece and nephew try it out and they both struggled to either pull the sting back at all, or if they could do that, hit their target.For those of us who are kids inside, this is a fun toy to surprise your friends, or accidentally terrify your dog once so they run when they see you hold the toy. Seriously. Pets don't like it. So don't make them hate you for buying this.

One of my nephews just turned 9 and I got him this Airzooka as a gift. He seemed disappointed upon seeing the box, expecting something electronic I think. Once it was assembled though, and demonstrated to him, he was delighted. The air blast coming from the Airzooka carries a surprising distance, and the target feels for an instant as though he's been hit by something very soft. But there's nothing but a targeted gust of air, making this a much friendlier toy than a gun that shoots actual projectiles. I personally was charmed by the fact that this remarkable effect is generated without use of any batteries. The design is ingenious.Some reviews here have complained about the difficulty of assembling the airzooka. I found that assembly was easy, but the instructions were bad. At one point, they call for "rotating" the barrel of the gun, which I first took to mean rotating the lower part of the telescoping barrel relative to the upper parts. That isn't what they mean, and in fact they could just have said "extend the telescoping barrel all the way" and saved the confusion. Assembly takes one wide-tip screwdriver (I actually used a narrow chisel), and took about five minutes.The only bad news about this toy, from my point of view, is that it is loud. Parents are typically going to want to restrict it to outdoor use as a result.I plan to buy a second Airzooka next month for another nephew; they are going to love having "air wars" with each other.

This is such a fun toy. I had one of these about 20 years ago and used to play with it like crazy. The design has changed since then and they have added a red lazer pointer to it <not necessary> and the plastic is kinda cheap. you have to pull it apart to get it together and it doesn't want to go that way. It feels like you are breaking it. Then putting the laser on trying to get it to snap in place it cracked the plastic right where it mounts. Quality is unfortunately not what it used to be and this is no different. Overall fun toy to play with and the kids love it. I gave it a 3 due to difficulty getting it put together and the fact that it cracked.

I use this item for my imagination. Thank you